A beautiful but narcissistic female college student Ying came to work in the town government of Ying Town in the Qinling Mountains. She was dissatisfied with the saying that "the grass turned into a firefly", so she changed her name to "Dai Deng", which means carrying a lamp to patrol at night.
With Deng, she is mainly responsible for handling disputes and petitions at the grassroots level in rural areas. She faces trivial entanglements every day. Some people's interests have been infringed but they don't know how to defend their rights, and some people have been petitioning for more than ten years just for a tree...
Although Dai Deng faces endless disputes in life every day and endures dryness in the spiritual world, she never gives up her inner pursuit. Even in the most desperate moments, she would bring a book and sit on the hillside outside the town to look at the mountains in the distance and think about the people in the book. However, she has never been able to change the loneliness and pain that came from her fate and tortured her in turn.
The personal suffering of the lamp contains the author's sympathy for the embarrassing current situation of the township cadres; it also reflects the various problems and dilemmas faced by my country's urbanization process; at the same time, it is also a lament and reflection on the times.
Reader comments
It is a very realistic book. The author vividly outlines a group of portraits of township cadres that existed around 2010. The most outstanding one is the heroine with a lamp, but she actually does not have a dedicated male protagonist. Her spiritual world is rich and independent. Her letters to Yuan Tianliang are so fresh and smart. Even if they describe a little trouble, they can always resolve those worries with their own beautiful feelings about the scenery. Dai Deng is kind and compassionate. She sincerely helps those who are poor and sick, and she also makes fun of those who are cunning and cunning. She is rich in emotion but also distant. She is a combination of simplicity and charm. Even if she is in a humble position, she still strives to spread her light. She loves the mountains and rivers, the flowers and trees, the high sky and the flowing clouds, and the diligent families, but she also has to be coerced by the specific work to do some seemingly ordinary but twisted things. Because of this, people can't help but feel sorry for her, lamenting that the bottom of the world is so unbearable, full of so many complicated simplicity and simple complexity! It is beautiful to have lights, and she has been working hard to maintain this beauty. Although it is not easy, she has been working hard. More than ten years have passed, and I hope that there will be more and more lantern festivals. She represents the continuation of truth, goodness and beauty... I praise the author. This work is unique among his many works and has great significance in combining reality and fantasy.
As a rural person born in 1995 and a person at the bottom of society, there are many things that are repeated every day and have not changed, they are still the same.
It feels very real, just like the people and things happening around me. The characters are all flesh and blood, especially the protagonist with the light. In reality, such people are the most disadvantaged, but they are also the most conscientious people.
Jia Pingwa uses fiction to reveal the truth, uses the sharpness of reality to attack the fragility of romance, and puts a cloak of destiny on ordinary and uncertain little people, so that we can understand the meaning of survival when we see them struggling in life. Mystery and vulgarity each have their own side. Mystery allows a tired heart to have a place for poetry to rest; vulgarity allows reality to violently hit the deepest part of our souls. He uses his pen to speak out for the people living at the lowest level, and also allows us to examine the development of contemporary society and the changes in human nature through introspection and understanding, making us feel compassionate.
Marvelous! I just like reading rural-themed novels.
I read your masterpiece "Beginning in the Abandoned Capital". I vaguely remember a description of a river in the article, such as: The hook of a long worm is not deep or shallow. It has been so long and I still remember it. I like your work very much! It's wonderful!
Through delicate descriptions and precise language, Jia Pingwa brings readers into a poor and marginalized village, allowing people to feel the true life and inner struggles of ordinary people. Through his delicate and nuanced descriptions, he made people deeply feel the cruelty of poverty and social injustice. He vividly displays the inner world of the characters through multi-angle narration and character dialogue. Readers can feel the contradictions and conflicts between the characters' hope and despair, dreams and reality, which gives people a deeper understanding of the complexity of human nature.
Flesh and blood! The description of the countryside is very profound. Although I have only experienced the tail end of that era, I still felt very familiar while reading it.
I have read almost all of the author's works, and I can't say anything else. They are all rated five stars! OK OK! OK OK!
After seeing the Abandoned Capital and then seeing the lamp, I felt like I had also seen Jia Pingwa! Why aren't there more writers with such conscience?
This book describes a female college student who came to the countryside to work as a village cadre after graduation. Every day she dealt with trivial matters that the villagers wrote to her. She was very confused about this kind of life. When she was bored, she would hold a book and go to the distant mountains to quietly think about the characters in the book and love the flowers and trees around her. She is pure and beautiful, and treats the people of the village kindly, but she sometimes feels uneasy about her fate. The author uses this character to express the plight of these village cadres in the process of urbanization.
The original name of "Dai Leng" is "Firefly". This name symbolizes that her work is like a firefly in the long night. In the end, it is only a drop in the bucket. The efforts of a grassroots cadre will ultimately be unable to change the long-established situation. This reminds me of my experience of teaching in a primary school in a mountainous area in a southwest province many years ago. At that time, a group of us hoped to open a door to the outside world for the children deep in the mountains, or at least let them see the light outside. More than half a month of hard work finally made us realize that the institutional framework constructed by economy, society and culture is difficult to fight against with individual strength alone.
