The Moon of the Little Rabbit - A Fairy Tale by Wang Xiaoqing

Author: Wang Xiaoping
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Konstantin Baudstovsky once praised the prose writer Prishvin as a "master who could write a long poem for every falling leaf." I feel that Wang Xiaoping also possesses the talent to write fairy tales for every small tree, every blade of grass, and every little flower. With her fairy tales, she constructs a world of truth, goodness, and beauty, a world filled with conscience and a sense of justice. She directs her sincere and boundless love toward all the small, beautiful, and kind-hearted lives in the world, guarding, encouraging, and celebrating them with her warmth and love. At the same time, she sees the resilience and dignity of life, as well as the poetic and lovable aspects of life, in them. Her fairy tales are not only filled with lyrical qualities and rich poetic charm but also reflect her respect and understanding of children's pure, kind, curious, friendly, and innocent nature. Every protagonist in her fairy tales comes from her meticulous observation and imagination of nature, as well as her genuine experience and delicate perception of the human emotional world. The little grass person longing for home, the lucky little duckling, the spring water heading to the sea, the small beetle, the old ferryboat and the tree, Grandma Mustard, happiness and sorrow, the invisible wind, the snowman, the old man of time—even a black-headed matchstick, a piece of paper, or an unremarkable sour jujube could all become the main characters of her fairy tales. The fairy tale writer endows them with life, personality, likes and dislikes, and experiences. They are all little spirits that fly out from the fairy tale writer's heart and fantasy realm. Like the deep nostalgia conveyed in The Little Grass Maiden, especially the longing and remembrance of the lost natural homeland; or like the imagination and praise of the old man of time's diligent, tolerant, and selfless spirit in The Gift of the Old Man of Time, all of these works reflect the fairy tale writer's profound reflections on the value of life, the meaning of life, and the fate of humanity. These works, in the treasure trove of contemporary Chinese fairy tales, shine with a warm and noble light.