"Daily Fireworks·Chinese Scenery-Old Joe's Wandering Picture Book Series" Author: [France] Qiao Liwei Publisher: Guizhou People's Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
"Old Joe's Travel Picture Book" is a hand-drawn diary of French backpacker Old Joe recording his travel stories. He has been to many countries and seen various landscapes, but he never tires of seeing China. He said: "China is always a place I always want to go again." Every trip to China will give him new discoveries and new understandings.

Most of the scenes depicted in Daily Life: Chinese Scenery are his experiences in China from 2005 to 2013. They are divided into five parts: travel, food, street scenes, leisure, and life, reproducing the details of daily life in China in all aspects. In view of our rapid development in recent years, some of the scenes depicted by Qiao Liwei have become history. The subtle time gap and the Western perspective behind the paintings give the Chinese scenery he depicts a kind of intimate fireworks atmosphere, looking back at the past time.

About the Author
Lao Qiao, a French backpacker with a Chinese name, is a life observer on the road. He started backpacking at the age of 17. The year he graduated from the Academy of Art, he traveled around France on foot, painting the scenery along the way, thus starting his career of walking and painting. He has come to China dozens of times, traveled to many Chinese cities, tasted various local delicacies, and has a special affection for this country.

Every time he travels, he travels light, with a backpack (he named it Wilson) carrying all the luggage: necessary equipment, indispensable paper and pen. He returns to nature, stays away from the Internet, uses paper and pen instead of electronic devices to sketch the scenery along the way, record what he sees, hears and feels, old-fashioned and a bit hard. Old Joe has a keen insight into different cultures. He feels the similarities and differences of other worlds with curiosity and tolerance, and feels the kindness and warmth during the journey. Maugham said: "If a person can observe the falling leaves and shy flowers, and appreciate everything from the details, life can't do anything to him." And Old Joe is such a person.