The Woman on the Westward Journey

"The Woman on the Westward Journey" Content introduction In the 29th year of Qianlong's reign, an imperial edict to move westward broke the peace of Xibo Camp in Shengjing. Anjia, the wife of Sumur, the leader of Zhenghuang Banner, is pregnant with Liujia, but she must embark on a journey of thousands of miles with her husband. Mei Xiang, who had been married for only three days, prayed in panic to leave a bloodline for her husband's family because her husband was frail and sick. The 62-year-old Lao Niang is the last shaman in the clan. She protects every woman with herbal medicine and wisdom. More than 4,000 people set out from Shenyang, crossed the Mongolian grasslands, the Gobi Desert, and the Altai Mountains. After one year and three months of arduous trek, they finally arrived in Ili Qapchar. This is a novel with women as the core. Anjia gave birth to "Lu Sheng" on the grassland and became the first baby on the westward migration; Meixiang walked the entire journey alone with her unborn child after her husband died of illness; Nala carried three children on the road with a pair of worn-out feet; Lao Eniang became the spiritual support of everyone with her old body. They used leather goods to satisfy their hunger when food was cut off, used their bodies to keep their children warm in the wind and snow, and used cloth belts to cushion their bodies during childbirth. They used their bodies to continue the bloodline of the ethnic group, used their hands to support logistics, and used their will to complete the journey of thousands of miles. This is a road with no retreat. Women carry the seeds of their homeland in their arms, carry the bones and blood of their ancestors on their backs, and tie the future of their ethnic group around their waists. They created a miracle of life in an extreme environment—forty-seven babies were born on the way, and more than 4,000 people arrived in Ili a year later. Their story is an epic about survival, about resilience, and about the life and death trust between women. "The roots are in Shengjing and the flowers are blooming in Ili.