Fúshì

Author: Ge Junyi
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: This novel was awarded the China Writers' Da Hongying Novel Award. In the snow-laden town of Qizhen, there are three lanes known for their varying degrees of civilization: the Qian Guo Heroes Lane, the Yan Guan Immortal Lane, and the Xianghua Brothel Lane. There are also the Paper Lantern Street, the Wild Rooster Ridge, the Luxurious Ridge, the elegant Red Lotus Tower, as well as the Beida Temple, which often rings its bells, and the St. Nilas Cathedral. The opium smokers who grow poppies in the mountains, the "skinners" who smuggle across the border at night, the "bearded men" who kill, rob, and kidnap... A mysterious traveler arrives in the town, and overnight, a thousand-year-old tree at the intersection of the pants street branch suddenly sprouts a lush green branch, destined to bring a soul-stirring rise and fall legend to Qizhen. The work's realm and connotation are profound, with a refined and elegant style, resembling an artistic scroll of the "River Scene at Qingming Festival."