Qiuci Double Tower (empty City Period)
by Qiu Huadong
About This Novel
Qiuci, located in today's Kuqa City, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang, is a hub of the Silk Road and an important stronghold of the Western Region Protectorate during the Han and Tang Dynasties. Kucha music and dance are famous all over the world, and "Nishang Yuyi Song" is deeply influenced by Kucha music. "Qiuci Double Tower" is composed of three chapters: "Harmony of Qin and Se", "Neon Clothes and Feathers", and "Qiuci Song". Taking "Qiuci Music" as a clue, the sound and shape of the Han pipa run through the novel. In the first part, Princess Xijun marries from the Central Plains to the Wusun Kingdom in the Western Regions. As a symbol of the national culture of the Central Plains, the Han pipa becomes her favorite to relieve her homesickness, and is later passed on to Princess Jieyou and her daughter Di Shi. His younger brother Shi became acquainted with King Jiangbin of Kucha because of Kucha music. He went to Chang'an to study classics and culture. After returning home, he devoted himself to the organization of Kucha music and the promotion of Han rites. In the second part, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, Bai Mingyue, the prince of Kucha, went to Tang Dynasty to do spice business incognito. As a master of , he and Huo Linglong, a girl from Kucha, were summoned to the palace to play "Dance of Colorful Feather Clothes". The pipa in Huo Linglong's hand was the Han pipa used by Princess Xijun. The sound of the pipa moved and the red clothes were like fire. The third part comes to the present. Wang Xue and Li Gang travel to Xinjiang. The former is preparing for the "Qiuci Song" concert, and the latter is a collector of national musical instruments and plans to find the Han pipa...
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