{"product_id":"the-yellow-river-3rd-edition","title":"The Yellow River 北流活活 (3rd Edition)","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"257\"\u003eWhat remains of a river that exists more in memory than in reality?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"604\"\u003eZhang Kechun’s \u003cem data-start=\"274\" data-end=\"292\"\u003eThe Yellow River\u003c\/em\u003e began with literature. After reading Zhang Chengzhi’s novel \u003cem data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"373\"\u003eRiver of the North\u003c\/em\u003e, Zhang set out to walk along the Yellow River seeking the spiritual magnitude described in its pages. He hoped to encounter the river as a paternal force, vast and sustaining, and through it, rediscover the root of his own soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"606\" data-end=\"641\"\u003eWhat he found was more complicated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"643\" data-end=\"915\"\u003eThe mythic river of imagination collided with the realities of modern China environmental strain, urban expansion, altered landscapes. The once legendary current seemed diminished, fragmented. A quiet pessimism runs through the work, not as spectacle, but as atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"1255\"\u003eYet the project does not end in despair. The Yellow River, long considered the cradle of Chinese civilization, remains symbolically fertile. Within Zhang’s restrained compositions often small human figures set against immense terrain lies a tension between vulnerability and endurance. The land carries history, but also regeneration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1257\" data-end=\"1480\"\u003eRendered with subtle color and carefully structured perspective, the images evoke both distance and contemplation. Zhang does not dramatize; he observes. The river becomes metaphor for nation, for memory, for inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1482\" data-end=\"1853\"\u003eNow in its third edition, \u003cem data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1526\"\u003eThe Yellow River\u003c\/em\u003e stands as one of the defining contemporary photographic interpretations of China’s most storied waterway. Zhang Kechun, recipient of the Arles Discovery Award and recognized by institutions including National Geographic and Sony World Photography Awards, brings international recognition to this quietly powerful body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1855\" data-end=\"2105\"\u003eFor collectors of contemporary Chinese photography and readers interested in landscape as social reflection, this book offers more than geography. It is a meditation on disillusionment, continuity, and the uneasy coexistence of history and modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2107\" data-end=\"2181\"\u003eThe river may change, but it continues to shape those who walk beside it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e+++\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English \u0026amp; Chinese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover | 114 pages\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 355\u003cspan\u003e x 260mm | 1310pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublication Year: 2022 | Third Edition \u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-988-12631-4-8\u003cbr\u003eEdition of 1000 copies\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jiazazhi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46592029327522,"sku":null,"price":349.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/8521\/files\/The_Yellow_River_01.png?v=1771221988","url":"https:\/\/zontiga.com\/products\/the-yellow-river-3rd-edition","provider":"Zontiga","version":"1.0","type":"link"}