After reading "With Lights", I got a different feeling from the speeches I was used to hearing, such as safety, which must be repeated over and over again. There was a sense of irony, and the inconsistency between words and deeds. I am in such a large social environment, and I am trying to adapt to it.
I like this book by Mr. Jia, and I feel less uncomfortable when reading other works... I like the lights, and I like the letters with lights... I hope that the reality of rural society in the future will no longer have the embarrassing "reality" in the book, and the beauty of human nature will wash away the "ugliness" in the book. May the heaven and earth be clear, and there be no ignorance, backwardness, or injustice...
The author obviously has experience of rural life, and his art reproduces the reality of rural grassroots governments. The writing is smooth, friendly, real and slightly romantic.
Unpretentious countryside
Like it very much. The story is very realistic
From the body with the lamp, you can see the shadow of hope. Whether it is her repair of her name or her desperate reading to overcome the emptiness of the spiritual world, they all reflect people's courageous struggle when God cannot help it; rotten grass turns to glaze; After seeing the fragmentary nature of life, they resolutely chose to love life firmly.
From the body with the lamp, you can see the shadow of hope. Whether it is her repair of her name or her desperate reading to overcome the emptiness of the spiritual world, they all reflect people's courageous struggle when God cannot help it; rotten grass turns to glaze; After seeing the fragmentary nature of life, they resolutely chose to love life firmly.
The lamp is struggling, and the bamboo seems to be sleeping and waking up during the observation! The queen's life-long struggle will not die from suffering! ! !
The lamp is the epitome of countless women. Through her difficulties, the door to reality is opened. Through this, we can appreciate, pity, and in turn reflect on the future of ourselves and the times.
The book "Bring a Light" resonates with me very much. Bringing a Light is like a light in the darkness, giving people hope. She still persists in her inner pursuit when facing the hardships of life. This reminds me of Sun Shaoping in "The Ordinary World". They both work hard to live in a difficult environment. And I think this book, like Jia Pingwa's other works, has a unique narrative style that is endlessly memorable.
A true description of common social problems!
I just watched the beginning, it's pretty good!
Bringing lights is elegant, noble and holy!
I hope to see the ending with lights, because I feel uneasy. Really uneasy.
The name given to me by the reviewer is Gu Qing, who likes Northeastern Wolf. In fact, my online name is Cook Ding Jie Niu. I hope to see the ending with lights. This novel is very good. It is also a novel that I can calm down and read from beginning to end after so many years. The impetuous society needs a bit of coolness.
I like it very much, it talks about things happening around me.
Looks good, looks good, I just think it's worth recommending
I like Jia Pingwa's books, they are close to life and describe rural life very delicately.
It's very good, very down-to-earth, and I really like Mr. Jia's novels.
It is a very realistic book. The author vividly outlines a group of portraits of township cadres that existed around 2010. The most outstanding one is the heroine with a lamp, but she actually does not have a dedicated male protagonist. Her spiritual world is rich and independent. Her letters to Yuan Tianliang are so fresh and smart. Even if they describe a little trouble, they can always resolve those worries with their own beautiful feelings about the scenery. Dai Deng is kind and compassionate. She sincerely helps those who are poor and sick, and she also makes fun of those who are cunning and cunning. She is rich in emotion but also distant. She is a combination of simplicity and charm. Even if she is in a humble position, she still strives to spread her light. She loves the mountains and rivers, the flowers and trees, the high sky and the flowing clouds, and the diligent families, but she also has to be coerced by the specific work to do some seemingly ordinary but twisted things. Because of this, people can't help but feel sorry for her, lamenting that the bottom of the world is so unbearable, full of so many complicated simplicity and simple complexity! It is beautiful to have lights, and she has been working hard to maintain this beauty. Although it is not easy, she has been working hard. More than ten years have passed, and I hope that there will be more and more lantern festivals. She represents the continuation of truth, goodness and beauty... I praise the author. This work is unique among his many works and has great significance in combining reality and fantasy.
As a rural person born in 1995 and a person at the bottom of society, there are many things that are repeated every day and have not changed, they are still the same.
It feels very real, just like the people and things happening around me. The characters are all flesh and blood, especially the protagonist with the light. In reality, such people are the most disadvantaged, but they are also the most conscientious people.
Jia Pingwa uses fiction to reveal the truth, uses the sharpness of reality to attack the fragility of romance, and puts a cloak of destiny on ordinary and uncertain little people, so that we can understand the meaning of survival when we see them struggling in life. Mystery and vulgarity each have their own side. Mystery allows a tired heart to have a place for poetry to rest; vulgarity allows reality to violently hit the deepest part of our souls. He uses his pen to speak out for the people living at the lowest level, and also allows us to examine the development of contemporary society and the changes in human nature through introspection and understanding, making us feel compassionate.
