Malihua's Journey Through Tibet: Red Mountains of Eastern 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, publishing numerous works including poetry, prose, academic treatises, and long novels. The writing and research for Tibetan Northern Journey, Westbound to Ali, Soul Like the Wind, and 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 regions in this world-highland. The first three were compiled into Across Tibet in the 1990s, becoming a bestseller both domestically and internationally. The literary critics hailed it as "a rare gem in contemporary Chinese literature" and "a bridge between literature and anthropology," earning Ma the title of a "writer-ethnographer." These four long documentary works are also regarded as the foundational works of Chinese literary anthropology. 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, and the history and reality spanning over a thousand years. The author's extensive exploration of the ancient Tea Horse Road, one of the world's highest ancient civilizations, adds particular color to the book. Ma poured her heart into this work, claiming it to be her "final piece of Tibetan documentary literature."