Ancient lotus flower

Author: Yin Jianling
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: I have always believed that children are the real living beings in this noisy world, while adults are often dull and ignorant. Over time, life becomes complicated, innocence is lost, and truth becomes indistinguishable from fiction. As people grow older, they gain while also losing many things they once had in childhood, such as a kind and clear gaze, pure and flawless emotions, and easily attainable happiness.
Adult life indeed has its own disappointments and imperfections. In fact, a person's life is one of constantly returning to being a child. Adults often find what they have lost in children. Just like in the famous story "The Emperor's New Clothes," children can make adults feel ashamed. Rather than saying the book involves the spirit of law and moral standards, it is more about a return to warmth and beauty, offering a spiritual solace and a call for truth, goodness, and beauty in imagination. It is a search after loss, and also a rescue of adults by children. This is the author's second powerful work following the highly impactful coming-of-age novel "Paper Person." "Paper Person" once supported countless girls struggling with sexual confusion and pioneered similar themes in China. Five years later, "My Cherry Blossom Within" has accumulated the author's more mature creative talent and reflections, making it deeper, more moving, and more poetic than "Paper Person." In recent years, fantasy works have mostly，，，. It seems to have reached a narrow point, facing an urgent need for breakthrough and breaking the deadlock. The emergence of "Cherry Blossom in the Wind" has opened up a new direction for fantasy works.
Cao Wenxuan – Professor at Peking University, Renowned Writer
Sometimes truth does not reside with adults. Like the characters in the book—Mula, Sakura, the dolphin, and Kuike, who retain a childlike heart—they may be closer to the essence of the world than adults. So, do not dismiss a child's efforts and questions. Please take a moment to learn something from the young.
Author, Renowned Children's Literature Critic – Peng Yi
This is a book that lets you experience imagination. You read in astonishment, then marvel in awe: How hard and devotedly does this writer walk their own path! Many writers have grown weary, but she shines with vitality, setting a new direction for fantasy works. Mei Zihuan – Renowned Children's Literature Writer and Critic
A search for the lost world of innocence, philosophical, pure, and beautiful spiritual fantasy epic, a fairy tale for adults recommended by teenagers to adults.
This is a story about escape, adventure, and search. The girl with supernatural abilities, Sakura, has no background or origin; she comes from a virtual world. Meanwhile, the world of the boy Mula is disrupted by the arrival of the sorcerers, who steal humanity's shared treasures, causing the land to bloom with flowers of evil, and adults lose their original innocence, kindness, and beauty, becoming ugly and chaotic, thereby affecting their children. Due to the faults of his parents, Mula falls into hardship, losing his name and memories. By chance, Mula meets the magical Sakura and embarks on a journey to find the source of evil, reclaim his name, and fight against the sorcerers. Along the way, with the help of Sakura's unicorn mount, Wind, and the strange bird messenger Angela, they encounter orphans Hai Zhu and Qing Dao, experiencing various adventures and eerie stories. In deciphering doubts and overcoming evil, their hearts also grow. As for whether they can truly defeat the sorcerers and whether humanity can regain the lost treasures, there is still a long way to go.
The book is divided into four parts, with a plot full of twists and turns, and language that is simple yet beautiful. The author, with their and, paints a grand and beautiful literary landscape, like a poem and a painting. Against the backdrop of scenic beauty, the beauty of humanity radiating from the boy is even more heart-stirring.