• Verse in Three Characters and Genre Pictures (English-Chinese Edition): China‘s Classic Primer with 100 Folk New Year Prints
  • Verse in Three Characters and Genre Pictures (English-Chinese Edition): China‘s Classic Primer with 100 Folk New Year Prints
  • Verse in Three Characters and Genre Pictures (English-Chinese Edition): China‘s Classic Primer with 100 Folk New Year Prints
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Verse in Three Characters and Genre Pictures (English-Chinese Edition): China‘s Classic Primer with 100 Folk New Year Prints

Verse in Three Characters and Genre Pictures (English-Chinese Edition): China‘s Classic Primer with 100 Folk New Year Prints

The Three-Character Classic in Chinese and English, Paired with 100 Traditional New Year Prints from Yangliuqing, Wuqiang, Taohuawu and Other Famous Workshops — Wisdom, Morality and Everyday Life in Old China
This book pairs China’s most famous children‘s primer with a hundred traditional New Year prints. The Three-Character Classic is a short rhyming text that taught generations of Chinese children about learning, family, history, and how to behave. The prints beside it come from famous folk-art workshops—Yangliuqing, Wuqiang, Taohuawu, and others—and show scenes from daily life, legends, and operas. Together they give you not just the words of the classic, but the visual world that surrounded it. If you want to understand what Chinese children were taught and what they saw around them in old China—rather than study a dry academic translation or flip through a picture book with no text—this is it.
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From the Publisher of “China’s Traditional Culture Series”

Immerse yourself in the visual and literary heritage of China.
This beautifully crafted bilingual volume presents a unique pairing: the rhythmic verses of the Three Character Classic (San Zi Jing), a text used to educate Chinese children for over 700 years, alongside vivid, full-color reproductions of traditional Chinese genre paintings (Fengsu Hua).

What makes this book unique?

  • Bilingual Accessibility: All verses are presented in both Chinese and English, making it a rare resource for language enthusiasts and translation study-1-12.

  • Authentic Artwork: Unlike standard textbooks, this edition integrates traditional Nianhua (New Year pictures) and genre paintings from the Qing Dynasty and earlier periods. It provides visual context that pure text editions lack-1-12.

  • Cultural Insight: It serves as a window into not just language, but the customs, folklore, and daily life of pre-modern China.

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