"Get up! People who don't want to be slaves! Build our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall..." The Great Wall stretches for thousands of miles, winding through the mountains and mountains of Northern China; it has accompanied the rise and development of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, carrying the national spirit and cultural implications.
How to attract young readers in the new era to approach the Great Wall? Recently, the archaeological series of novels great wall teenagers of the "civilization decoding" trilogy - "The Phantom of fingerprint tiles", "The Divine Beast Opens the Eyes", "The Legend of the General Building" was published by the China Encyclopedia Publishing House and the Knowledge Publishing House, exploring and opening up the writing path of the Great Wall theme children's literature, filling the corresponding gap in the book market.
Set against the backdrop of the discovery of the Ancient Great Wall of Beiqi in Gubeikou, Beijing, the series of novels integrates magnificent time and space scenes such as archaeological expeditions, famous wars, folk culture, and even the Anti-Japanese War in Gubeikou and the birth of the national anthem, showing the profound civilization genes carried by the Great Wall.
Focusing on the novel theme of "Great Wall Study", one of the trilogies of novels in the series, "The Phantom of the Fingerprint Tile", shows the persistent spirit represented by the Great Wall by depicting the Northern Qi fingerprint tile discovered by Bai Xiucai and Bai Dad; the second is "The Divine Beast Opens the Eyes" depicts the brotherhood of the two town tomb beasts, symbolizing the significance of national integration maintained by the Great Wall; the third is "The Legend of the General Building" unveils "How the Great Wall of Northern Qi and ming were built", "What are the famous battles in the history of Gubeikou" and "Why the Mongol cavalry can repeatedly break through the Great Wall to besiege the Beijing Division". What is the relationship between the General Building and the National Anthem" Four puzzles reproduce the wonders of "ancient and modern famous generals fighting against the Wo" on the General Building, and reproduce the historical footage of "building our flesh and blood into our new Great Wall".
Qiu Huadong, secretary of the Secretariat of the China Writers Association and writer, commented that this set of novels uses flexible and vivid brushstrokes to create a group of plump images of "Great Wall Teenagers", skillfully fusing the curious, humorous, optimistic and frank nature of teenagers with the spiritual symbols, war history, civilization decoding, and national integration contained in the Great Wall, breaking through the mold of children's literary writing.
Wu Xusheng, the author of the trilogy, graduated from Peking University majoring in historical geography and has been concerned for many years with archaeological achievements such as the Ming Great Wall and the Northern Qi Great Wall. When accumulating materials for the trilogy, he studied the "Geographical Investigation Report on the Ruins of the Ancient Great Wall in the Northern Mountains of Beijing", "Examination of the Ming Great Wall", "The Great Wall of Ming Ji Town - Archaeological Report from 1981 to 1987" and other materials, and inspected the Mutianyu Great Wall, Jiayuguan, Yumenguan and other places many times.
The story of the archaeological expedition is fascinating and is only the first step. The book also integrates various folk cultures, the history of the Great Wall, the Gubeikou War of Resistance and the birth of the national anthem, showing the deep national spirit carried by the Great Wall in the grand time and space scene, and guiding young people to understand things and make great ambitions in the rise and fall of history.
Author: Xu Yang
Image source: Publisher
Editor: Tong Weijing
Editor-in-Charge: Liu Qing
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