A Journey Through Xiamen's Art

外图凌零Fujian Education Press · ChinaMay 2026

Rating 3.3
Word count
27K words
Chapters
18
ISBN
9787575803014

Tags

Theory Human GeographyCuriositySlow ReadingIllustrated GuideTravel GuideTraditional AestheticsFolk Legend

Summary

This beautifully produced volume offers a comprehensive portrait of Xiamen's rich artistic landscape. It guides readers through the city's major museums, art museums, and galleries, presenting Xiamen's art through detailed text and exquisite images. The book introduces a variety of painting techniques and pays special attention to traditional Minnan craft arts, revealing the cultural inheritance behind these ancient handicrafts. It shows the close connection between art and life, allowing readers to feel the city's unique charm and cultural depth. Follow the book's lead to appreciate the beauty of art in this coastal city and experience a cultural journey that touches the heart.

The "City of Art" series aims to create a reading brand for all readers that portrays Xiamen's urban culture, tells Xiamen's city stories, and voices the feelings of Xiamen's citizens. To better present Xiamen's positioning as a "cultural center," "city of art," and "island of music," the series focuses on cultural communication and, through rich text and images, offers an all-round portrayal of the city, so that general readers can enjoy relaxed reading while also following the clues to explore Xiamen's profound Minnan culture, overseas Chinese culture, and maritime culture, appreciate its poetic and picturesque scenery, listen to its birdsong, and measure its streets and alleys one by one.

Editor's review

This volume in the "City of Art" series focuses on Xiamen's art ecology, linking museums, art museums, and galleries through rich text and images, and extending to the cultural threads of painting techniques and traditional Minnan craft arts. Its value lies not in offering profound art-historical argumentation, but in returning art to the city's streets and daily life, letting readers see the rich layers of Xiamen's artistic landscape. The editing emphasizes the combination of visual presentation and location clues; the text is detailed but not heavy, suitable for preparation before a trip and also as a desk-side urban culture reader. For readers who want to understand Minnan craft heritage and also hope to visit Xiamen's art spaces by following clues, this book serves as a gentle guide, helping readers build an overall perception of Xiamen's cultural depth through relaxed reading.

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Reading tips

  1. First browse the table of contents and images, mark venues and craft categories of interest, then plan the order of on-site visits
  2. When reading the craft art chapters, combine with on-site observation or notes to deepen understanding of traditional Minnan handicrafts
  3. Use the book as auxiliary reading before and after travel: select sites before the trip and review what was seen against the text and images afterward

About the publisher

Fujian Education Press China · Founded in 1958

Fujian Education Press takes basic-education textbooks and supplementary materials as its main publishing line, while also covering teachers' books and humanities and social-science titles. Its national-curriculum primary-school English textbooks and supplementary series such as Mingxiao Xue'an span all school stages and form the foundation of its educational publishing. In humanities, social science and popular science, the press has published Xie Yong's Southwest Associated University and Modern Chinese Intellectuals and introduced popular brain- and neuroscience works by authors such as Michael S. A. Graziano and Dean Burnett, including The Spaces Between Us and Why Your Brain Is an Idiot. Local-culture books on Xiamen's architecture, art and music also reflect its expansion into design, art and theory. Public information is limited; the above is a brief outline based only on the books in our database.

Contents

  1. 版权信息
  2. 编委会
  3. 《艺术之城·厦门美术之旅》编写说明
  4. 第一章 厦门艺术场馆纵览
  5. 承载厦门岁月的博物馆
  6. 充满无尽魅力的艺术馆
  7. 现代流行艺术空间蔚然成风
  8. 第二章 厦门三大绘画类型
  9. 漆彩传薪—漆画
  10. 缤纷“油彩”—油画
  11. 丹青不渝—国画
  12. 第三章 厦门雕刻技艺
  13. 厦门城市雕塑
  14. 闽南印记—石雕
  15. 第四章 厦门传统工艺美术
  16. 厦门一绝—漆艺
  17. 绽放闽南特色的剪纸
  18. 传统工艺美术在闽南

FAQ

Is this book suitable to carry and browse while traveling in Xiamen? Yes. The book combines text and images and is organized by art venues and categories, making it convenient for selecting sites before a trip or browsing against them along the way. However, it is not a transportation or accommodation guide; travel information still needs to be checked separately.
Can someone without an art background understand it? Yes. The book is aimed at general readers, mainly introducing Xiamen's artistic landscape and Minnan crafts. The text is detailed but not difficult, with abundant illustrations, making it suitable as an introductory read for understanding Xiamen's art.
What artistic content does the book focus on? It mainly revolves around Xiamen's museums, art museums, and galleries, while introducing a variety of painting techniques and paying special attention to traditional Minnan craft arts and their cultural inheritance, presenting the connection between art and urban life.

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About the author

外图凌零 Author

Waitulingling is a collective byline used in the Chinese book market. Publicly available information about it is limited: its institutional nature, location, and specific members are not clearly documented. Judging from the three titles held in the database, its editorial focus is on the urban culture of Xiamen, including Art City: A Musical Journey Through Xiamen, A Journey Through Xiamen Art, and A Journey Through Xiamen Architecture. These works approach the city through music, fine art, and architecture, presenting Xiamen's artistic development and spatial character. The titles are often grouped under film and television, theory, and design, suggesting a continuing effort in cultural popularization and the organization of artistic knowledge. Overall, Waitulingling appears to be an editorial group that systematically arranges local culture and the arts, with writing that leans toward thematic, series-based urban cultural guides. The books are suitable for readers interested in Xiamen's humanities and artistic geography.