The Pride of Xiaoxiang

Name: The Pride of Xiaoxiang
Author: Principal Jiang of Yongzhou

潇湘骄子

by Principal Jiang of Yongzhou (永州蒋校长)

Status: Completed
Length: 618k Words
Genre: Modern Romance
Subgenre: Workplace & Marriage
Updated: 18d ago
Source: Fanqie

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Synopsis

Jiang Xuebao, who works at a hospital in Shenzhen, returns to Yongzhou, Hunan, with his wife Tang Yiyi, a martial arts instructor, to celebrate his father Jiang Sanxi's seventieth birthday.

During their visit, they discover how much their hometown has changed under the rural revitalization policy, while also facing the clash between tradition and modernity.

As they prepare for the birthday banquet, Jiang Xuebao unexpectedly discovers the “Xiaoxiang Register of a Hundred Crafts,” treasured by his father for many years and documenting traditional Yongzhou crafts on the verge of disappearing. The couple decide to help his father fulfill his wish to pass them on, but encounter conflicts between commercial development and the preservation of tradition, the resurfacing of old family affairs, and uncertainty about their own career choices. By becoming deeply involved in their hometown's development, they rethink the meaning of “success” and build a bridge between tradition and modernity. In the end, they not only hold a “Hundred-Family Birthday Banquet” that the village elders will never forget, but also find a way of life that connects city and country and blends the old with the new.

A biographical novel filled with love for one's hometown, partly adapted from real stories!

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