Snow Mountain Land Author: Yang Zhijun Publisher: Writers Publishing House

Snow-capped mountains have always nourished the creatures on earth with the great power of motherhood. Yang Zhijun, a writer who was born and raised here, looks back with deep affection on the arduous explorations of his father, mother and several generations of grassland builders, and writes about the great changes of the times in high-altitude areas and the spiritual journey of grassland herders. The novel has a strong sense of crisis in the face of grassland problems, and also has the passion and optimism that cannot be concealed in the words that truly reflect the grassland people's solution to problems and construction of new grasslands. The poetic language forms a unique narrative style. The work not only truly presents the harshness of grassland life, but also has a rich poetic flavor. Summary: The section chief's father went to Qinduo grassland to understand the situation of herders. He was received by Jiaoba Deji, the director of the commune who was transformed from the hereditary head of the tribe. Jiaoba is straightforward and a little self-righteous, and has a very high prestige among herders. Jiaoba arranged for his father to live in the tent of Sangjie, a former servant. In an accident, Sangjie's wife Saimao was swept away by the waves while trying to save her father, a Han public servant. Before returning to the county after finishing his stay, my father took Sangjie's son Cairang, who was deaf and dumb but very spiritual, back to Xining for medical treatment. My father was promoted to acting deputy county chief, but he also encountered a problem: the higher-ups asked him to replace Jiaoba, but my father knew that herders would ignore those who were not convinced, and replacing Jiaoba would be equivalent to destroying Qinduo. After various mediations, Sangjie, who had become Jiaoba's son-in-law, became the new director. Jiaoba and Sangjie spared no effort and even risked their lives to support their father's subsequent series of major actions: in this land where education was almost zero, their father built the first primary school and middle school from scratch, so that the children of the herders could be enlightened; during the famine, the Xining Nursery School moved to Qinduo Grassland, so that the children could have enough food; when cattle and sheep were rampant, their father set up a trading company and persuaded the herders to sell their livestock to reduce the impact on the grassland, and also gave the herders a modern sense of money... After the movement began, their mother, who was a surgeon at the Provincial People's Hospital, was transferred to the county clinic. After receiving the first leprosy patient, she refused to let the patient fend for himself, and overcame all difficulties to build a clinic in Shengbieli Mountain where leprosy patients lived, and unfortunately she was infected. The younger generation, Cairang, Jiangyang, Yangjin, Meiduo, etc., also grew up under the protection of their parents and grandparents, and bravely took on the responsibility of construction. The grassland is still full of crises. How to break the deadlock? Everyone worked together to implement a plan that was quite courageous and bold...