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This is a picture book to popularize knowledge about the Great Wall of China. It introduces the distribution, construction history, related allusions and legends, defense methods, and existing conditions of the Great Wall in the form of storytelling. It takes the father and his daughter traveling along the Great Wall as the main line, and connects the typical pass areas of several provinces in China where the Great Wall exists, allowing readers to understand a more complete view of the Great Wall.

Shanxi Province now preserves about 70% of the country's large wooden buildings before the Ming Dynasty. The number of ancient buildings in various forms ranks first in the country. The Pingyang and Hedong areas in southern Shanxi have preserved many ancient buildings that span a long time, cover a wide range of forms, and have a high density of ancient buildings. There are buildings from the Tang, Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods, and they are known as "a paradise for lovers of ancient architecture." In this book, the author Lianda uses sincere and ingenious words paired with 157 exquisite hand-drawn paintings to show readers the beauty of 124 ancient buildings in southern Shanxi. He records the current status of many little-known ancient buildings and also records his whereabouts and thoughts in words. It allows us to feel the beauty of traditional ancient buildings more deeply, understand the history and humanistic stories in them, and at the same time, pay more attention and protection to traditional buildings and culture.