Ganlu River

Author: Zhang Hong
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book reflects the life of Han people in Xinjiang through a unique visual perspective. It weaves a colorful tapestry encompassing the history and reality of Xinjiang, regional customs, cultural practices, joys and sorrows, and more, using the entire process of a PhD student and a beautiful female university student entering Xinjiang for research as a graduation thesis as the latitude, and the life experiences of a Nationalist civil servant over decades as the longitude. Over the past fifty years, millions of Han people have come to Xinjiang for various reasons. In the harsh natural and social environment, most of them have grown resilient like desert tamarisks, making significant contributions to the development of Xinjiang. The upright and kind Han and Uyghur people and their descendants have portrayed the rise and fall of Xinjiang for half a century through their ups and downs in life. They have annotated the confrontation between the east and the west, the dialogue between the periphery and the center, the collision between the classical and the modern, and the clash between fashion and tradition with their emotions, love, and desires. The novel has a grand sense of scale, and at touching moments, it makes one unable to help but tear up. The spirit of the Tianshan Mountains, the soul of the desert, and the charm of the Gobi Desert offer a unique experience! Ganlu River, formerly known as Puli Jin, is an ancient Western state with profound humanistic and historical heritage. Its scarce resources are of invaluable value, coveted both within and outside the region, and have also sparked a battle between the spirit and the flesh. Let us follow the author's brushstrokes as we step into that beautiful and mysterious place.