ShenNongJia

神农架

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Author: Zheng Zhong
Language: Chinese
ISBN/ISSN: 7040061899
Published on: 1997-01
Hardcover


As one of China’s well-known virgin forest zones, Shennongjia, which cover an area of 3 250km2, is situated in the northwestern part of Hubei province. With an idea of introducing Shennongjia to the friends both at home and abroad, with lengthy written descriptions and 424 nice photos, this book will show, in an extensive and systematic way, all the details about Shennongjia, including its natural appearance, bio-resources, history and culture, local conditions and customs, and social development. The book is attached at its end with a Chinese-Latin bilingual name-list of the plants and animals mentioned in the book. The book therefore contains not only the explanation of the basic natural and social facts about Shennongjia, but also a collection, so far the biggest, of large amount of colourful pictures and art works, thus making this an important one of its kind for a better understanding of Shennongjia.
During the process of China’s further opening up and reform, Shennongjia has been making headway for its own protection and development by setting up the national nature reserve areas and creating many tourist spots. With many well-known tourist attractions nearby, Shennongjia has now become a center of a tourist rim. These places of tourist attractions include the Three Gorges of the Yangtse River, the native place of QuYuan-a world-wide famous man of letters in ancient China, the birth place of Wan Zhaojun-one of the most beautiful girls in China, Shennong Brook-a well- known scenic spot in Badong Count, Wudang Mountain=the holy land of China’s Taoism, Shiyan-a city where China’s biggest auto-industry is located, Longzhong-an historical place where Zhuge Liang, a famous Chinese strategist in ancient times once liver for quite a while, as well as Suizhou City-the native place for Shennong Shi, one of the earliest ancestors of the Chinese nation.

This book breaks down into the following major six parts:

1.The age -old and mysterous moutains;
2 A green Treasury;
3.A natural zoo;
4.The unique site of tourist attraction;
5.A museum of moutain forest culture;
6. A flourish new forest region.



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