Text/Qu Xiaoqiang
Sichuan is home to the national treasure giant panda. In today's world, the giant panda is the most influential and recognizable rare animal in China. The cute image of the giant panda and the black and white colors have become a symbol of the concept of "unity of nature and man" and "harmony and difference" in China's excellent traditional culture. Giant pandas are the most affinity and friendly communicators of China's advocacy of world peace and development. On the eve of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sichuan Minzu Publishing House grandly launched a set of fairy tale trilogies with giant pandas as the theme - "The Kingdom of Neng Cats" (authors: Hou Guang, Wu Kun). This is the first children's literature work in China that shows the past and present lives of the national treasure giant panda and its status in Chinese culture and world culture in an anthropomorphic way.
The author Hou Guang formed an indissoluble relationship with giant pandas 38 years ago. This long work is his painstaking investigation in the past 38 years, in the footsteps of measuring every inch of the land in the hometown of the giant panda, with the painstaking investigation of the Tibetan and Qiangshan villages, the Qionglai Mountains, the Minshan Mountains and the Qinling Mountains, and then after painstaking combing and researching a large number of historical materials. It adopts the way of telling that children like to hear, and elegantly plots the layout with the warmth of the pulse of natural beauty, hometown beauty and human beauty, and intimately tells the story of man and nature.
Because the author has a rich life accumulation and strong literary skills (Hou Guang, one of the authors before, has published a number of novels, film and television literary works), he is quite familiar with specific plot design, character image shaping, language use and other aspects. Although the plot of its trilogy is different and reflects the content of each focus, the story and characters are coherent. In terms of plot design alone, "Panda Kingdom" has already seen kung fu. Its story twists and turns, advances layer by layer, interlocking, legendary and interesting, and unique and fascinating.
The first part of "Panda Kingdom" is "Earthquake Adventure", the storyline is: the giant panda king celebrates his birthday, and the earthquake suddenly arrives, destroying the palace in an instant. The king and queen, as well as their prince Xingxing, twin princesses Yingying and Xiuxiu each escaped. On the way to escape, with their own wisdom and bravery, with the help of friends such as horned antelopes, golden snub-nosed monkeys, magpies, squirrels, etc., they overcame the attacks of natural disasters such as mudslides, landslides, rain and snow, and at the same time defeated natural enemies - cunning and murderous golden leopards, jackals, and finally walked out of the epicenter of the earthquake and reunited their families. Then, they found the legendary Sun Valley of the Fairyland on Earth at the foot of Siguniang Mountain, the main peak of the Qionglai Mountains, where they established a new home.
The second part of "Panda Kingdom" is "Dream Hunting on Earth", and the storyline is: The Giant Panda King and his wife are troubled by the growth of Prince Xingxing, Princess Yingying and Xiuxiu. All three brothers and sisters have their own dreams, that is, to break into the human world and establish a harmonious relationship with human beings. Xingxing gambled and ran away, and Yingying and Xiuxiu also said goodbye after coming of age. When Xingxing returned, the king gave way to Xingxing, but he quietly dedicated himself to the White Horse people as "gods". Xiu Xiu fell into the valley on the way to the human world, falling seriously injured; Ying Ying had to walk alone in the end of the world, and formed a love affair on the way to the end. The Tibetan Adra girl happened to meet the injured Xiu Xiu. Xiu Xiu came back to life at the Giant Panda Rescue Station in Bifeng Valley. The Shushan arrow bamboo blossomed and died, and the Xingxing king was forced to flee, but fortunately moved the capital to Bifeng Valley with the help of the local government. Ying Ying went down the mountain to look for relatives, and the three brothers and sisters were unexpectedly reunited at the Bifeng Valley Royal Palace Music. However, Xiu Xiu's ambitions are high, and she is unwilling to "enjoy happiness" in Bifeng Valley, and resolutely returns to the mountains and forests.
