The Chronicle of Dunhuang (part 2)
by Ye Zhou
About This Novel
"The Chronicles of Dunhuang" is the first domestic novel that is a biography of Dunhuang written by Lu Xun Literature Award winner Ye Zhou. It was nominated for the 10th Mao Dun Literature Award. The novel takes the ancient city of Shazhou in Dunhuang at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China as the starting point of the narrative, takes the Mogao Grottoes as the high ground of belief, and uses the rise and fall of the three major local families as clues to describe a series of thrilling life and death legends in Dunhuang. It also outlines the turbulent era of the early twentieth century and the millennium history of the Hexi Corridor. The novel combines classical poetry and Western slang, shuttles between fiction and imagination, and uses vivid and concise line drawing language and a powerful and smooth narrative style to create more than a hundred lifelike characters. The innocent children of the common people, the setting sun in the Buddhist caves, and the gods of birds and beasts can all be seen. The joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of the world, the kindness and loyalty have their own destiny. The author uses this to explore the mystery of the scriptures in Mogao Grottoes, inquire about the past and present of Dunhuang, and answer the sacred question "Why China" in a million words.
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