[How do women live? Learn from heaven. If God lets you live, live. "Contemporary" literary magazine authoritative recommendation! Yunnan version of "My Altay"]
"Cangcheng" is Acuo's first original novel. The story takes place in Cangcheng, a small town in the folds of the Hengduan Mountains in Yunnan. It was once a granary in northwest Yunnan and an important town on the Tea Horse Road. It is full of Confucian culture from the Central Plains and mysterious rural folk customs from the border areas. The book reveals the unique atmosphere of the mountains in northwest Yunnan and the fireworks in the cities of small counties.
Something big happened in Cangcheng. The fairy lady died. Everyone rushed to tell each other, and "I" woke up from the ghostly dream of childhood. "Cangcheng" also draws from the death of this goddess whose authenticity is difficult to distinguish, and draws out all the living beings in the small county in northwest Yunnan - the "Zhai girl" who never married, and the "female horse driver" who works alone in a caravan for the sake of family livelihood... These women are not given a choice in life, but they use their strong vitality to find a way out for themselves.
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From the perspective of "my", this book uses flashbacks and interjections to tell the story of the three protagonists of the book: Yazi Xianpo, the female horse driver, and Zhai girl's cousin's grandfather, who actually lived in Cangzhou. It is a book dedicated to women, and the language is simple yet humorous. Mo writes about ordinary women who are high-spirited and uplifting. Even if the times bring about their sufferings, they let me see that in order for a woman to move up, it is not necessary to give her a ladder or a whip, but only to let them remove the chains from their necks. One day, they will wipe away all their tears. There will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. They are still living tenaciously, and their proud vitality will be passed down from generation to generation and blossom into gorgeous flowers!
Finally, dear friend, I wish you can be yourself and your dreams come true. Wish you, wish me, wish we will get what we want and be high-spirited! Like them, they will eventually wipe away all their tears.
The characters in the author's works are all vivid, among which I particularly like the Narcissus. He was insulted, but he could imagine himself as a cloud, a tree, and the daughter of Eagle Mountain. He never talked about those difficulties. What he saw and heard in Daying Mountain made him slowly change his approach to this incident. There are also stories about demons and gods with strange powers, which I also like. There was also the little cobbler who wanted to woo the Zhai girl (his sister), but he died in the end. But fortunately, Narcissus, a woman with the same divine power, allows us to see him again. The writing is delicate and the life in the county is very rich [flying kiss] [flying kiss] [flying kiss] [flying kiss]. It was the first time I saw something so beautiful, and I was surprised and happy. Big cheers for the author!
Sometimes I also think about why people come to this world to live? We came into this world crying and suffered all kinds of suffering and torture. Are we just living for the sake of living? Perhaps this book gives the answer from another aspect. Things in the world are ever-changing. Even though the world is difficult and life is full of misfortunes, there is hope as long as you are alive!
It's so well written. Through this book, I got to know "Narcissus/Fairy Woman", "Zhai Girl" and "Golden Phoenix". Although the characters are fictional, I feel that their "souls" have existed in this world.
The author's hometown of Cangcheng seems to be alive. As he read, scenes and scenes of pictures played in his mind, as if he had lived in Cangcheng, and he also learned a lot about the customs, customs and folk culture.
What I also want to say is that I really like the author's writing style. Reading is as smooth as drinking. The more I read, the more fascinated I am. It really makes me feel that reading is a kind of enjoyment!
I hope the author will create more works, and I am willing to be your loyal reader! [Crazy]
After reading it, I felt that living is very hard. It turns out that it has been so hard from the past to the present. When reading, the bitterness will be relieved by the tone of the words and writing, just like drinking the wine mixed by the fairy grandmother. The lingering aftertaste has a strange taste, so I no longer feel the bitterness. The tenacity and enthusiasm of life.
A book worth reading. The author tells the stories of three women, Qiu Shuixian, Cousin Grandpa, and Jin Feng, through storytelling, with a strong sense of substitution, a bit like "Alive". The word used to describe the beautiful scenery of Cangcheng is also very beautiful, "Morning light flows into the mist".
I recently read "The Courage to Be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi, and I was reminded of the fairy lady. The book says that what determines us is not our past experiences, but the meaning we give to our experiences. This corresponds to the fact that even if the fairy woman suffered such a big trauma when she was young, she could still live leisurely.
