中国成都,2500年城名不改、3000年城址不迁、城市文明发展4500余年;且文脉不断.风雅灵性,创造了很多世界和中国一。
《成都精览》上起先秦,下至民国,时间跨4500多年,以时为序分为八个部分:古蜀远影、秦汉名都、蜀汉光辉、盛世强音、走向辉煌、首领西南、清代风云、民国往事。
The 30-degree North Latitude is a unique and mysterious zone. Many ofthe world's well-known mysteries occurred in this zone, such as the Bermuda Triangle, the Yarlung Zangbu Grand Canyon, the Hanging Gardens ofAncient Babylon, the ancient Egyptian pyramids, as well as human's earliest and most brilliant bronze civilization. After James Webster's Magic 30 Degrees North Latitude came out, it especially attracted more attention of the world. And Chengdu City is right situated in this latitude, where the mysterious ancient Shu civilization emerged with by the Jinsha Ruins, and there have been many splendid natural and historical wonders here.
For instance, the roots of Chengdu as a center of a civilization can be traced back over 4,500 years. And it is China's one and only city that has kept its location and name unchanged , which is very rare even in the world. Dujiangyan Weirs, close to Chengdu, is the world's oldest irrigation conservancy project, built in the 3rd century B.C. and in use to this day, which has been placed on the list of the world's cultural heritage. During the Northern Song Dynasty(960-1124) Chengdu saw the birth of the world's earliest paper currency, 600 years before the first European paper currency was issued in Sweden.
Chengdu is the home of the world's tea culture. More than 2,000 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty(B.C. 206-A.D.220), tea drinking became part of the local people's daily life here. In the same period, Chengdu remained as the center of the world's lacquerware arts and started exploiting natural gas 1,000 years earlier than Europe. More than 3,000 years ago, local people here constructed a passageway named the Shu Road connected with the Central Plains. So far, it is one ofthe earliest surviving large-scale traflic remains which emerged 1,000 years earlier than the ancient Roman avenue. In addition, there are the most famous Silk Roads. In fact, there were two Silk Roads, the southern and northem ones. Chengdu was the starting point of the Southem Silk Road and by then the northem one was not opened yet. Chengdu silk had been constantly transported to South, Central, and West Asia and to the Mediterranean regions via Burma and India.
Part 1 The Historical Imaee of Remote Ancient Shu
The Origin of Shu Civilization
The Three Kings of Remote Ancient Shu
Wang and Cong, theTwo Kings
Settling Down in Chengdu
Part 2 A Famous Metropolis during Qin and Han Dynasties
Two City Centers Side by Side
The City of Immigrants
Li Bing's Meritorious Deeds
The Land of A bundance
Thousand-Li-Plank Roads Along Cliffs
WenWeng Civilizes Shu
Sima Xiangru Composes Han Fu Verses
Wenjun Manages a Wine House
Yang Xiong-A Great Confucian Scholar
Yan Junping Studies at Yi-ology
Child-Servant Contract by Wang Bao
The Origin of Taoism
Three Perfections in Art Circles
Chengjia Regime
Part 3 The Splendor of the Shu-Han Regime
Tripartite Confrontation Among the Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu
The First Petition to the throne Prior to a Military Expedition
Qiao Zhou Smiles to Himse lf While Reading
Li Mi Gracefully Refusing the Emperor's Appointment
Chen Shou Wrote Chronicles
Li Xiong Administrates His Regime
Taoism Manages State Affairs
The Earliest Writer of Local Chronicles
A Buddhist Capital in the Southern Dynasties
The Qiangdule Stele
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Part 4 Strong Voices in Prosperous Times
Part 5 Moving Towards Glories
Part 6 Leading the Southwestern Area
Part 7 The Qing Dynasty
Part 8 Past Events in the Republic of China
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