[King of Glory fan: Yuan Ge, Xi Shi] In the misty and rainy Jiangnan, the puppet master Yuan Ge took a awning boat passing Zhuluo Village with a plain white puppet that resembled an old friend. He accidentally met Xi Shi, a girl who could make swimming fish sink in water when she was wearing yarn. When they first met by the stream, Xi Shi's agility and straightforwardness broke into Yuan Ge's silent heart; while taking shelter from the rain in the wooden building, he controlled the puppet to dance, but Xi Shi pointed out that the puppet "lost its vitality"; the coir raincoat and white gauze when parting became the beginning of the bond between the two.
A few days later, Yuan Ge returned and asked the puppet to imitate the posture of Xi Shi Huan Sha, unexpectedly revealing his intention: "You are more like a painting than it is." Xi Shi blushed and invited him, willing to teach him how to wrap yarn and learn how to make a puppet. In the end, in the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the threads on Yuan Ge's fingertips not only controlled the puppet, but also quietly and tenderly tied him and Xi Shi's figures together, allowing a delicate relationship to slowly ferment in the rain and mist.
Reader comments
The most commendable thing about this novel is the balance between "grand narrative" and "everyday poetry". The fantasy of the Mirror City adventure is intertwined with the daily business of the doll shop, and the sacredness of the star oath ceremony contrasts with the fireworks in front of the candy stall. This narrative rhythm coincides with the rhythm of traditional Chinese aesthetics. After a thrilling adventure, there will always be life scenes of sewing dolls and tasting new tea as an emotional buffer. Particularly worth mentioning is the presentation of the Eastern philosophy of "unity of implements and Taoism": each doll made by Yuange is both a commodity and a carrier of emotions. This "all things have spirits" setting makes ordinary life scenes shrouded in a warm fantasy sheen.
The writing is very delicate, okay
I didn't expect that there would be an author with such good writing skills on Tomato. This author is so awesome!
The most commendable thing about this novel is the balance between "grand narrative" and "everyday poetry". The fantasy of the Mirror City adventure is intertwined with the daily business of the doll shop, and the sacredness of the star oath ceremony contrasts with the fireworks in front of the candy stall. This narrative rhythm coincides with the rhythm of traditional Chinese aesthetics. After a thrilling adventure, there will always be life scenes of sewing dolls and tasting new tea as an emotional buffer. Particularly worth mentioning is the presentation of the Eastern philosophy of "unity of implements and Taoism": each doll made by Yuange is both a commodity and a carrier of emotions. This "all things have spirits" setting makes ordinary life scenes shrouded in a warm fantasy sheen.
The writing is very delicate, okay
I didn't expect that there would be an author with such good writing skills on Tomato. This author is so awesome!