"Mountain Rain" is a novel written by Wang Tongzhao in the 1930s. It is set in rural northern China at the beginning of the 20th century and profoundly depicts the miserable life and spiritual awakening of farmers under the dual oppression of social unrest and natural disasters.
Through typical characters such as Xi Dayou, Chen Zhuangchang, and Song Dasha, the novel shows the grim reality of rural economic decline, rampant soldiers and bandits, and frequent exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, as well as the farmers' journey from enduring humiliation and burdening to gradually awakening and resisting.
The language is simple and profound, and the plot is real and moving. It is a representative work of rural novels with profound social concern and realism power in modern Chinese literature.
