Roaming the Golden Triangle (Collection of Folk Memorial Texts of China's Sent-down Youth)

Author: Zeng Yan
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: The Golden Triangle's original (untranslated) core, a land of countless ravines and mysteries, where footprints fade and reappear. Along with this, the unalterable truth of the Chinese youth who fled abroad in exile remains a constant flicker. The wounds of the universe are deep, what crime do the common people commit? The protagonists' hearts die before their bodies, escaping across borders in perilous conditions. From then on, they began a life of survival, wandering, fleeing, hiding, being on the run, with nowhere to belong. From then on, bloodshed and chaos prevail, pure lands scarce, survival a terrifying, helpless, hunted, desperate, and comedic farce with Sheng Bi. From then on, the youth, supposed to be a time of learning, faced no danger they didn’t test, no marvel they didn’t encounter, no misfortune they didn’t endure. From then on, collective gun theft and prison breaks, chaotic lawsuits in Myanmar, begging in (untranslated) villages, mining jade, hunting, and clearing land. From then on, armed rescues for fleeing youth, infiltrating back to China to distribute flyers, internal conflicts and mutual slaughter, bribery with gems to save fellow countrymen; some struck it rich, indulging in drink and pleasure; the brave and far-sighted, burdened by worries for the world; the most sincere and righteous, weathering storms and facing death unrepentantly. This work, with its natural, vivid, profound honesty and gnarled yet elegant prose, delves into the deep-seated, turbulent, and undeniable realms of an obscure and little-known history, into the raw forms of the true lives of the eyewitnesses, into the tragic, sorrowful, and colorful depths of various kinds of familial, romantic, and platonic love. It explores the hidden and intricate truths, weaving through the complexities, transforming once inscrutable and heavy historical realities into something less ethereal. The Chinese Youth Folk Memoir Text intentionally breaks free from pretense, deeply connecting with the true state of the human spirit, thus gaining a broad and profound historical and humanistic sense. Upon completion, with its immense psychological, historical, aesthetic, and sociological dimensions, it serves as a negligible yet sincere contribution to its three million fellow youth brothers and sisters, and to our nation's present and future by transforming this unfortunate history into energy for civilized construction through research in history, philosophy, law, political science, economics, psychology, anthropology, ethnology, physiology, as well as geography, biology, genetics, and comparative zoology.