Author Description

The author of this book narrates in first person the Jiangnan water town in his memory and in reality and makes the scenes in the poem bridge, river, home authentic. The people living beside the water built the stone bridge, stone street, stone bank, stone quay with their hands and wisdom. There are few places without scenes like water flowing beneath a little bridge, but places with scenes like water flowing beneath a little bridge are not necessarily Jiangnan. This is the charm of the Jiangnan water town. Though the water town is quite beautiful, there are few ancient towns existing in this world. With excellent pictures and accompanying essays, this book recalls the past and records the present. The author turns rational thinking into popular words and this book could be regarded as escape literature after meal hours or in leisure time.