Hekou Nine Lanes: Paper Tea Mountain River

"Nine Alleys of Hekou·Paper Tea Mountain and River" is a long epic novel based on the real local records of Hekou ancient town in Qianshan, Jiangxi Province. It panoramically describes the rise and fall of the thousand-year commercial port and the inheritance of fireworks. The work takes Xinjiang as the context, paper tea as the soul, and streets and alleys as the foundation. It follows the one-way historical sequence from the Tang and Song Dynasties to the present day to restore the original changes of the 13th Street in the 9th Lane of the Hekou. From the establishment of a beach port in the early Tang Dynasty, to the prosperity of the country with paper tea in the Song and Ming Dynasties, to the flourishing of the thousands-mile tea ceremony in the Qing Dynasty, to the turmoil of wars in modern times, to the resurgence of various industries and intangible cultural heritage after liberation, it not only reproduces the historical glory of the ancient town as a thoroughfare for eight provinces, a tribute paper production site, and a hub for tea ceremonies, but also engraves the life and death persistence of the common people, craftsmen, merchants, and dock villagers. The whole book strictly adheres to historical facts and is created without frame. The vicissitudes of the family and country are seen through the fireworks of the market, and the local character is recorded through craftsmanship and trustworthiness. It not only writes about the survival of the cultural context and the original intention of business, but also about survival in troubled times and stability in the years. A piece of paper contains the context, and a piece of tea moistens the mountains and rivers, fully displaying the rich heritage and human warmth of the ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River.