In Chongqing, when it comes to "General Ba" and "Ba Manzi", I believe many people will blurt out the story of him defending the country and the people, protecting the territory, and staying in the city.
But that's all he has? The answer is clearly no. If you don't believe it, take a look at this freshly baked historical novel "Ba Manzi", and you will understand. On the afternoon of April 20, Qin Dingbo (pen name Hanyang), a well-known local cultural tourism expert and writer, brought his own power to the "Heavy Picture Lecture" of Chongqing Library, and shared the behind-the-scenes of creation with the general public and readers. At the same time, he also gave his own thoughts on how to continue to polish the business card of Chongqing's historical and cultural celebrities.
"In 2011, I already had the idea of writing about General Ba. On the afternoon of the 20th, Qin Dingbo said in an interview with upstream news reporters that he had just left Banan District to work at the then Chongqing Municipal Tourism Bureau. "I started to collect a lot of historical materials. In Qin Dingbo's view, compared with the Central Plains culture back then, Ba culture can indeed only be said to be a niche, and General Ba Manzi's popularity is not high, but "I think that the more this is the case, the more necessary it is for us to dig deep and sort it out."
Qin Dingbo said that Pakistani culture is also an important part of the Chinese culture, and its inheritance also demonstrates cultural self-confidence.
The entire "Ba Manzi" has 40 chapters and more than 400,000 words. In the book, Qin Dingbo integrates the history of more than 500 years from the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty to the unification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin on the basis of rich and complex historical facts. In this era, the frequent wars and complex political struggles between the vassal states of Qin, Chu, Shu, and Ba constitute the main line of the novel, and the legendary experience and heroic demeanor of General Ba Manzi, as well as his wisdom and strategy in assisting the monarch in governing the country, the development of the salt industry, and the military struggle, are even more fascinating in this novel.
Many people in Chongqing know that Ba Manzi believed that the country could not be divided, and as a minister, he could not cut the city privately. But it is unfaithful to not keep his promise, and it is disloyal to cut off the land, so he said, "Give me thanks, and the city will not be gained." So the story of self-slaughter, but few people may know the story of his early years of assisting the scribe Yin Shu in carrying out the reform of the salt administration and forcefully breaking the conspiracy of the old clan.
At the same time, the experience and growth of characters such as Ba Manzi and Ba Zijiao, the turmoil of the Warring States period and the rise of heroes, as well as the social changes of that era, war and peace, loyalty and betrayal, wisdom and courage, etc., are all vividly displayed in the book.
In the process of writing, Qin Dingbo not only went to Ba Manzi's hometown of Zhongzhou (now Zhongxian County, Chongqing) for field visits, but also learned about the customs and customs of Chu (now Enshi, Hubei) and Wei (now Henan) related to Ba Manzi. "In the process, I also found that there are indeed not many folk traditions about him, but many scholars have helped me a lot. ”
"I still want to be able to lead readers through time and space through this novel, to experience one historical event after another, and to appreciate the charm of ancient Bayu culture. Qin Dingbo said that he especially hopes that readers can think about what true loyalty, kindness and courage are through the historical events and the good, evil, beauty and ugliness of the characters shown in the book.
As an expert in cultural tourism, Qin Dingbo naturally has his own thoughts on how to polish the business card of Chongqing historical and cultural celebrities such as Ba Manzi in the creative process. "There is actually a lot to be done about building relevant creative industry parks and creative blocks around these historical and cultural celebrities, designing relevant tourism theme routes, developing more cultural and creative products, entering schools, and allowing more people to participate in the inheritance. Qin Dingbo said that this can not only demonstrate the self-confidence of Bayu culture, but also further build a good urban cultural image of Chongqing, and continuously improve the communication, attractiveness and influence of Chongqing's culture.
Upstream news reporter Qiu Jinyi