長城和美玉：我的中國之愛

　　.“新時(shí)代的馬可·波羅”叢書共6種，中、英文版。本叢書選取長期在中國生活和工作的國外友好人士的自述性作品，通過講述他們的在華經(jīng)歷和對中國的認(rèn)知、感受，促進(jìn)文明交流、文明互鑒、文明共存，推動各國人民相互理解、相互尊重、相互信任，展現(xiàn)現(xiàn)當(dāng)代絲路精神新的傳承故事。本書講述了一個(gè)英國人獨(dú)特而真實(shí)的長城故事。三十多年來，經(jīng)歷過各種苦與樂、失與得，威廉·林賽從長城的擅自闖入者，變成了有影響力的長城守護(hù)者和長城文化傳播者。他用優(yōu)美的文字描寫了長城的壯美，細(xì)膩地表達(dá)了自己愛與深情。在通往長城事業(yè)的道路上，總有愛妻“美玉”堅(jiān)定的支持與無私的奉獻(xiàn)。他們定居在北京箭扣長城腳下，為來訪的中外客人分享長城和他研究長城的故事，并帶著他們身臨其境。一切來源于長城，一切為了長城——這也成為了林賽一家子的生活方式。Marco Polo of the New Era， in both Chinese and English， is a series consisting of six narrative books by foreign friends who have lived and worked in China all along time. By describing their experience in China and their cognition and feelings about China， the bilingual series promotes the exchanges， mutual learning between and coexistence of civilizations， drives mutual understanding， mutual respect and mutual trust between people from all countries， and shows the new inheritance of modern and contemporary Silk Road spirit.Walking on the Great Wall of China： it's an experience of a lifetime. But for one man and one woman the Great Wall was to be so much more. Matchmaking. Life changing. Unfolding as a lifetime of experiences. In this extraordinary Great Wall reality story， William Lindesay relives three decades of his China life with Beautiful Jade. He experiences the Wall as a vast theatre for exploration and adventure. Together they adopt it as their cause for conservation. As a family the Lindesays create their unique WildWall lifestyle beside it. Exhilarating and humorous， frank and soulful， Great Wall， Beautiful Jade：My China Loves is an uplifting and inspirational account of a couple’s odyssey， their love for the Great Wall and the spirit of China that it embodies.

　　威廉·林賽，英籍長城學(xué)者，畢業(yè)于英國利物浦大學(xué)地理地質(zhì)專業(yè)。1987年成功獨(dú)步長城2470公里。2000年起專門探索、研究、保護(hù)長城和傳播長城文化。已出版《威廉：我的長城生活》《虛擬長城展：50件長城文物》《萬里長城百年回望》《萬里長城百題問答》《亞洲印象：長城》等著作。因在長城保護(hù)和促進(jìn)中英友好方面所作貢獻(xiàn)，榮獲中國國務(wù)院頒發(fā)的“友誼獎(jiǎng)?wù)?rdquo;（1998年）；英國女王伊麗莎白二世陛下頒發(fā)的“大英帝國勛章”（2006年）；北京市人民頒發(fā)的長城“友誼獎(jiǎng)牌”（2008年）?；楹笈c妻子吳琪和兩個(gè)兒子（詹姆斯和托馬斯）長期居住在北京。WILLIAM LINDESAYO BE， a Great Wall researcher from British， studied geography at Liverpool University. Go full time on things Great Wall related - exploration and study， conservation and guidance since 2000. His publications include Wild Wall： My Life at the Great Wall of China， The Great Wall in 50 Objects， The Great Wall Explained， The Great Wall Revisited， Images of Asia： The Great Wall， etc. For conservation work Lindesay has received the Friendship Award of China （1998）， the OBE from HM Queen Elizabeth II （2006）， the Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award （2008）. William， Wu Qi and their two sons， James and Thomas live beside the Great Wall at Jiankou in Beijing.