"Traveling Through Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" Author: Sanmao Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Company

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【Content Introduction】

"Traveling Through Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" is the most famous travelogue by contemporary writer Sanmao, and also one of her popular masterpieces.

"Traveling Across Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" includes 23 essays and 2 appendices, mainly recording Sanmao's experiences and feelings during her travels in Central and South America and her return to her hometown to visit the motherland, covering Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, her hometown Zhoushan, and the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang.

After her beloved husband Jose passed away, Sanmao was depressed for a while. After she relieved her sorrow by writing "How Many Flowers Have Fallen in Dreams", Sanmao embarked on a journey again, traveling across thousands of mountains and rivers. During the journey, the experiences and customs of different countries brought Sanmao new feelings, and her writing also evolved to a new height, still passionate and unrestrained, and with a tenderness of experiencing the vicissitudes of life in her open-mindedness.

“The first thing I like to do is to ‘set out.’” Sanmao uses actions and words to give readers the courage to take the first step.

【Editor's recommendation】

★ A timeless Chinese literary classic, Sanmao's most famous travelogue, shortlisted for Douban's Top 250 Books (No. 143), Douban's Top 2 Travel Literature! Sanmao and Jin Yong are tied for the most selected writers in Douban's Top 250 Books!

★ A roaming journey across three continents, a written record of the vast world. Watch the stars at Dunhuang Shapo, purify your mind at Mogao Grottoes, understand your past lives at Silver Lake on the Ecuadorian Plateau, and gallop on horseback on the Pampas... Newly revised, optimized, and 5 new articles added, fully presenting Sanmao's travel notes!

★ “The first thing I like to do is to ‘set off’.” Passionate and free-spirited, genuine and pure, helping the weak and the poor, this is the Sanmao we love!

★ I want to give you all the courage of a person who has been taking risks, and all the sincerity I have met along the way. Travel across thousands of mountains and rivers with Sanmao, encounter countless touching moments of truth, kindness and beauty in unknown small towns and villages, and find the blue bird that symbolizes happiness in your heart.

★ Li Zongsheng, Chyi Yu, Brigitte Lin, Jia Pingwa, Lu Yu, Ji Di, Michelle Chen, Yao Chen, Zhao Jinmai, Rao Xueman... celebrities from all walks of life are reading Sanmao!

★ Designed by a well-known designer, printed in five colors of Pantone green, low-key and luxurious!

【Media celebrity comments】

✧…I didn’t want to give Sanmao this already vulgar title, but after thinking about it, there is no better description, so I’ll just call her a strange woman. The positive meaning of “strange” should be “unique”, according to the explanation in Cihai, it means having a noble character and not following the crowd. ——Liang Yusheng (writer)

✧For many years, I have been talking about Sanmao everywhere. I am one of her readers. Art exists by conquering. I envy Sanmao, a true writer. ——Jia Pingwa (writer)

✧I have never worshipped anyone, but my admiration for Sanmao is probably close to worship. I long for a wonderful, hard but rich life, just like Sanmao. ——Chen Luyu (host)

✧Sister Sanmao...she is a very brave person. —— Qi Yu (singer)

✧The world presented by Sanmao is sad and desolate, but simple, straightforward and warm. She was my first true love for words when I was young. ——Jidi (illustrator)

✧I really want to experience Sanmao's free and easy, romantic and true nature again. I opened the book quickly and eagerly. ——Zhao Jinmai (actor)

【Readers’ comments】

✧The book that accompanied me through my boring youth and gave me the dream of wandering. At that time, and even now, Sanmao is synonymous with a kind of spirit. Yes, she is one of my spiritual idols. ——Douban reader @周冲

✧After you, there is no longer a soul that can truly wander freely. —— Douban reader @游牧人·芳汀

✧…Some people’s romantic feelings, free and easy temperament are innate and cannot be learned. ——Douban reader @Neski.

✧South America is the place where Sanmao's soul yearns for. She is the blue bird that can never reach the other side. - Douban reader @zebra

✧Sanmao is kind and tolerant, brave and decisive, especially her handling of the flood in Peru really shocked me - Douban reader @初至kkkwang