Isbn: 9789492051486 - watering my horse by a spring at the foot of the long wall (2 risultati)

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Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. Soft paper wrappers, [112]p, chiefly colour illustrations, 34 cm. Very good, light wear to delicate paper wrappers. Scarce. Xiaoxiao Xu embarks on a journey of 25,000 kilometres to document the lives of the people along the foot of the Great Wall of China. Contrary to popular belief, the wall is not a single, continuous structure, but rather a collection of walls and fortifications built during various Chinese dynasties. Her images show that, despite its decline in some of these parts, a lively relationship remains between the wall and local populations who honour and protect it. In the process, Xu attempts to discover the impact of fast-growing China on this historic site. The villages along the Great Wall still live by ancient traditions, but these are gradually disappearing. She captures this visual transformation.…