January 2022 Reader Vote
Top 5 best books to read:
"Shadow And Dark Fragrance - He Jiping's Classic Script Collection" (by He Jiping)
"Flowers Blocking the Way" (by Zhang Lijun)
"Rain Window Book" (by Zhu Hangman)
"The Journey of Little Water Droplets- Crossing an Ancient Canal to the Sea" (by He Hui)
The Great Song Dynasty (8 volumes) (by He Hui)
January 2022 Jury Members:
Han Haoyue Yan Han Zhang Jiahong
Column host: Shen Jiequn
Jury Voting Recommendation List:
"Shadow Dark Fragrance - He Jiping's Classic Script Collection"
Judges' Comments:
"Shadow Dark Fragrance - He Jiping Classic Script Collection" is a collection of classic scripts by the famous playwright He Jiping, which mainly selects several of her classic plays and accompanies the creation of the dialogue, the drama scripts are "Tianxia Downstairs", "Deling and Cixi", "Jiaziyuan" and a film script "New Dragon Gate Inn". Among them, "Heaven Downstairs" (excerpt) was selected as the second book of the ninth grade Chinese textbook of the human teaching edition. The script of "New Dragon Gate Inn" has not been published before, and it is more valuable. The book also selects several theatrical rehearsals and some precious photos of previous performances for the readers, which is a combing of He Jiping's dramatic literature, hoping to help readers understand He Jiping's dramatic life. Mr. Wu Zuguang commented on He Jiping and her writing, "She is not crazy, she looks like a juanjuan lady, and her pen is full of weather. Her works are not like women, especially language, old and humorous, profound and timeless. ”
The Great Song Dynasty (all 8 volumes)
"The Great Song Dynasty" is a long historical novel by scholar-type writer He Huiji for more than 10 years. Major historical events are carefully outlined by the author's abundant pen and ink, and painted into a magnificent and magnificent panoramic painting. At the same time, the works explore the subtle inner world of the characters in the folds of history, depict the daily life and customs of the citizens of the Song Dynasty, think about the personal encounters and history or accidental or inevitable implications, and flash the cultural interest and the temperature of human nature. The content of the novel is all-encompassing and fascinating, interspersed in the narrative, alongside the politics, military, culture, economy, system, customs, geography and other aspects of the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and there are many historical details that have been examined. Breaking the chapter structure of traditional historical novels, integrating a variety of modern novel creation techniques, the whole book structure is atmospheric, logical and meticulous, but without guiding text titles, it becomes a story labyrinth full of temptations.
"A Little Water Drops Roaming The Way Through an Ancient Canal to the Sea"
"Little Water Drops Roaming" is a long fairy tale novel, the author Zhou Jimin is a native of Wenzhou, Zhejiang, she created the role of "Little Water Drops" in the book. In the process of reading this book, she always felt that this "small water droplet" hung in front of her head, and she led the reader through Qu Xi and Guo Xi, over Pan Bridge and Lou Bridge, through Jingshan and Nantang, across Wutian and Xianyan... If you've been to Wenzhou, this novel will help relive the "Wenzhou Memory". In the imaginative fairy tale text, familiar places, cultures, and names are given a new perspective of observation and understanding, and Zhou Jimin uses her new work to explain the writing concept of "everything can be a fairy tale" very well. When the form of fairy tales joined the army of "hometown writing", this subject area has since become more flexible and active.
Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang
The book's two authors, Yi Jianfeng and Yang Ying, are veteran media personalities who interview dozens of people, salvaging images of their past lives in old newspapers, old photographs, building ruins, and oral memories, depicting the personal growth and class leap of Dr. Zhang and Dr. Wang in half of their lives, and examining the construction process of their knowledge, dignity and self.
Rain Window Book Talk
Zhu Hangman's collection of reading essays, "Rain Window Books", is a book that talks about books and reading, and is "the book in the book". In the book, the author shares the joy of searching for books and visiting books, but he also inadvertently sketches a meticulous map of Beijing bookstores. For books, Zhu Hangman is more real. He cares about the version, values the binding, pays attention to the appearance, and his favorite book does not only come from the book, but also cares about the appearance of the book. This is called both internal and external cultivation. Searching for books and visiting books, being more authentic than books, is the source of the fun that emanates from books.
"Flowers In the Way"
In the latest collection of essays, "Flowers Blocking the Way", Zhang Lijun is as intriguing as her previous works. Captured with a golden heart, sought with a discerning eye, and presented with a clever hand, she is good at starting from the ordinary things in life, looking for the beauty and light hidden in them, and then creating a situation with ingenuity, so that the reader can unconsciously walk into it and get unexpected enlightenment and harvest. The more ordinary the cut, the more shocking it is after reading.
The Earth Still Winters Under a Quilt: Essays on Russian Nature
The Amur River is a distant confluence of two major rivers in northeast China, the Heilongjiang River and the Ussuri River, and eventually flows into the Sea of Okhotsk. Koliperi's writing and life almost revolve around this river. The work of this Russian writer and painter was introduced and published for the first time, and his writing is picturesque. He experienced war and later accompanied nature in the Far East in the years of peace. He has a more eternal, open world. His nature is ever-changing, the starlight is twinkling like all people, and the years are passing by like birds, allowing us to find the spirit of nature and obtain peace of mind.
"Rival"
The novel "Opponent" subverts everyone's stereotype of the theme of espionage. A taxi driver husband and a wife with hyperthyroidism and emotional instability, two children for life to calculate, quarrel for children, complain about money, fireworks become protective cover, two spies live in peace for 18 years. While we laugh at the embarrassing lives of spies, the novel also has a nuanced portrayal of the national security officers who are silently guarding national security.
"Hometown in the Festival"
In ancient times, festivals were a mysterious way of communicating with heaven and man, nature, and ancestors, and it was infiltrated with people's most original emotions, beliefs and attitudes towards life. "Hometown in the Festival" is another work by the well-known local literary writer Huang Xiaoji, who focuses on rural festival customs after the themes of old utensils, food lists and agricultural affairs. In chronological order, from the first day of the Chinese New Year to the end of the year,Chinese New Year's Eve the book revolves around marriage and funeral, birth, old age, illness and death, and daily ethics, and tells in prose about 40 important rural festivals and customs in the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter in the author's hometown, truly reproducing the joys and sorrows of a traditional farming village and preserving a period of local memory.
"Harvard Mother's Dolphin Parenting Law"
Some parents today are often as suffocating as "micro-managers," while children who lack internal control rely on external rewards to stay motivated and are forced to act like "overworked middle-aged people." After 15 years of dedicated research and practice, HMI Kang, M.D., of Harvard, proposed the "Dolphin Upbringing Method". The "Dolphin Parenting Method" focuses on the balance of lifestyle and interpersonal relationships, and loves to play and social life. Hemi Kang points out that "tiger" parenting will also succeed, but only in a limited sense. These successes are often accompanied by physical and mental illnesses and uncontrolled behaviors caused by an unbalanced life. "Dolphin-style" parenting success includes health, happiness, integrity, social relationships, etc.
Source: China Youth Daily client