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"Snow Mountain Short Song" is different from Ma Hua's previous publications. It consists of two parts. One part is Ma Hua's posthumous works (40 poems, 7 letters), and the other part is friends' analysis and reminiscence articles about his creation. Moreover, all contents only excerpt the period related to Yunnan. Ten years ago, the author gave up the superior life in the city and went to the countryside where Tibetans live, where he lived until he disappeared. Whether for the living or the dead, the days in Yunnan Mingyong were the glorious pinnacle of Ma Hua's life. The author brings us vivid impressions of the snow-capped mountains, and the distant small mountain village in Yunnan is vividly before our eyes. But his life was suddenly interrupted, and he worshiped Yunxia thousands of miles away.

"Pretending to Live in the Song Dynasty: A Guide to Life in Bianliang, Kyoto and Other Places" selects the Song Dynasty, the richest economy, the most politically enlightened, and the "happiest" dynasty in Chinese history, as the text object, forming a brand new life guide for "drifting" in the Song Dynasty, and a complete strategy for starting a journey through the Song Dynasty. The author relies on nearly one million words of historical data reading and verification, and presents the entire social scene of the Song Dynasty to readers in a popular and humorous way. Clothing, food, housing and transportation, birth, old age, illness and death, struggle in the workplace, elite culture, marriage and family, fashion and entertainment... Every historical fact has its source and is absolutely not fabricated. After opening the book, the reader is the protagonist of "Pretending to Live in the Song Dynasty: A Guide to Life in Kyoto, Bianliang and Other Places". As a person from the Song Dynasty, he can authentically experience the folk customs and social life of the Song Dynasty. While being nourished by historical knowledge, he can deeply feel the long-standing charm of Chinese culture.