I like the author's love for women. It is a new writer's perspective. He treats and describes every woman as an adult. No matter what is right or wrong, just showing their vitality is charming enough. I hope there will be more works by women in the future!
The novel takes Cangcheng in northwest Yunnan as the stage, integrating the vicissitudes of the Tea Horse Road, the mystery of border folk customs, and the fireworks of small city wells into the lines. The mountains, water, people, and things here all have a simple and wild atmosphere. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the fate of individuals. Intertwined with regional culture and changes of the times, it not only describes the struggle and growth of women, but also outlines the microcosm of border society. In those gray days, the most vivid life gestures are hidden, including suffering, perseverance, gentleness and stubbornness. It is this true love The pyrotechnics make the story more down-to-earth and the characters' tenacity more infectious. After reading "Cangcheng", it feels like walking through a long journey of life. It does not give us an excuse to escape suffering, but it gives us the courage to face life. It turns out that the most powerful thing in life is Strength is never about defeating fate, but about always holding on to oneself, growing tenaciously, and living toward the sun in the torrent of fate. May we all be like the women in Cangcheng, who have gone through wind and rain but never changed their original intentions, who are still covered in scars and still move forward with their heads held high, and live as the light in their own lives.
This is similar to the story I have heard, but this is a story about the slavery system of the Yi people in Liangshan. My younger uncle's grandfather was snatched up the mountain, worked as a slave, and was married to give birth to my younger uncle's father. Later, when my younger uncle's father got older, his father also figured out the route and ran with him for many days out of the mountains and back to the plains. The writing is very realistic and great.
Everyone is a book, a story, and an author.
For some people, I don't love them very much but remember them for a long time;
For some people, I loved them very much at the time, and after following them for a long time, they gradually became a habit.
In today's society, everyone has to complain about suffering and never miss three meals a day. I don't like to hear it, because I have been hungry and suffered in this well-off society, and I know that it is nothing.
Everyone has their shining points. Life is only 30,000 days long. Just focus on the bright spots and live happily!
Everyone has his own cage, but how to live is his own choice. The fate of Narcissus, the cousin's girl, and the cultural man of Jinfeng is like a gurgling water, which eventually merges into the long river of the secular world, and at the same time flows slowly into the heart.
It is a work that is detached, natural, and very spiritual. You have to learn from everything. People are very stupid. Unlike animals like cats and dogs, they can recognize Chinese medicine by themselves and look for medicine to take when they are sick. You have to learn from them. God wants you to live because he wants you to live. You have to find a way to survive and see how those animals live? "Hey, have you heard? Little Aries is angry, angry that she wants to leave Dayingshan", so she leaves nothing behind, just leaves when she leaves, just like water flowing through, everything flows through me, and I am just a speck of dust in the world.
This is the first time I read a novel written by a local female writer from Yunnan. It is very interesting and touching. I laughed and cried at the same time. Every time I read a story about a woman's fate, I am very touched, especially when a woman writes about a woman, which can touch the deepest chord in my heart. How should a woman live her whole life and who should she live for? Everyone is looking for their own answer.
Favorite quote: "I walked toward them. They showed me that in order for a woman to move up, you don't need to give her a ladder or a whip, you just need to remove the chains from her neck."
Death is a beautiful thing if relatives and friends come to pick it up.
2025.6.1.09:00 I accidentally heard this book recommended by the book recommendation channel, Yunnan, Three Women, How to Live. What attracted me in the introduction, How to Live. The author recorded the lives of three women, the way women face life in the context of the times, adapt to the weather, and live.
A very, very nice book. It contains folk customs and customs, combined with magical realism, and most importantly, tells the story of the tenacious survival of women in that era in the natural environment and social environment. Moreover, the dialogues between the characters are also very interesting, humorous and very readable. I highly recommend it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It's so beautiful, and I'm completely immersed in the story of the characters.
It took me two hours and 56 minutes to read this book. The content of the book is very good, and the emotions are expressed sincerely. It is a good book. I hope the author can write better books.
The writing ideas are unique and fascinating. Peel off the cocoon and unfold it layer by layer. The faces of different women have conflicts and opportunities brought about by changes in the times. The old and the new are intertwined, making it a pleasant read. To put it bluntly, everything is natural.
The narrative landscape of the lost women is pieced together bit by bit. They are no longer accessories in the deep house compound, but just themselves.
