Locke then shoot the wooden Ya Gongga Snow, published in National Geographic magazine
Locke (left) and his expedition members Naxi
Boxer in 1900 after a serious incident demonized and become barbaric, backward, dirty, filthy symbolic image of China, shining under the mountain was completely reversed. Locke introduced to the West cross-sectional views of the mountains, for those not in the real world the spirit of the homeless shelter provides a home page of paper.
约瑟夫洛克 (Joseph F · Rock l884-1962) is known as the originator of the West of Dongba culture, American Austrians, in 1922 arrived in southwest China, and Lijiang in Yunnan Province for the headquarters, spent his later 27-year life. His collection of plants in the remote mountainous areas and birds specimens, uninterrupted photography, his career in the southwest frontier of exploration, direct impact on the "Lost Horizon," this book's creation, and better understanding of China by Edgar Snow .
In 1928, the year of great changes in China. In late January this year, Zhu De, Chen Yi led the Nanchang Uprising preserved part of the team advance in southern Hunan, and Jiangxi in April into the Jinggangshan and the Autumn Harvest Uprising led by Mao Zedong forces realignment. CPC-led armed workers and peasants in many parts of an uprising in the south, the establishment of the revolutionary armed forces. Also in that year, 41-year-old Chiang Kai-shek led his army successfully Northern Expedition, capital of Nanjing. Stronghold of the Communists in Jiangxi, and easy to maintain military pressure on the disposal of forces, is one of the reasons Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing its capital.
March 23 this year, Locke expedition with his Naxi from Lijiang, Yunnan, proceed to the cross-sectional core area of the mountain moving. This is not the first time. Locke's first effort into the mountain range, in 1924 - two years after his arrival in China. But an expedition to reach the wood in an abrupt end. This time, he is also the first to reach Muli. Yun Nan Li Jiang Xuesong from the village because of his headquarters north of wood in his must pass through.
Even in the wild adventure, the Rock remained his elegant gentleman. Familiar with the Luo Kebing of Snow once wrote: "Locke used to outdoor life, he has all kinds of ingenious devices that can help a lonely wanderer from forgetting that they have married, away from their loved ones, away from the delicious food. He has Many a genius invention, such as folding chairs, folding table, folding bath, hot water bottle and so on. ... ... This kind of life do have a fun, now I understand the love of Rock for this life. "
At this point, American Rock, has been able to smell the snow-capped mountains stretching Hengduan that the breath. It is a fresh almost suffocating atmosphere, and it blended with the essence of various plants, ice and snow aromatic quiet and lights Temple, Locke as a botanist, almost able to distinguish it from the various plant components . More importantly, this air has some features similar to opium, not only is refreshing, exciting and makes smoking addictive. People here really familiar with, even blindfolded, but also distinguish themselves from the air, where they are.
Locke Hengduan Mountains region in China, adventure, can not be completely ruled out his utilitarian purpose - he wants to get his botanical research imagination, but it is undeniable that the charm of the land itself, has made his mind had a turn. The botanists began to request "National Geographic" magazine Naxi Dongba Literature for his research funding, but only care about the magazine article in the reader's taste and the commercial value brought pictures, Locke's research requirements for indifference and ultimately rejected Locke's request. At this point, collection of plants that work to "Jiaotu dead, stooges cooking" when Locke and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Harvard Botanical Garden, along with dubious relationship broke up, which makes Locke not reported to the Western business community a luxury. Despite political turmoil, but the modern war machine in Europe compared to the cruel, Locke believed that the Chinese bandits and warlords to the war still remain in the amateur level, while the far southwestern border of China, in his heart, is still regarded as a quiet peaceful paradise.
Later, Locke in "National Geographic" magazine published in the two panoramic photographs of wood, one of them, shooting the Litang river valley of the magnificent view. In this picture, the wood in the Abbey as a docile fish, the waves rolling in the mountains between the lines of habitat.
The next morning, Locke Muli king prepared for the precious gift of Parting, including the most cherished of a golden bowl Locke, two statues and a leopard. People gathered in the wood in the Abbey's south gate, lined up to bow and bid farewell to John Locke, Locke took his team deep in the mountain range Daocheng moving. Daocheng of Aden in the first witness to the stunning Nozipho more Ji Xuefeng. At this time, his friend Snow Vietnam Railway is sitting leisurely on the train, into Yunnan - cross-sectional area of the southern edge of the mountains. When Snow arrived in Dali, it is the day before Chinese New Year, the Dali city permeated with a strong festive atmosphere, the beautiful hills to the Snow left a deep impression.
Such as Locke who cling to a miracle, destined to not have a fellow traveler, only Snow is an exception, because they are two of the same nature crazy.
1928-1931, the "National Geographic" magazine published a Locke consecutive Daocheng (Aden) read the Green Day Song Gongbu Gongga mountain region of text and images data. Through this magazine, the whole world looked to read the magical blue Xuefeng Song Gongbu Gonggar day. When people look into the distance from a larger perspective of this group of snow-capped mountains, their connotation of magical transformation, they are no longer just the Tibetans in the pilgrimage, and to become the world's "Shangri-La."
