Poplars and the Gobi,camels and the desert,mulberry trees and the Silk Road,yaks and the snowcapped mountains,even the monkshood with its lovely but poisonous blossoms once used by hunters,and the mythical Cordyceps s...Poplars and the Gobi,camels and the desert,mulberry trees and the Silk Road,yaks and the snowcapped mountains,even the monkshood with its lovely but poisonous blossoms once used by hunters,and the mythical Cordyceps sinensis,a creature that is grass in summer and worm in winter.These plants and animals,wrapped in legend and story,have long captured the imagination.They are the emblematic life forms of China’s vast western lands.展开更多
文摘Poplars and the Gobi,camels and the desert,mulberry trees and the Silk Road,yaks and the snowcapped mountains,even the monkshood with its lovely but poisonous blossoms once used by hunters,and the mythical Cordyceps sinensis,a creature that is grass in summer and worm in winter.These plants and animals,wrapped in legend and story,have long captured the imagination.They are the emblematic life forms of China’s vast western lands.
