Bloody Gorge

Author: Ouyang Yuchen
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: A long novel reflecting the social life in the Three Gorges region from the early Republic of China to the War of Resistance against Japan. It showcases the hearty and straightforward spirit of the Xijiang, full of passion, as well as the beauty, kindness, and tender emotions of the small-town women. It depicts the bloody struggles and fierce competitions both inside and outside the boat crews, as well as the solemn alliances and heroic sacrifices of the Xijiang people, presenting a beautiful, rustic, and captivating historical panorama. "The Wu Mountains, the Ba River flows like this." From the early Republic of China to the War of Resistance against Japan in the last century, the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River endured countless hardships unknown to many. The Chuanjiang boat crews, known as the "dual-pao brothers," including Chen Daoye's family members such as Jia Ying, Jia Xiong, Jia Hao, and Ba Gu, performed a series of earth-shattering human dramas on the grand stage of resisting foreign aggression, striving for the competition between steam and wooden boats, breaking off romantic relationships, and engaging in power struggles. They composed heroic songs with unique charm of the Xijiang region in the life-and-death struggles of the War of Resistance against Japan and the domestic revolutionary struggles.