《中国景色》的作者单之蔷，是国内知名地理专家与学者，现任《中国国家地理》杂志执行总编。这本书精选了单之蔷十年来撰写的卷首语精华，被视为《选美中国》、《中国人的景观大道》之后又一精心之作，和《中国国家地理》改版十周年的经典珍藏。
《中国景色》围绕着一个”认识中国”的主题，用”山、水、冰川、青藏高原、国粹、国家、地方”7部分搭建了一个把握中国的模板。每一部分都是一个巧妙的总结，既概述出了中国的景观特色、地理典藏，又精确地提炼出作者对中国自然山水、人文历史的把握，彰显出作者对中国大地的真切认知和感悟。
长期游走于自然之中、并深受人文和地理学科浸润的单之蔷，深谙人与自然交流的内涵，他的文字总是娓娓道来，既充满对自然世界的美好认知，又不乏理性或激情的描述。那些看似简单的遗存、平凡的山水景观或者事物，通过他提供的框架和视角，往往被勾勒出具体生动的场景和模样，激发出无数读者对中国景观的无限向往。
《中国景色》一书还收录了百余张精美的图片和地图。单之蔷在这本书的”前言”里说，尽管这是一本文集，但却是按新书的标准来打磨的，除了布局精心的主题和结构以及对文字的细致梳理之外，每张图片的说明也都由他亲自撰写。以求用更翔实的证据表达他对中国山水景观、人文地理的鲜明认知。
The author of “Scenery of China”, Shan Zhiqiang, is a well-known domestic geography expert and scholar, and currently serves as the executive editor in chief of “National Geographic of China” magazine. This book selects the essence of the opening words of the volume written by Shan Zhiqiang over the past ten years, and is regarded as another elaborate work after Beauty China and Chinese Landscape Avenue, and the classic collection of the tenth anniversary of the revision of China National Geography.
“Chinese Scenery” revolves around the theme of “understanding China”, using seven parts: “mountains, water, glaciers, Qinghai Tibet Plateau, national essence, country, and local” to build a template for grasping China. Each section is a clever summary that not only outlines China’s landscape characteristics and geographical collections, but also accurately extracts the author’s grasp of China’s natural landscape and cultural history, highlighting the author’s genuine understanding and insight into the Chinese land.
Shan Zhiqiang, who has been wandering in nature for a long time and deeply immersed in humanities and geography, deeply understands the connotation of communication between humans and nature. His words are always eloquent, full of both a beautiful understanding of the natural world and rational or passionate descriptions. Those seemingly simple relics, ordinary landscapes or things, through the framework and perspective he provides, are often outlined with concrete and vivid scenes and appearances, inspiring countless readers to yearn for Chinese landscapes.
The book “Scenery of China” also includes over a hundred exquisite pictures and maps. In the preface of this book, Dan Zhiqiang stated that although it is a collection of works, it has been polished according to the standards of the new book. In addition to the carefully arranged theme and structure, as well as the meticulous sorting of the text, he personally wrote the explanations for each image. In order to express his distinct understanding of Chinese landscape and cultural geography with more detailed evidence.

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