Children by the Jialing River

The waves of the Jialing River lap over the backbone of Northeast Sichuan, and the old locust trees in Qingshi Village by the river are engraved with 40 years of history. Here, three generations of the Shi family use bamboo strips as their pens, and they continue to strive to change the destiny of individuals and the village. The old ancestral hall, grain drying field, sweet smell of mugwort cakes in Qingshi Village, the dialects of northeastern Sichuan and cooking smoke are all hidden in the rustling of bamboo strips. When the five-year-old Jiang Ou grasped the mold tightly, the water of the Jialing River remembered: this is not only the inheritance of craftsmanship, but also a "living fossil" woven with bamboo strips in a village - the tradition is not old, the countryside is not old, the heart and hand are in harmony, the bluestone is always young. Open it and listen to the gull-patterned wings flying towards the hometown forever.