Sending Off the King Ship

[Winner of the Golden Qimao Award at the Fifth Qimao Realistic Fiction Writing Contest] [Print publication deal signed with Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House]

Between blue seas and clear skies, the ancient Sending Off the King Ship ceremony embodies people’s reverence for and gratitude to the ocean. The novel follows its two protagonists, Tao Siyuan and Lin Cixiao, as they strive to preserve and pass on this unique maritime cultural heritage amid the tides of modern society. As they explore the ceremony’s historical significance, they meet all kinds of people, from the “people of the boat’s hull,” who hold fast to tradition, to merchants pursuing modernization. Gradually, they come to understand that the ceremony is not only an expression of reverence for the sea god, but also a profound ode to life and nature.