Grand Visit to China : Historical Significance of Tagore' s China Visit

This essay contends that Tagore' s 1924 China visit is a great event in the annals of the modern Chinese cultural development and the annals of Sino-Indian relationship. It created a huge impact on the development of culture, especially that of the new literature in China. These conclusions of mine may be divergent from the general view. I shall spell out my proposition in three sections : (1) taking a macro and positive standpoint to find the significance of Tagore' s 1924 China visit from a civilizational perspective, (2) examining the misunderstandings and distortions in Chinese and foreign media regarding this visit, and (3) pondering upon deeply what Tagore said in China when we are now in a new era.