Tea Horse Road and a Bai woman

Author: Jing Yi
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: A single ancient road holds untold history, and a single woman has countless stories to tell. Tea Horse Road and a Bai Woman is a cultural book about the Tea Horse Road, a cultural book about several ethnic groups in the west, and a spiritual quest of a Bai woman. The author, Jing Yi, is the screenwriter and producer of the television drama Tea Horse Road, which is currently being broadcast on CCTV Channel 1. The Tea Horse Road does not belong to women; on that world's highest-altitude human-pedestrian ancient road, what belongs to women are the mythological legends depicted in rock paintings on the cliffs and the smiling Green and White Taras fluttering in colorful prayer flags on the mountain peaks.
Jing Yi's position in contemporary ethnic minority literature does not lie in the quantity of her works but in her pioneering awareness of women's literature in the new era, her influence on the emergence of contemporary ethnic women's literature, and her status as a Bai woman writer who won national awards for her short stories and excellent story collections during the new era, thus being recorded in literary history. —Excerpt from History of Contemporary Chinese Literature
Tea Horse Road and a Bai Woman is a cultural book about the Tea Horse Road, a cultural book about several ethnic groups in the west, and a spiritual quest of a Bai woman. The author presents the inspiration behind creating the television drama Tea Horse Road, touching stories from revisiting the Tea Horse Road, and interesting behind-the-scenes anecdotes from the drama's production, all in a richly illustrated format.
Jing Yi grew up from a young age along the Tea Horse Road in Heqing, a town on its route. In her childhood memories, the muleteers and tea, legends and tales were intertwined, mysterious and profound. To create the television drama Tea Horse Road, Jing Yi traveled multiple times to Tibet, Yunnan, Sichuan, and other regions to interview. The weathered tusi mansions, the kind-hearted descendants of tusi lords; the blind cobbler whose spirit always roamed the Tea Horse Road; the Tibetan grandfather who carried the descendants of the Naxi people over snow-capped mountains, losing his toes to the cold—these stories are heart-stirring, moving, and unforgettable.
As one of the producers of the television drama Tea Horse Road, Jing Yi meticulously recorded the touching events and moving episodes during the production process and behind the scenes. The entire book blends a living Tea Horse Road with the artistic Tea Horse Road, telling you about a Tea Horse Road that is a life. This book tells you about a Tea Horse Road that is a life. The book is divided into three parts. The first part is the Tea Horse Road where the author lived, where the stories are distant and mysterious. The second part is the author's interview notes for creating the television drama Tea Horse Road. Writer Jing Yi once traveled multiple times to ethnic minority areas along the Tea Horse Road, such as Tibet, Yunnan, and Sichuan, interviewing many elderly people. The Tibetan grandfather who carried the descendants of the Naxi people over snow-capped mountains, losing his toes to the cold, the bold and fearless—these people are witnesses to history, living history. Some of them passed away shortly after the interviews, so this part of the content is authentic and precious. The third part is the behind-the-scenes notes on the production of Tea Horse Road. It involves the touching stories of many characters behind the scenes and the cultural background reflected in the stories. When you open it, you also step to the doorstep of a Bai woman, and she welcomes you.