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This book is a collection of essays. This book is written about Jiuquan events by a Jiuquan native. It includes desolate past events in the northwest, such as crying for spirits, gathering firewood, and social fires, as well as unique rural interests in the north, such as wife-robbing, local scolding, and drinking orders. Naturally, there are also farmers and farm affairs that are common in various places under the influence of Chinese culture, such as outings in February, and boating on the Dragon Boat Festival. The author's writing style is vigorous, and he puts into words the complex emotions he has had for his hometown for most of his life, showing the rural past of Jiuquan from the perspective of a local Jiuquan writer.