EDITOR’S PICKS(2)

This book tells the story of children tasting and exchanging their views on various Shanxi wheaten dishes during their meals， illustrating the entire process of cultivating， harvesting， processing， and making various crops. The story not only illustrates the richness and diversity of Shanxi wheaten foods but also reflects the significance of the heritage of farming culture， thus ultimately engraving in children a deep sense of respect for the land and for food.

Zhu Yiwen

Zhu Yiwen， who has a master’s degree in Classical Literature， is a playwright and a writer， as well as a student at the Lu Xun Literary Institute.

Guo Yuan

Guo Yuan is a member of Shanxi Artists Association and Shanxi Oil Painting Society in China. She was awarded a scholarship by the Soong Ching Ling Foundation for her oil painting The Pink Mirror.

The Colorful Wheaten Food

Zhu Yiwen， Guo Yuan

Hope Publishing House

June 2021

42.00 （CNY）

This book selects Chinese ink paintings of Mr. Liang Peilong of Lingnan School and embodies the appreciation and dissection of Liang’s paintings by famous artists such as Cen Sang and Lin Yong. The paintings in this book are mainly categorized into figure paintings and folk paintings， including several major themes such as children， animals， ethnic dances， and fictional characters of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms that respectively depict the plays and lives of Lingnan children， the freshness of pastoral scenery， the diversified beauty and passion of ethnic customs， and the generosity and heroic spirits of those characters from The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Aesthetic Charm and Interest

of Chinese Ink： Works of Liang Peilong

Liang Peilong

Guangdong New Century Publishing House

February 2016

180.00 （CNY）

Liang Peilong

Liang is a member of China Artists Association， a director of Guangdong Artists Association， deputy director of Children’s Art Committee of Guangdong Artists Association， and a distinguished artist of the Art Academy of Guangzhou. As a representative painter of Lingnan School， he pioneered children’s ink paintings in Chinese ink. Liang has been listed as one of the “Top Ten Chinese Painters in Themes for Children” ever since the founding of the People’s Republic of China， and has staged many solo exhibitions at home and abroad being awarded in high frequency. His Chinese painting illustrations for Moonlight won the 2006 Excellent Illustration Award of the International Board on Books for Young People （IBBY， Austria）， and his Chinese paintings Moonlit Night and Game of Chess won gold medals in the second and fourth session of the “Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition at Home and Abroad （held in Shanghai）” respectively.

This book introduces five iconic ancient buildings of China， each representing an exciting and intriguing period of history behind them. The five iconic buildings chosen for this book are the Temple of Heaven， the Great Wall， the Mogao Grottoes， the Terracotta Army， and the Fujian Tulou. They are not only remarkable landmarks of Chinese civilization and a part of world cultural heritage but also represent five types of architecture that mainly use five different distinctive building materials： an altar and temple built with wood （Temple of Heaven）， a defensive fortification built with stone masonry （Great Wall）， a religious architecture carved out of a cliff face （Mogao Grottoes）， an underground mausoleum built with clay （Terracotta Army of Qin Shi Huang’s Mausoleum）， and residential dwellings made of rammed earth （Fujian Tulou）.

Cui Yanbin

Cui Yanbin， a painter and illustrator， graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts. One of his principal works is Building the Temple of Heaven.

The Magnificent Miracles of China

（All Five Volumes）

Cui Yanbin， et al.

Beijing Science and Technology Press

August 2021

210.00 （CNY）