Horizon of Yesterday: A Series of Cultural Prose

Author: Guo Baolin
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a collection of cultural essays by the renowned writer Guo Baolin, written after several in-depth explorations of the Northwest and the ancient Silk Road. Some of the essays were published and hailed as "cultural essays by a poet and writer." The book comprises 18 essays, starting from the Loess Plateau and the ancient capital Xi'an, and extending to the northern and southern ranges of the Tianshan Mountains and the Bayinbuluke Grassland. With majestic, a grand perspective, and rich emotions, the author employs an epic style to provide a panoramic depiction of the bloodthirsty and suffering Northwest and the ancient Silk Road, artfully recreating an infinitely captivating. Essays such as "Ode to the Loess Plateau" and "Yesterday's Horizon" are grounded in the description of the magnificent natural landscapes, religious cultures, historical figures, and ancient ruins, while striving to explore the life force of human survival and development and the spiritual essence of suffering in religion. Against a vast backdrop, the author examines history and figures, reflecting on the present. "First Reading of the Three Passes" describes the imagery of the Yangguan, Yumen Pass, and Jiayuguan Pass, imbuing the writing with a sense of historical vicissitudes and the desolate vastness of time and space, while igniting a passionate romantic. "Aing Epic" is a biographical essay about the horse, showcasing the value of the horse in human society and ancient warfare history, and recreating the glorious journey of "horse culture." The entire book is primarily characterized by life experiences and poetic descriptions, rich in historical knowledge, profound thought, and deep philosophical critique, revealing the abundant of Western culture. At the same time, with a bold, passionate, and uplifting artistic style, it imparts to readers a tragic yet sublime, vast yet profound aesthetic impact.