China is famous and unfamiliar

The book is addressed to those who are interested in the history and culture of modern and traditional China, as well as the achievements of present China, including in areas such as cinematography, architecture, and fine art.

Together with the author you will visit the Train, Loyan, Siana, Guilina, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou and Hong Kong, get acquainted with a large number of attractions of the country, such as the Mao Zedong Maozole, the Summer Imperial Palace, the Academy of Confucius, the grotto of Lunmen, The famous Monastery Shaolin, the tomb of the emperor Qing Shihuandi, the picturesque rocks and mountains along the banks of the Lee River, the classic Gardens of Suzhou, Lake Sikhu, Mount Victoria.
Many cultural and historical attractions of China have a certain specificity (closely related to traditional painting, poetry, philosophy), without knowledge of which their meaning is not very understandable to the European. The book gives the necessary explanations, quotes of famous Chinese poets, philosophers are given.

The book can be used as a guide, as it contains detailed descriptions of a number of the main attractions of the Chinese cities most visited by tourists. However, this is not a guide. The pronounced specificity of the book is a large number of comparisons of the pages of history and culture, appeals to personal biographies that have had a strong influence on China and Russia, reflections on the causes of differences in the development of these two countries over the past decades and in the results, including in such areas, including such areas. As economics, education, science, culture, transport, housing construction