"The Long Song of the Yellow River" is an epic novel set on the Yellow River. It tells the story of the ups and downs of the people along the Yellow River in the torrent of the times from the early 20th century to the founding of New China. The protagonist, Li Hesheng, was born into a poor fisherman's family. After experiencing war, famine and social changes, he gradually grew into a tenacious figure who protects the Yellow River. Together with his childhood sweetheart Liu Qinghe, the passionate young man Zhang Zhiyuan, and the mysterious woman Bai Suzhen, he faces natural and man-made disasters and explores the meaning of life and home. With the Yellow River as its soul, the novel connects family grievances, love entanglements and national justice, and shows the struggles and hopes of ordinary people in the huge waves of history. The twelve chapters use the Yellow River basin as a clue, from the source to the sea, depicting the intertwining of the characters' inner world and the background of the times, depicting a magnificent picture of the Yellow River, and praising the Chinese nation's spirit of constant self-improvement.
