About the author
Lu Xiang: publicly available information is limited. All that is currently known is that Lu Xiang has four works in the "Chinese Traditional Festival Poems and Stories" series, covering respectively Chongyang and New Year's Eve, the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival, Qingming and the Dragon Boat Festival, and Qixi and the Mid-Autumn Festival; the works are commonly classified under culture. Judging from their subject matter, Lu Xiang's writing focuses on Chinese seasonal festivals, using festivals as a thread to present related poems alongside stories. It balances informative content with readability and is suitable for general readers who wish to learn about traditional customs and literary allusions through festival reading. The four works are arranged in pairs by festival, giving them broad coverage and reflecting a fairly systematic approach to organization; they also make it easy for readers to consult by festival or read in seasonal order. The writing is plain and clear, with attention to building connections between poetry and folk customs, making traditional culture more accessible to everyday readers. At present there is no further public information about Lu Xiang's nationality, dates of birth and death, or personal experience; what can be confirmed is mainly the thematic direction and presentation of the four cultural works mentioned above.
Written (4)
Rating 3.2★ Double Ninth Festival · New Year's Eve (Poetry and Stories of Traditional Chinese Festivals) 陆襄 / 朱福生 Shanghai Far East Publishers · 2023 Festival poetry, combining folk customs with literati sensibilities, vividly embodies the long history and rich diversity of Chinese culture and serve… Rating 3.2★ Spring Festival · Lantern Festival (Poetry and Stories of Traditional Chinese Festivals) 陆襄 / 朱福生 Shanghai Far East Publishers · 2023 This book brings festival poetry together with folk customs and literati sensibility, a combination that well reflects the long history and richness o… Rating 3.2★ Qingming Festival · Dragon Boat Festival (Poetry and Stories of Traditional Chinese Festivals) 陆襄 / 朱福生 Shanghai Far East Publishers · 2023 This book combines festival poetry with folk customs and literati sensibilities, vividly reflecting the long history and rich diversity of Chinese cul… Rating 3.2★ Qixi Festival · Mid-Autumn Festival (Poetry and Stories of Traditional Chinese Festivals) 陆襄 / 朱福生 Shanghai Far East Publishers · 2023 Festival poetry, which combines folk customs with the literary sensibilities of scholars, vividly reflects the long history and rich diversity of Chin…Publishers
Shanghai Far East Publishers