In 1909 the Geographical Society of China was founded
After the founding of the People’s Republic of China, our nation assigned lots of scientific expedition teams
To the Tibetan Plateau
The northwest area and other places
There’re so many scientific achievements which need to be known by the public
I’m Geng Huajun
One of the authors of the book Hi I’m China
We write the book together with the China Society on Tibetan Plateau
Works of over 200 photographers are collected
To show the beauty of China
China’s terrains and landforms today
Were shaped 65 million years ago
The Indian Plate collided with the Eurasian Plate
And the upheaval saw the emergence of the Tibetan Plateau
We use the form of three levels
Which is a basic feature of China’s geography
The first level is the Tibetan Plateau which is mainly wilderness
We choose five places
The first is Hoh Xil
China’s greatest wilderness
Ngari has the highest average elevation in Tibet
And is known as the ‘roof of the roof of the world’
The third one is Jiuzhaigou Valley
The Hengduan Mountains have the densest mountains in China
Four Maidens Mountain is one of the best hiking destinations
At the second level where Xin Jiang and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau are located
Wilderness is connected closely with civilization
Including Ili, Lop Nor, Gansu, Chengdu, Xi’an
And Mount Fanjing
Lop nor is well-known as the zone of death
It used to be a large lake which was hospitable for human to live
In 3000 BC
Tocharians settled down here
And the Xiaohe culture was born
The most famous is the Xiaohe Princess
After the Xiaohe culture, there was the kingdom of Loulan in the Han dynasty
Those two civilizations both disappeared later
The core reason was the degradation of the natural environment
At the third level are mainly the plains in the east
And civilizations
Including Henan, Zhejiang, Fujian, Qingdao and the Jiangnan area
Throughout the history, five cities in the Jiangnan area rose one after another
During the period of Wei, Jin, Northern and Southern dynasties
A large number of northerners moved to the south as a result of wars
Then Nanjing rose
In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the construction of the Grand Canal began, and Yangzhou rose
In the South Song dynasty, Lin’an of Hangzhou was the capital
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the development of handicraft industry, industry and commerce
Led to the rising of Suzhou
When it comes to the modern time
Shanghai rises and the era of sea arrives
When we wrote Hi I’m China
We had to communicate and contact with lots of scientists and photographers
Like academician Yao Chandong
He conducted scientific investigations in places with an elevation of 5,000 to 6,000 meters at the age of 65
Photographer Jia’nan climbed to the top of Mount Longquan
At six in the morning every day for three consecutive years
Waiting for the right chance to take a panorama picture of Chengdu
On June 5th, 2017
He climbed to Mount Longquan
Fog all disappeared
The sun was shining
So he hurried up to take a dozen of pictures
And combined them into one
They reveal the beauty of China for us
In a better way
Everyone has his or her impression of China in mind
And in the book
People would find that China is really gorgeous