Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape
The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape. Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings, rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil. It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll. For a rur...
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| description | The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional
vernacular landscape. Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in
their writings, rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil. It is local
soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll. For a rural society, rural idyll
also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive
differences in this regard between China and the West. Traditional Chinese
rural society, full of soil fragrance and vitality, interacts with life and
seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-207f940f5d4d401db6c77a9f23e45e142023-03-07T06:49:24ZengEditorial Department of Contemporary Social SciencesContemporary Social Sciences2096-02122019-09-0110.19873/j.cnki.2096-0212.2019.05.006Rural Idyll in Vernacular LandscapePeng Zhaorong0Xiamen UniversityThe so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape. Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings, rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil. It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll. For a rural society, rural idyll also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive differences in this regard between China and the West. Traditional Chinese rural society, full of soil fragrance and vitality, interacts with life and seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony. https://css.researchcommons.org/journal/vol2019/iss5/4rural idyllsoil fragrancenostalgic landscape |
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| title | Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape |
| title_full | Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape |
| title_fullStr | Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape |
| title_short | Rural Idyll in Vernacular Landscape |
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| topic | rural idyll soil fragrance nostalgic landscape |
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