When I saw Narcissus committing suicide, I couldn't help but shed tears. I don't know why, but I had mixed feelings in my heart. I also wanted her to come into my dream and tell me a story about Cangcheng.
I will never forget it
Very beautiful, I really like it
It's so good that you can read it in one sitting
Very pretty
Cousin and the little cobbler.
Make up for my broken life
2025.5.10 Finished reading at four o'clock in the morning
The poor woman relied on her simple nature to survive alone in such a difficult environment. Her fate attracted me to keep reading.
From the perspective of "my", this book uses flashbacks and interjections to tell the story of the three protagonists of the book: Yazi Xianpo, the female horse driver, and Zhai girl's cousin's grandfather, who actually lived in Cangzhou. It is a book dedicated to women, and the language is simple yet humorous. Mo writes about ordinary women who are high-spirited and uplifting. Even if the times bring about their sufferings, they let me see that in order for a woman to move up, it is not necessary to give her a ladder or a whip, but only to let them remove the chains from their necks. One day, they will wipe away all their tears. There will be no more death, nor mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. They are still living tenaciously, and their proud vitality will be passed down from generation to generation and blossom into gorgeous flowers! Finally, dear friend, I wish you can be yourself and your dreams come true. Wish you, wish me, wish we will get what we want and be high-spirited! Like them, they will eventually wipe away all their tears.
The characters in the author's works are all vivid, among which I particularly like the Narcissus. He was insulted, but he could imagine himself as a cloud, a tree, and the daughter of Eagle Mountain. He never talked about those difficulties. What he saw and heard in Daying Mountain made him slowly change his approach to this incident. There are also stories about demons and gods with strange powers, which I also like. There was also the little cobbler who wanted to woo the Zhai girl (his sister), but he died in the end. But fortunately, Narcissus, a woman with the same divine power, allows us to see him again. The writing is delicate and the life in the county is very rich [flying kiss] [flying kiss] [flying kiss] [flying kiss]. It was the first time I saw something so beautiful, and I was surprised and happy. Big cheers for the author!
Sometimes I also think about why people come to this world to live? We came into this world crying and suffered all kinds of suffering and torture. Are we just living for the sake of living? Perhaps this book gives the answer from another aspect. Things in the world are ever-changing. Even though the world is difficult and life is full of misfortunes, there is hope as long as you are alive!
It's so well written. Through this book, I got to know "Narcissus/Fairy Woman", "Zhai Girl" and "Golden Phoenix". Although the characters are fictional, I feel that their "souls" have existed in this world. The author's hometown of Cangcheng seems to be alive. As he read, scenes and scenes of pictures played in his mind, as if he had lived in Cangcheng, and he also learned a lot about the customs, customs and folk culture. What I also want to say is that I really like the author's writing style. Reading is as smooth as drinking. The more I read, the more fascinated I am. It really makes me feel that reading is a kind of enjoyment! I hope the author will create more works, and I am willing to be your loyal reader! [Crazy]
After reading it, I felt that living is very hard. It turns out that it has been so hard from the past to the present. When reading, the bitterness will be relieved by the tone of the words and writing, just like drinking the wine mixed by the fairy grandmother. The lingering aftertaste has a strange taste, so I no longer feel the bitterness. The tenacity and enthusiasm of life.
A book worth reading. The author tells the stories of three women, Qiu Shuixian, Cousin Grandpa, and Jin Feng, through storytelling, with a strong sense of substitution, a bit like "Alive". The word used to describe the beautiful scenery of Cangcheng is also very beautiful, "Morning light flows into the mist". I recently read "The Courage to Be Disliked" by Ichiro Kishimi, and I was reminded of the fairy lady. The book says that what determines us is not our past experiences, but the meaning we give to our experiences. This corresponds to the fact that even if the fairy woman suffered such a big trauma when she was young, she could still live leisurely.
I like the author's love for women. It is a new writer's perspective. He treats and describes every woman as an adult. No matter what is right or wrong, just showing their vitality is charming enough. I hope there will be more works by women in the future!
