Three thousand downstairs

Author: Yingzi
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This is a contemplation on love, a Broadway girl from America, with a dramatic perspective and a feminist viewpoint, searching for long-forgotten love in the history and culture of the East and the West. She wanders between her own and others' souls, using romantic and idealistic words to reinterpret the love of numerous characters such as Du Li, Wu Zetian, Zhu Yingtai, Lolita, and the Green Snake. Whether it is demanding, yearning, attained, or unattainable, whether it is profound, vast, obsessive, or innocent, all love is forever frozen in the long river of history, lingering in the moment of a three-thousand-year heartbeat, leaving endless passion. The author's emotions surge to a climax at the moment of curtain call and applause, only to return to a state of sudden tranquility. The clamor of the stage, the noise of the world, and all the sounds that the river whispers in the night will vanish. What remains silent is the essence of this world. When everything disappears, only one thing endures—that is faith and passion. The souls that people burn for love cast an unwavering shadow into the long river of history across the centuries. The human pursuit of love, the passion of dreams, will forever endure. The author of this book embodies both "motion" and "influence." She is a singer and also a writer. She writes, and this is Ying; she sings, and this is Xiang. On stage, this is motion; behind closed doors, this is stillness. With motion and stillness, with Ying and Xiang, isn't life a joy?