This book selects more than a hundred classical poems related to classical architecture. According to the different types of architecture, it is divided into nine themes of gardens, pavilions, terraced buildings, buildings, ancient bridges, ancient temples, ancient towers, ancient cities and imperial palaces. More than 40 vivid architectural hand drawings add further brilliance to this book. The poems supplemented with paintings show a poetic illusion in the paintings, and the paintings supplemented with poems display artistic inspiration in the poems. Poems and paintings are integrated in harmony, reflecting the splendor of each other. It provides an opportunity to experience the poetic illusion and artistic inspiration as well as encounter the classic architecture in classical poems, so as to lead the readers through the ages to appreciate charming architectural sites and experience poetic life.

Ma Ruixia is a senior lecturer. She was devoted to the promotion and study of traditional culture.