The novel takes Cangcheng in northwest Yunnan as the stage, integrating the vicissitudes of the Tea Horse Road, the mystery of border folk customs, and the fireworks of small city wells into the lines. The mountains, water, people, and things here all have a simple and wild atmosphere. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the fate of individuals. Intertwined with regional culture and changes of the times, it not only describes the struggle and growth of women, but also outlines the microcosm of border society. In those gray days, the most vivid life gestures are hidden, including suffering, perseverance, gentleness and stubbornness. It is this true love The pyrotechnics make the story more down-to-earth and the characters' tenacity more infectious. After reading "Cangcheng", it feels like walking through a long journey of life. It does not give us an excuse to escape suffering, but it gives us the courage to face life. It turns out that the most powerful thing in life is Strength is never about defeating fate, but about always holding on to oneself, growing tenaciously, and living toward the sun in the torrent of fate. May we all be like the women in Cangcheng, who have gone through wind and rain but never changed their original intentions, who are still covered in scars and still move forward with their heads held high, and live as the light in their own lives.
This is similar to the story I have heard, but this is a story about the slavery system of the Yi people in Liangshan. My younger uncle's grandfather was snatched up the mountain, worked as a slave, and was married to give birth to my younger uncle's father. Later, when my younger uncle's father got older, his father also figured out the route and ran with him for many days out of the mountains and back to the plains. The writing is very realistic and great.
Everyone is a book, a story, and an author. For some people, I don't love them very much but remember them for a long time; For some people, I loved them very much at the time, and after following them for a long time, they gradually became a habit. In today's society, everyone has to complain about suffering and never miss three meals a day. I don't like to hear it, because I have been hungry and suffered in this well-off society, and I know that it is nothing. Everyone has their shining points. Life is only 30,000 days long. Just focus on the bright spots and live happily!
Everyone has his own cage, but how to live is his own choice. The fate of Narcissus, the cousin's girl, and the cultural man of Jinfeng is like a gurgling water, which eventually merges into the long river of the secular world, and at the same time flows slowly into the heart.
It is a work that is detached, natural, and very spiritual. You have to learn from everything. People are very stupid. Unlike animals like cats and dogs, they can recognize Chinese medicine by themselves and look for medicine to take when they are sick. You have to learn from them. God wants you to live because he wants you to live. You have to find a way to survive and see how those animals live? "Hey, have you heard? Little Aries is angry, angry that she wants to leave Dayingshan", so she leaves nothing behind, just leaves when she leaves, just like water flowing through, everything flows through me, and I am just a speck of dust in the world.
This is the first time I read a novel written by a local female writer from Yunnan. It is very interesting and touching. I laughed and cried at the same time. Every time I read a story about a woman's fate, I am very touched, especially when a woman writes about a woman, which can touch the deepest chord in my heart. How should a woman live her whole life and who should she live for? Everyone is looking for their own answer.
Favorite quote: "I walked toward them. They showed me that in order for a woman to move up, you don't need to give her a ladder or a whip, you just need to remove the chains from her neck."
Death is a beautiful thing if relatives and friends come to pick it up.
2025.6.1.09:00 I accidentally heard this book recommended by the book recommendation channel, Yunnan, Three Women, How to Live. What attracted me in the introduction, How to Live. The author recorded the lives of three women, the way women face life in the context of the times, adapt to the weather, and live.
A very, very nice book. It contains folk customs and customs, combined with magical realism, and most importantly, tells the story of the tenacious survival of women in that era in the natural environment and social environment. Moreover, the dialogues between the characters are also very interesting, humorous and very readable. I highly recommend it ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
It's so beautiful, and I'm completely immersed in the story of the characters.
It took me two hours and 56 minutes to read this book. The content of the book is very good, and the emotions are expressed sincerely. It is a good book. I hope the author can write better books.
The writing ideas are unique and fascinating. Peel off the cocoon and unfold it layer by layer. The faces of different women have conflicts and opportunities brought about by changes in the times. The old and the new are intertwined, making it a pleasant read. To put it bluntly, everything is natural.
The narrative landscape of the lost women is pieced together bit by bit. They are no longer accessories in the deep house compound, but just themselves.
When I saw Narcissus committing suicide, I couldn't help but shed tears. I don't know why, but I had mixed feelings in my heart. I also wanted her to come into my dream and tell me a story about Cangcheng.
I will never forget it
Very beautiful, I really like it
It's so good that you can read it in one sitting
Very pretty
Cousin and the little cobbler.
Make up for my broken life
2025.5.10 Finished reading at four o'clock in the morning
The poor woman relied on her simple nature to survive alone in such a difficult environment. Her fate attracted me to keep reading.