Xia Xiaoshan’s evaluation of Shaoyang

Most of Xia Xiaoshan's works use Shaoyang as the theme, promote Shaoyang, praise Shaoyang, and write biographies of Shaoyang. 1. In 1999, he edited "Fifty Years of Shaoyang", published by Lijiang Publishing House, with 1.7 million words, reflecting the great changes in Shaoyang City in the past fifty years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. In 2010, in order to enhance the screen image and improve the media taste, the Shaoyang TV Station News Comprehensive Channel A cultural TV program called "Talk about Shaoyang" was launched. Mr. Xia Xiaoshan, as a special guest, was invited to give a lecture on Shaoyang's scenic spots. He has held special lectures on Shaoyang culture at the station for three consecutive years, and has studied Shaoyang culture from ancient times to the present, from landscapes to celebrities, from local specialties to intangible cultural heritage. He set foot on every inch of Shaoyang and explored and pursued it with all his heart. The root of Shaoyang's local culture, to appreciate and promote the infinite charm of Shaoyang's famous culture, its long time span, rich lecture content, and amount of energy are rarely matched. The book "Xiaoshan Talks about Shaoyang" on my desk (published by Hunan People's Publishing House in August 2017) is the culmination of Mr. Xia Xiaoshan's series of lectures on Shaoyang TV Station. The book is divided into three volumes, upper, middle and lower, with more than 1.26 million words, which is very gratifying. Reading "Xiaoshan Talks about Shaoyang" is to appreciate a wonderful cultural feast. Mr. Xiaoshan uses a brand-new cultural perspective to lead me, a wanderer working in other places, to appreciate, taste and appreciate the landscape of the ancient city of Shaoyang. Scenic spots and famous culture. The entire manuscript focuses on Shaoyang culture. The content is divided into five parts: Shaoyang overview, historical pictures, local specialties, celebrity anecdotes, and scenic spots, basically covering all aspects of Shaoyang's famous culture. The mountains in Shaoyang are strong and strong, and the water in Shaoyang is graceful and tender. Shaoyang is named for its mountains and rivers, and is proud of its beautiful mountains and rivers. In "Xiaoshan Talk about Shaoyang", the author systematically introduces dozens of scenic spots in the ancient city of Shaoyang: We saw the Danxia Landform, a world natural heritage known as "the best landscape in Guilin", the Mountain Scenic Area; The first ranch in China in Nanshan; the magical oasis of Suining Huangsang and Dongkou Luoxi; the Longhui Huayao Scenic Area, one of the eight scenic spots in Xiaoxiang; the Qilizijiang River, the second largest river in Hunan that crosses the urban area; and the "China Shuanglong Ziwei Garden, the "No. 1 Ziwei Garden", can be said to have gathered all the essence of Shaoyang's tourist attractions. Most of the scenic spots introduced in the book are now well-known tourist attractions, but they are not limited to the scenic spots that were once famous in history. For example, in the book of the Twelve Scenes of Baoqing, six places are mentioned: "Spring scenery in the Liuling Mountains", "Snow in Shehu Lake", "Baiyun Qiaoyin", "Yunding in Yueping", "Longqiao Iron Rhinoceros" and "Lianchi Ancient Fragrance". Others such as "Shaoyang Sanjing" and "Wenxian Taoist Temple" are all introductions to ancient scenery. It can be said that they emphasize the present but not the past. At the same time, the book covers scenic spots in 12 counties and cities in Shaoyang. It systematically introduces the ancient city scenic spots (Wugang City), Shanshui Cave Entrance, the new appearance of the ancient county (Shaoyang County), Huanlilonghui, and Nanshan Feige (Chengbu). , Shaodong Commercial Road, etc., the dozens of scenic spots mentioned in the book all integrate landscapes and cultural landscapes, and landscapes and humanities complement each other. It can be said that the mountains and rivers are thicker than the culture.