The third part of "Panda Kingdom" is called "Journey to the West", the storyline is: In 2000, French guests visited Dengchigou in Baoxing County to uncover a hundred years of history in the giant panda kingdom and Father David of France - Armand David discovered a new species of giant pandas, and took the old king of the giant panda and his two children and grandchildren specimens, "soul" traveled to the West, sensationalizing the Western world. Vice Mayor Sun Cheng visited France to welcome the "soul" of the old king of the giant panda and his two children and grandchildren back to his homeland. Chinese and American zoologists Hu Zhi and Xia Le formulated the Giant Panda Plan for China, traveled throughout the Shu Mountains, and established a deep friendship with the giant panda king Xingxing, princess Yingying and Xiuxiu. King Xingxing summoned a "messenger of friendship" to the United States, and Princess Xiuxiu, who wandered through the mountains and forests, volunteered to enlist and traveled to the West with Feifei, which was warmly welcomed and loved by the American people. After Xiu Xiu gave birth to two babies in the United States, "Meisheng" and "Sulin", she returned to her hometown in China with the precious gifts given by Charler.
With these interesting and coherent plots and emotional narration of typical characters, the author reproduces the grand historical events that contemporary China has experienced: the Wenchuan earthquake that shocked the world in 2008; under the strong leadership and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and with the strong support of the people of the whole country, the Sichuan disaster area rebuilt a happy home; the scientific discovery of the giant panda 150 years ago; the "giant panda diplomacy" in the tide of reform and opening up...
Not only that, the work also uses vivid and vivid brushstrokes, lyrical and romantic style to better show the natural environment in which giant pandas live, as well as the humanistic customs of the Tibetan, Qiang and Han ethnic groups, that is, regional characteristics and national characteristics. The natural environment depicted in the work, such as the original forests of the Minshan Mountains, qionglai mountains and Qinling mountains, jianzhu jungles, snowy mountains, streams, lakes, landslides, mudslides, rain and snow, etc., are realistic and beautiful. The Tibetan and Qiang customs depicted by the author, such as the coming-of-age etiquette of giant pandas, family snatching, weddings, and the respect and sacrifice of the White Horse people to the dead giant panda (including the White Horse people never hunt the giant panda, the dedication of the dead giant panda to the "Bear Dance", that is, dancing Cao Gai, etc.), are very touching, allowing readers to see the broad humanistic feelings of tibetan and Qiang compatriots and the reverence and protection of nature.
The work also objectively restores the French missionary and naturalist Armand David tracking down rare animals and plants such as giant pandas and golden snub-nosed monkeys and spreading to the Western world. The author's characters, including various anthropomorphic animals and various characters in reality, have their own personalities and are real and believable. The works also have many wonderful descriptions of wild animals, such as giant pandas "drunk water", golden snub-nosed monkeys "burying corpses", twisting horned antelope "gathering", etc., giving people a lot of novel natural science knowledge.
General Secretary Xi Jinping said: "We must exalt the main theme of patriotism, use vivid literary language and dazzling artistic images, decorate the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland, depict the outstanding style of the Chinese nation, and stimulate the national pride and national honor of every Chinese... Only by taking root in the land that was born and grew up in Slovakia can literature and art catch the earth's atmosphere, increase the confidence, infuse vitality, and gain a firm foothold in the turmoil of world culture. (Speech at the Opening Ceremony of the Tenth National Congress of the China Federation of Literary and Literary Circles and the Ninth National Congress of the China Writers Association)
"Panda Kingdom" is such a grounded, underpinning, invigorating, realistic and romantic combination of successful works. In the face of its slowly unfolding colorful and moving pictures, in the calm narration full of poetry and dreams, we feel the author's surging cultural self-confidence and touch the pulse of the times when contemporary literary and art workers love the motherland and love their hometown.
A large number of outstanding literary and artistic works represented by "The Giant Panda Kingdom" have been painstakingly created by the vast number of literary and art workers since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China who have adhered to the people-centered work orientation, gone deep into life, taken root in the people, and painstakingly created them with down-to-earth footwork, profound eyesight, wise brain power, and diligent pen strength. They are beautiful trees and splendid flowers in the corridor of Chinese literature, and they will surely be loved and respected by readers, including teenagers.
Book Title: Panda Kingdom
Author: Hou Guang, Wu Kun
Publisher: Sichuan Nationalities Publishing House
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