Warmth at the Cloud Cliff

Name: Warmth at the Cloud Cliff
ISBN: 9787520541824

李兴China Culture and History Press · ChinaOct 2024

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Word count: 146K words
Chapters: 27
ISBN: 9787520541824

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Summary

This book selects the author's memoir-style essays, recollections of the past and looks back at the years. It is divided into three parts: reminiscences of family and friendship; depictions of the city's natural and cultural landscapes; and panoramic records of local customs and features. The author emphasizes the writer's reflections on society and life and his explorations of history and culture. The work has three main characteristics: first, it has humanistic depth, delving deeply into and writing about local history, tradition, and reality; second, it has emotional warmth, with sincere feeling; third, it has breadth of vision, upholding the principle of "not writing about places I have not been." The three characters of the title come from Mao Zedong's "The Long March," from the line "Golden sands beat against the warm cloud cliffs," expressing the warmth and optimism felt after the revolutionary ranks have passed through hardship.

Editor's review

Yunya Nuan is a collection of essays centered on recollection, divided into three parts: memories of family and friendship, portrayals of the city's natural and cultural landscapes, and panoramic records of local customs. Upholding the principle of "not writing about places I have not been," the author draws on personal experience and direct observation, so the feeling is sincere and the details are solid. The deep excavation of local history, tradition, and reality gives the essays humanistic weight; the remembrance of relatives and friends brings warmth; and the vision extends from city landscapes to local customs, forming a broad field of view. The title comes from "Golden sands beat against the warm cloud cliffs," carrying an undertone of warmth and optimism after hardship, echoing the book's retrospective tone. It suits slow reading in quiet hours, following the author's backward glance to feel the ties between people and place, history and the present.

Who it's for

A good fit for

Readers of memoir-style essays who value sincere emotional expression
Readers interested in local history, customs, and the cultural landscape of cities
Ordinary readers hoping to find warmth and reflection in daily life and the past
Writers concerned with local cultural documentation and humanistic geographical writing

Not a good fit for

Readers who prefer strong plots and fast-paced fiction
Readers expecting a systematic local-gazetteer-style compilation of materials
Readers with little interest in memoir essays and lyrical prose

Reading tips

Read in the order of the three parts—first the memories of relatives and friends, then the landscapes and local customs—for greater clarity.
Read one or two pieces a day and leave room for reflection; there is no need to finish in one sitting.
When you reach passages about local customs, compare them with your own experience of a familiar city to deepen your understanding.
Keep a pen at hand to mark passages that move you, for rereading later.

About the publisher

China Culture and History Press China · Founded in 1980

China Culture and History Press has long devoted itself to modern and contemporary literature and culture-and-history reading matter, with publishing directions centered on classic works, social novels, prose and miscellaneous writings, and Eastern philosophy, alongside culture-and-history periodicals such as Zongheng. Among the more than 1,500 titles in the collection, representative books include Zhang Henshui's Ti Xiao Yin Yuan, Lu Xun's Complete Classic Works (10 volumes) and Wild Grass, and Lao She's Four Generations Under One Roof series and the boxed set of Lao She's Classic Works (10 volumes), while its author resources are concentrated on figures such as Zhang Henshui, Lu Xun, Lao She and Sima Qian. Its publishing character lies in solid editorial work on culture-and-history source texts and in issuing famous authors' works in sets, balancing the readability of individual texts with the systematic presentation of complete collections for focused reading and collecting. Beyond these directions, public information on the press's contemporary original publishing is limited, so it is not elaborated here.

版权信息
序一株蓝花楹
昆虫记
腾越的脉管
绿毡上的芭蕾
梨花落春寒
木树朗的通途
六维显影豆沙关
乡声重奏
逆履岷江
司莫拉，那一张张笑脸
文韵流芳怅别离
翁丁遗韵
一夜冬寒憾天明
贡山行吟
村庄四季歌
节孝巷里听女声
东坡故里的仰望
那年春节
建筑工写意
一梦现实谒乡土
犹是晨风清新
疫被情驱离
我的河床
絮语之暖
稻绿谷黄
好好“打酱油”（后记）

FAQ

Where does the title "Yunya Nuan" come from?

The title comes from Mao Zedong's "The Long March," from the line "Golden sands beat against the warm cloud cliffs." It expresses the warmth and optimism felt after the revolutionary ranks have passed through hardship, and it also suits the warm, retrospective tone of this book.

What is this book mainly about?

The book has three parts: first, memories of family and friendship; second, portrayals of the city's natural and cultural landscapes; third, panoramic records of local customs, interwoven with the author's reflections on society and life and his explorations of history and culture.

What are the characteristics of the author's writing?

According to the source materials, the work has humanistic depth, delving deeply into local history, tradition, and reality; emotional warmth, with sincere feeling; and breadth of vision, upholding the principle of "not writing about places I have not been."

Is it suitable for reading in one sitting?

This is a collection of memoir essays, and the pieces are relatively independent, so it is better read slowly in installments. Reading one or two pieces a day and leaving time for reflection and association lets you appreciate the emotion and local detail more than reading straight through.

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About the author

李兴 Author

Li Xing: currently, public information is limited. Details of the author's life, such as nationality, dates of birth and death, and educational background, are not clearly recorded and await further verification. According to the library's holdings, Li Xing has one work, the prose collection Yun Ya Nuan (Warmth by the Cloudy Cliff). The juxtaposition of "cloudy cliff" and "warmth" in the title suggests a sensibility that perceives human warmth amid travel or mountain scenery, hinting that the work may lean toward travel notes, reflections, and everyday observation. The category of prose and miscellaneous writings indicates that Yun Ya Nuan is probably not a long discussion of a single theme but consists of flexible pieces that can accommodate narrative, lyricism, and random thoughts. Because biographical material is scarce, this note avoids speculation about the author's life. Readers may begin directly with the work and feel the emotion and observation in its writing; other experiences and the course of Li Xing's writing await more public information.