Marvelous! I just like reading rural-themed novels.
I read your masterpiece "Beginning in the Abandoned Capital". I vaguely remember a description of a river in the article, such as: The hook of a long worm is not deep or shallow. It has been so long and I still remember it. I like your work very much! It's wonderful!
Through delicate descriptions and precise language, Jia Pingwa brings readers into a poor and marginalized village, allowing people to feel the true life and inner struggles of ordinary people. Through his delicate and nuanced descriptions, he made people deeply feel the cruelty of poverty and social injustice. He vividly displays the inner world of the characters through multi-angle narration and character dialogue. Readers can feel the contradictions and conflicts between the characters' hope and despair, dreams and reality, which gives people a deeper understanding of the complexity of human nature.
Flesh and blood! The description of the countryside is very profound. Although I have only experienced the tail end of that era, I still felt very familiar while reading it.
I have read almost all of the author's works, and I can't say anything else. They are all rated five stars! OK OK! OK OK!
After seeing the Abandoned Capital and then seeing the lamp, I felt like I had also seen Jia Pingwa! Why aren't there more writers with such conscience?
This book describes a female college student who came to the countryside to work as a village cadre after graduation. Every day she dealt with trivial matters that the villagers wrote to her. She was very confused about this kind of life. When she was bored, she would hold a book and go to the distant mountains to quietly think about the characters in the book and love the flowers and trees around her. She is pure and beautiful, and treats the people of the village kindly, but she sometimes feels uneasy about her fate. The author uses this character to express the plight of these village cadres in the process of urbanization.
The original name of "Dai Leng" is "Firefly". This name symbolizes that her work is like a firefly in the long night. In the end, it is only a drop in the bucket. The efforts of a grassroots cadre will ultimately be unable to change the long-established situation. This reminds me of my experience of teaching in a primary school in a mountainous area in a southwest province many years ago. At that time, a group of us hoped to open a door to the outside world for the children deep in the mountains, or at least let them see the light outside. More than half a month of hard work finally made us realize that the institutional framework constructed by economy, society and culture is difficult to fight against with individual strength alone.
After reading "With Lights", I got a different feeling from the speeches I was used to hearing, such as safety, which must be repeated over and over again. There was a sense of irony, and the inconsistency between words and deeds. I am in such a large social environment, and I am trying to adapt to it.
I like this book by Mr. Jia, and I feel less uncomfortable when reading other works... I like the lights, and I like the letters with lights... I hope that the reality of rural society in the future will no longer have the embarrassing "reality" in the book, and the beauty of human nature will wash away the "ugliness" in the book. May the heaven and earth be clear, and there be no ignorance, backwardness, or injustice...
The author obviously has experience of rural life, and his art reproduces the reality of rural grassroots governments. The writing is smooth, friendly, real and slightly romantic.
Unpretentious countryside
Like it very much. The story is very realistic
From the body with the lamp, you can see the shadow of hope. Whether it is her repair of her name or her desperate reading to overcome the emptiness of the spiritual world, they all reflect people's courageous struggle when God cannot help it; rotten grass turns to glaze; After seeing the fragmentary nature of life, they resolutely chose to love life firmly.
From the body with the lamp, you can see the shadow of hope. Whether it is her repair of her name or her desperate reading to overcome the emptiness of the spiritual world, they all reflect people's courageous struggle when God cannot help it; rotten grass turns to glaze; After seeing the fragmentary nature of life, they resolutely chose to love life firmly.
The lamp is struggling, and the bamboo seems to be sleeping and waking up during the observation! The queen's life-long struggle will not die from suffering! ! !
The lamp is the epitome of countless women. Through her difficulties, the door to reality is opened. Through this, we can appreciate, pity, and in turn reflect on the future of ourselves and the times.
The book "Bring a Light" resonates with me very much. Bringing a Light is like a light in the darkness, giving people hope. She still persists in her inner pursuit when facing the hardships of life. This reminds me of Sun Shaoping in "The Ordinary World". They both work hard to live in a difficult environment. And I think this book, like Jia Pingwa's other works, has a unique narrative style that is endlessly memorable.
A true description of common social problems!
I just watched the beginning, it's pretty good!
Bringing lights is elegant, noble and holy!
I hope to see the ending with lights, because I feel uneasy. Really uneasy. The name given to me by the reviewer is Gu Qing, who likes Northeastern Wolf. In fact, my online name is Cook Ding Jie Niu. I hope to see the ending with lights. This novel is very good. It is also a novel that I can calm down and read from beginning to end after so many years. The impetuous society needs a bit of coolness.
I like it very much, it talks about things happening around me.
Looks good, looks good, I just think it's worth recommending
I like Jia Pingwa's books, they are close to life and describe rural life very delicately.
It's very good, very down-to-earth, and I really like Mr. Jia's novels.