In fact, Locke before the shuttle in the Corridor in the West have been flooded, including the botanist Jindengwode, George Forrester, adventurer Henry of Orleans, etc.; the United Kingdom H · Major R · Davis in 1894 to 1900 four times on foot to visit Yunnan, Yunnan's geography and customs of the well known; Jindengwode and Major Davis as early as Locke visited before Muli; 1916 years,
David Nell French Orientalist from a small village northwest of departure, began her pilgrimage in the Tibetan plateau on the trip and met the Panchen Lama in Shigatse was, from July 1918 to February 1921, she was in Qinghai concentrated training Buddhist Monastery, in 1921, she tried to enter Tibet from Kangding, 6 months, in her adopted son, accompanied by Yong Deng Lama, the Tibetan hinterland into makeup, and her novel "A Woman of Paris Lhasa Adventure" is done here.
These are not stop Locke to the "National Geographic" magazine editor Gilbert letter grid and more gentle, full of confidence to write, "No white man had a lunar eclipse in 2 at the end of wood set foot in the kingdom." He often stressed in the article, he reached the place where whites had never set foot. This may be the era of western geography and humanities all have common features found in the. In their mind, regardless of "New World" or "Shangri-La" are by their "discovery", in fact, they "discovered" before, "Shangri-La" has long existed for many centuries.
Locke is reported from the bottom of the mountain range area, causing an American writer named James Hilton's attention. In 1931, he completed a famous novel - "Lost Horizon." Many of the novel material, are taken from Locke's report. Although the novel in the arts did not do anything, but the perspective of the history of the human spirit, it lucky hit, leaving the imprint can not be avoided. This year, the Japanese invasion of China is expanding, occupation Shanhaiguan, the North invaded. KMT army to 30 divisions, sub-left, and right three-way, the use of "sub-coordinated attack" tactics, to the central base to launch the fourth "encirclement and suppression." Red Army in the Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, under the command of flexibility in the use of previous anti-"encirclement and suppression" in the experience, the use of large formation ambush tactics, concentrating a superior force, in Huangpi, grass Taiwan Kong battle to annihilate the enemy nearly 3 divisions, enemy prisoners of war million people, supporting more than their arms, made the fourth against "encirclement and suppression" of the great victory. Since then, the Central Soviet border between Fujian and Zhejiang-Jiangxi together into a rapid expansion of the Red Army to 80,000 people. May 22, at the Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei behest, Yingqin chief representative for the Chinese to send Xiong Bin, deputy chief of staff with the Kwantung Army in Tanggu Yasuji Okamura warehouse upstairs negotiations. 31, the representative of China agreed to a truce proposed by the Japanese draft, word for word, formally signed the "Tanggu Agreement." At this point, "Lost Horizon" in the United States has just published it caused a sensation. Conway and other Westerners protagonist four hijackers were taken to a mysterious region - Shangri-La Blue Moon Valley, accidents witnessed a genuine human theme park, the map can not find the "happy valley" is not the only polluted areas, still maintain purity and love in paradise, it also has the perfect material. "The New York Times" commented: "Tibet plateau has long been regarded as gods. In this latest from the sky - or the magical kingdom in the sky built, there is a hidden Shangri-La state within a state. This book tells the enter this amazing story of paradise, and has become an absolute classic. "The novel invention of a new place names -" Shangri-La ", since then, the fictitious names the fact that gradually become stronger, so that Asia many parts of the hinterland, have volunteered to announce the "Shangri-La."
Boxer in 1900 after a serious incident demonized and become barbaric, backward, dirty, filthy symbolic image of China, under the mountain of light was completely reversed. In this light, both the divine and the secular face of the happy place, but the entire capitalist society seems muddy and Beisuo. Whether in war clouded the 1930s, or the hustle and bustle of materialistic post-industrial era, human beings are suffering from a kind of collective paranoia, to escape, to find a spiritual comfortable home. Hilton Locke and James together for human sacrifice a panacea for those in the real world can not shelter the spirit of the homeless provides a home page of paper.
Several years later, inspired by the Rock, Snow across the layers of the blockade to the communist stronghold of Yan'an, Mao Zedong direct interview, to the world demonstrated an unprecedented image of Red China.
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China's image
The image of China to the Western culture, from the "wire man country" to the 18th century legend of the "China boom", until the 20th century, the history of a long period of time, the West will be China's Li Xianghua from different angles, and to give the image of China to Li Xianghua different meaning.
Renaissance Utopian Vision of the West began to shape the image of China, geographical discovery, making China appear more missionaries, explorers diaries, memoirs, "Lima Dou Zhongguo Notes" describes the Chinese, seem to have a Utopia or Utopia all the features.
However, Macartney Embassy to the West in China suffered when the image of China gradually began to dim in the West, Westerners more of "stagnation of the empire" to describe what they see as China. Coupled with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Boxer Rebellion and the Western missionaries in the conflict, after a serious incident in 1900 Boxer demonize China's image in the eyes of Westerners, fell to the bottom. Zhu Yong (writer)
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