"Three Hundred Years of White Mountains and Black Waters" is an epic masterpiece about Northeastern families spanning four centuries. Through the fate of seven generations of the Qi family, it shows the vicissitudes of Northeastern China from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty to the mid-22nd century.
The story begins in 1740. Qi Tianbao, a farmer from Shandong Province, fled to Guandong and took root in the black soil of Liaodong to survive. The work is based on real historical events and runs through the reclamation of wasteland in the Qing Dynasty, the Russo-Japanese War, the Anti-Japanese War, the Liberation War, industrialization after the founding of the People's Republic of China, reform and opening up, the restructuring of state-owned enterprises, the new energy revolution, and until the future era of interstellar civilization.
As the descendants of the Qi family change their identities from farmers to miners, from engineers to scientists, and from entrepreneurs to interstellar watchers, the novel not only records the changes in Northeastern society, but also shows the journey of the Chinese nation from suffering to glory. Black land is not only a geographical concept, but also a spiritual symbol - representing perseverance, openness and responsibility for helping each other.
In a narrative intertwined with science fiction and history, the work explores the deep relationship between tradition and modernity, human beings and nature, the earth and the universe, and ultimately sublimates the profound philosophy of "all things return to their soil and life is eternal". This is an epic about roots and inheritance, and a deep tribute to the Northeast and the Chinese people.
