Jiankang Residual Photo

This book is a companion volume to "Jingxi Ferry" (Jingxi Ferry), a story about the past in the Southern Dynasties. It tells the story of Chen Du, the child of Chen Zhe'an, the protagonist of Jingxi Ferry, who was separated from his younger sister. If "Jingxi Crossing" is a history of the struggle of poor families in the early Southern Dynasties, "Jiankang Remaining Photos" extends the timeline to the Hou Jing Rebellion, the Book Burning in Jiangling, and the establishment of the Chen Dynasty. The space extends from Jingxi-Jiankang to Liuzhen, Yuzhang, Jiangling, and Chang'an. The two volumes combined constitute a complete epic of the poor family in the Southern Dynasties. The theme of "Jingxi Crossing" is "writing back" - writing the scratched names back into the inventory, then the theme of "Jiankang Remaining Photos" is "waiting for water" - waiting for the people, memories and culture that have been washed away by the times to flow back from the north. The image of "water" is used to the extreme throughout the book. From the first volume in which Chen Xiaomei teaches Chen Du how to write the word "water" in Wuchuan Town, to the final chapter in which "the water of Jingxi flows north to the Huaihe River" in Xiao Muyun's poem draft, water is not only a river in the geographical sense, but also a cultural heritage and a wait in the sense of time. "Waiting for water" is not a passive waiting, but a life attitude of "being willing to stop when you arrive." Chen Du spent half his life walking from Wuchuan to Jiankang, from Jiankang to Sanwu, and from Sanwu to Jingxi - he walked a long way, but finally stopped. Stopping does not mean giving up, it means knowing that some things do not need to be chased, they will flow back on their own. Although this book is a companion volume to "Jingxi Crossing", the plot is independent and complete and can be read directly.