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"Qinling Records" Author: Jia Pingwa Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
"Qinling Records" Author: Jia Pingwa Publisher: People's Literature Publishing House
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Introduction · · · · · ·
Write every sentence in Chinese characters well.
——Jia Pingwa
I am from the Qinling Mountains. I was born and raised there. I have been working and writing in Xi'an for more than 40 years, and the city of Xi'an is still at the foot of the Qinling Mountains.
In the Qinling Mountains, the peaks can be seen as the result of tall and majestic spirits, the pools can be seen as the result of cool and moist air, and the forests that appear on the hillsides or in the depressions are what I can gaze at most. Each tree is a building, and the shapes of various branches are for balance. The interlaced rhythm of the trees and their response to the surrounding environment make me understand the life and energy of this place, and even more so, the expression of time.
——Jia Pingwa
In "Qinling Notes", the author tells nearly 60 stories about Qinling in the form of a note novel. It has the genes of traditional texts such as "Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", and contains the unique codes of the author's growth here, with a broad realm and swaying writing style. In the long and long chapter, there are all kinds of living things hidden in the mountains and rivers, the whispers of life flowing in the rivers, and the vivid things, human affairs, and historical events in the thousands of gullies and folds.
The Qinling Mountains in this book, like the Shangzhou and Qinling Mountains written by the author before, not only contain geographical planning meanings, but also symbolize cultural spirits. The world it opens up, although the mountain shapes and landforms can be described, the flowing clouds and mountain winds cannot be measured. The real parts may be visible and can be described, but the virtual parts cannot be seen or described. Virtual and real, real and virtual, take shape according to the objects, come and go freely, just like the clouds coming out of Mount Tai, there are no rules; just like the mountain wind passing by your ears, how can you talk about composition.
This is called the Qinling Mountains, Rivers, Plants, Animals, Villages, and People Records.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Jia Pingwa was born on February 21, 1952 in the ancient calendar in Dihua Village, Danfeng County, southern Shaanxi. In 1972, by chance, he entered Northwest University to study Chinese language and literature. Since then, he has lived in Xi'an, engaged in literary editing and writing. The main works published include "Impulsive", "Wasteland", "White Night", "Missing the Wolf", "Qin Opera", "Happy", "Ancient Furnace", "With a Lamp", "Old Actor", "Extreme Flower", "Yamamoto", "Temporary Sitting", etc., translated and published in more than 30 versions in English, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese and other languages. He has won many national literary awards, as well as the American Mobil Pegasus Literary Award, the French Femina Literary Award and the French Literature and Art Honor Award. In 2008, "Qin Opera" won the 7th Mao Dun Literature Award and the first World Chinese Novel Award Dream of the Red Chamber Literature Award. In 2011, "Ancient Furnace" won the Shi Naian Novel Award and the 4th Dream of the Red Chamber Literature Award. In 2013, he was awarded the French Golden Palm Literature and Art Knight Medal by the French Embassy. In 2014, "With a Lamp" was named "China's Best Book of 2013". In 2016, "Old Student" won the Sixth China Excellent Publications Book Award.
