Type of work: Historical, geographical and cultural novels
Core theme: Taking the Qin River Basin as the geographical stage and the Ming and Qing Dynasties as the historical background, through a river, people on both sides of the river, and three hundred years of cultural context, it shows the tenacity of Chinese civilization in the turmoil and changes.
Narrative features: history as the bone and literature as the soul - every city, pass, castle, and ferry has its own evidence, and every character, event, custom, and folk song has its origin, making geography a talking character and history a touchable temperature.
Total word count: 400,000 words
