Zangdong Hongshan - Malihua's Journey Through Tibet (2007 Revised Edition)

Author: Ma Lihua
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: Ma Lihua entered Tibet in 1976 and over the years, she traveled extensively across various regions of Tibet, writing and publishing numerous works including poetry, prose, academic treatises, and long novels. The writing and research for Journey in Northern Tibet, Westward to Ali, The Soul Like the Wind, and The Red Mountains of Eastern Tibet spanned over two to three decades, presenting a comprehensive and profound display of the natural and cultural landscapes of representative areas in this world-highland region. The first three works were compiled into Across Tibet in the 1990s, becoming a bestseller both domestically and internationally. The literary world hailed them as "rare gems on the contemporary Chinese literary scene" and "a bridge between literature and anthropology," earning Ma Lihua the title of a "writer" (writer anthropologist). These four long documentary works are also regarded as the foundational works of Chinese literary anthropology. The Red Mountains of Eastern Tibet showcases the Qamdo region in eastern Tibet, the famous Three (Golden River, Lancang River, Nujiang River) basin, and the Kham region, which shares the Hengduan Mountains with Sichuan, Yunnan, and Qinghai. This book is a result of "over two decades of effort for one volume," vividly depicting the magical landscapes of high mountains and deep gorges, the extraordinary lives on the red earth of the Red Mountains, and the history and reality spanning over a thousand years. The author's extensive exploration of the ancient Tea Horse Road, a world-highest ancient civilization passage, adds particular color to the book. Ma Lihua poured her heart into this work, declaring it to be her "final piece of Tibetan documentary literature."