The Fragrant Blossoms in Full Bloom was selected for Beijing’s 2019 list of recommended outstanding original online literature.
In the early days of the founding of New China, Liu Xi, a young man from the Central Plains, worked tirelessly to rise from a native-born farmer to one of the country’s first elite talents. After completing his studies, he answered the nation’s call and took a job at a state-owned enterprise in the south. Through hard work, he came to love this land deeply. Devoted to his career and cherishing it wholeheartedly, he bound his family’s fortunes tightly to those of the nation, composing the most humble, authentic, and vivid song of the strivers. Through the three generations of state-owned enterprise workers represented by Liu Xi’s family, a moving portrait of those who devoted themselves to the Republic unfolds amid the great tide of the times...
