The Wave

1. First map out where the main characters come from and what drives them, then follow their changing fortunes over five years in Xiong'an.
2. Note the contrasting descriptions of northwestern customs and Xiong'an life to feel the tension created by the change of place.
3. Slow down during characters' low points and consider how the author handles the relationship between struggle and setback.
4. After reading, compare with the public construction timeline of the Xiong'an New Area to distinguish literary imagination from reality.

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.