Song of the Bamboo Grove
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Summary
Yang Xijing and Hao Guangxing immersed themselves in life in Zhulin. With full passion and in the form of poetry, they chronicled Zhulin's forty years of struggle, the outstanding deeds of exemplary individuals, the beautiful scenery of the 4A-level Changshou Mountain scenic area, and the region's profound culture. This is a book that promotes exemplary conduct and spreads positive energy.
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers with a strong interest in modern and contemporary Chinese rural literature
- Literature lovers who prefer a slow pace and attention to atmosphere and inner life
- Readers hoping to understand a particular historical period's social landscape through fiction
- Readers who appreciate plain, deep, poetic prose
Not a good fit for
- Readers seeking strong plots, fast pacing and dramatic conflict
- Readers with little patience for slow narrative and extensive descriptions of setting and psychology
Reading tips
- Read in a quiet setting to better immerse yourself in the mood and atmosphere.
- Watch how the image of the bamboo grove evolves through the book and consider its symbolic link to the characters' fates.
- Don't rush; read in sections and savor the feeling and thought behind the language.
About the publisher
China Overseas Publishing House focuses on philosophy, history, world classics and mystery and detective fiction, with a secondary interest in foreign literature and folk literature. Its catalogue of roughly 960 titles includes Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Jiang Tingfu's Modern Chinese History, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, Arthur Conan Doyle's Complete Sherlock Holmes, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince, as well as Classic Collected Edition of Greek Myths and a beautifully illustrated edition of Zhuangzi, giving it a publishing profile centred on classic translations and traditional Chinese culture. Its authors and translators range from Wittgenstein, Jiang Tingfu, Mitchell, Conan Doyle and Saint-Exupéry to Huang Min, Fu Donghua and Liu Shijie. Public information about its editorial philosophy and series system is limited.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 序言
- 纵笔高歌长寿山
- 竹
- 甘露泉
- 黄牛寨
- 中岳庙
- 孝拜广场
- “千年黄栌王”
- 引黄入竹纪念碑
- 天然鸿“福”
- 千年古橿
- 一树霜柿映夕阳
- 听，这高扬明德的大音希声
- 荷花池畔的“莲”风
- 风情古镇
- 牛郎山
- 竹林博物馆
- 竹林碑林
- 甘做“绿叶”四十春……
- 四十年，守着这方人民的心……
- 竹林之歌
- 后记
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About the author
Yang Xijing is an author about whom relatively limited public information is available. What can currently be confirmed is a single work, Song of the Bamboo Grove, which circulates in the category of modern poetry. Because information such as dates of birth and death, nationality, educational background, and creative experience has not been recorded, it remains difficult to sketch a complete biography, and one can only grasp the author's literary orientation from the work itself. In terms of subject matter, Song of the Bamboo Grove takes the bamboo grove as its central image and carries a distinct lyrical quality of nature. Within the tradition of modern poetry, writing that takes plants and scenery as its point of entry often uses objects to convey moods and reflections, presenting personal feeling and spiritual pursuit through quiet observation of nature. Stylistically, the language tends toward concision and restraint, emphasizing the construction of imagery and the control of rhythm rather than narrative exposition. A single work is not enough to judge the overall shape of the author's writing or poetic stance, and the work's influence in the poetry world awaits further material for clarification. The above is only a preliminary introduction based on the facts available and the attribution of the work; readers would do well to consult the original book to further appreciate the texture of its language and its emotional content.
Hao Guangxing: public information is limited, and at present only one work is known, Song of the Bamboo Grove, classified as modern poetry. From this single work alone it is difficult to form a complete picture of his life or his full body of writing, but it is clear that he uses poetry as his main mode of expression and turns his attention to the bamboo grove, an image that carries much of the East Asian aesthetic and spiritual imagination. Judging by its title, Song of the Bamboo Grove centers on the bamboo grove, perhaps drawing on the shapes, sounds, and seasonal changes of bamboo to give voice to feeling, and showing how modern poetry continues and transforms traditional imagery. Because more works and background information are lacking, the specific features of his style, his linguistic preferences, and his poetic views cannot be confirmed; readers can only sense, from this one work, a tendency to observe nature and give expression to inner feeling. Overall, Hao Guangxing is a poet with sparse surviving information and a limited number of works, whose value awaits fuller materials and further reading.
