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"Yantai Biography: The Here and There of the Peninsula" is one of the important books in the "Silk Road Biography of One Hundred Cities" series. Yantai is located on the Jiaodong Peninsula, surrounded by the sea on three sides. It is a magical land. Once upon a time, Emperor Qin and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty visited here, Xu Fu crossed east from here, the Eastern Maritime Silk Road set sail from here, Quanzhen Taoism was founded here, and famous figures such as Qiu Chuji, Qi Jiguang, Wang Yirong, and Zhang Bishi had historic "encounters" with this place. The natural scenery and humanistic history blend together here. It has both rich heritage and romantic color. It is a poetic existence with "roots".

It was the first day of April that the demolition working group was officially dispatched to Y Village. I teamed up with Xiao Zuo and subcontracted a man named Wang Shoude. The demolition working group is located in the Y Village Committee. Xiaozuo and I took advantage of the dusk to find Wang Shoude's home. The door is open, and the door to the main room is closed. Knocked on the door, no answer. We exited and stood outside the door waiting, but we saw a figure shaking in the window. We looked carefully and saw that it was an old man doing housework. I waved, but she was indifferent. I waved frequently, but she finally waved her hand towards me and refused to open the door.

The writer who was born at the seaside returned to the fishing village for on-the-spot investigation and interviews, recording the living conditions of fishermen in the fishing village in the process of urbanization at close range. During the communication with the fishermen, he traced the thrilling past in the stormy sea, and searched for the folklore lost in time in the classics and materials. Legend, listen to the resonance between the marine environment and human life, analyze the transfer and evolution of marine culture in the changing times, and reveal the complex relationship between natural ethics and human civilization through meticulous observation records and compassionate reflections.

Looking back at the "growing pains" in the process of social modernization, we use the gentlest possible way to express the world we observe and understand. "Bloodline and Looking Back" collects a series of prose works created by prose writer Wang Yuepeng in recent years, based on the writer's experiences of youth life and work in the Jiaodong Peninsula for more than 40 years.