Yangzhou Rain, Kunlun Stone 1979-99

The novel tells the story of several generations of jades in the jade carving industry in Yangzhou and the jade mining industry in Xinjiang for about 40 years, from 1979 to 2018. Their life experiences are mainly concentrated in an extremely concentrated area and industry, from jade mining and selection in Kunlun to jade cutting and selling in the Yangtze River Delta Economic Zone. However, this industry reflects the tremendous changes in an era of China's reform and opening up. It not only shows the struggle of this generation in these two places, but also the persistence and transformation of their views on love, worldview, and values ​​during these years. In particular, it expresses the characteristics of Yangzhou and Xinjiang, and shows the people of the two places who have been struggling for 40 years, the changing conditions of the two places, and the constantly developing affairs of the two places.