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The author started writing in 2003 and ended in 2018. The writing spans as long as fifteen years, recording and narrating the vicissitudes of two generations from the mainland to Xinjiang in more than fifty years. The book has a polyphonic structure. One main line tells about the vicissitudes of the past generation who blindly fled to Xinjiang to escape suffering; the other main line tells about "I" who persisted in traveling back and forth between Xinjiang and Guangxi for fifteen years in order to realize his literary dream, accompany his wife to visit relatives, and escape the pain caused by life in the south, and finally completed the "transition" of his soul. This book is a work selected for the 2016 fixed-point in-depth life project of the Chinese Writers Association.

This book is based on the Gilgalang River that flows quietly in the Ili Prairie in the hinterland of the Tianshan Mountains. Based on the author's ten-year living experience, with delicate and romantic writing and pastoral chants, this book panoramically depicts the vast pastures, fields, forest areas, mountains and other charming scenery that changes with the seasons on both sides of the Gilgalang River. It also provides an in-depth and detailed understanding and record of the unique culture, customs, festivals, and folk songs of the nomadic people living here. The whole book is filled with the author's love and nostalgia for the mountains and rivers in this pristine land far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, his awareness of the shortcomings of modern industrial civilization and his advocacy of returning to a healthy pastoral life, as well as his concern and reflection on the current situation of ecological civilization and the spiritual life of modern people.