Bailuyuan
About This Novel
This is a majestic epic of fifty years of changes in the Weihe Plain, a colorful and thrilling long picture of China's rural villages. Two generations of descendants of a family have been fighting for the dominance of Bailuyuan from generation to generation: they exploit feng shui, use beauty tricks, a filial son becomes a bandit, a father-in-law kills his daughter-in-law, brothers love each other, lovers turn against each other... The Great Revolution, the Japanese invasion, and three years of civil war, Bailuyuan is ups and downs, the king's flag changes, family feuds and national hatreds are intertwined, and grievances are repaid from generation to generation... The ancient land is shaking in the throes of new life.
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Official(4)Scraped 23d ago
Phew, old man Bingde is quite happy. It was also a narrow escape from death. Who would be unhappy? He was about to be taken away by the King of Hell, but who knew that he was rescued by Dr. Leng?
After all, he is a doctor. If Dr. Leng had a big facial expression, like he was nervous, it would definitely make Bai Jiaxuan's family start to worry about something big going wrong!
Good guy, don't say that others are superstitious. I am so happy and superstitious. Bai Jiaxuan married 4 wives in a row, but all of them died, which is quite scary. Bai Jiaxuan can't really have a wife-defeating physique, right?
Both books and TV series are good
Bailuyuan is really a good novel
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Official(4)Scraped 23d ago
Phew, old man Bingde is quite happy. It was also a narrow escape from death. Who would be unhappy? He was about to be taken away by the King of Hell, but who knew that he was rescued by Dr. Leng?
After all, he is a doctor. If Dr. Leng had a big facial expression, like he was nervous, it would definitely make Bai Jiaxuan's family start to worry about something big going wrong!
Good guy, don't say that others are superstitious. I am so happy and superstitious. Bai Jiaxuan married 4 wives in a row, but all of them died, which is quite scary. Bai Jiaxuan can't really have a wife-defeating physique, right?
Both books and TV series are good
Bailuyuan is really a good novel
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[Advanced Hall] An unsuccessful magical realism-themed work, and a successful novel. I had a similar feeling when I was reading the book. Corresponding to the consistent sense of absurdity such as One Hundred Years of Solitude, the magical content in White Deer Plain is more similar to the symbolic hope in some legends. Watching the film and television adaptation, you will know that removing the magical color will not damage the main story line at all. I originally thought this was probably because the realism and realism in Chinese people and Chinese stories are not suitable for magical realism, but after watching the Taoist Coming Down the Mountain, I changed my mind.
[90] Attribute: modern and contemporary documentary Comment: I don't know how to describe this novel. This is a true history, mixed with the legend of White Deer, the inheritance and grievances of various families, and ultimately a novel that ends in nothingness. In this novel, we witness the lives of one person after another, from appearance to curtain call, whether they are gorgeous, depressed or unknown. The best long-term workers and the best teachers in Bailuyuan passed away one after another. The former bandit leader upheld the belief of learning to be a good person until the end of his life. The ancestral hall tolerated many prodigal sons who turned around. On the original plain, he walked out of the Communist Party and the Kuomintang, and there were many people who could be called heroes.
I still remember a classic quote from Mr. Chen in it: People are often like this. They are one way when they are alone, but they become completely different when many people get together. Maybe... This is life, this is life
The writing is concise and has a strong sense of history.
