Preface
The first five volumes describe the ups and downs of Xiajiang River for thousands of years:
"Xiajiang Medicine and Martial Arts" establishes benevolence - using local herbal medicine, folk bone setting, and common people's benevolence to relieve the suffering of troubled times and heal the illnesses of mountain people.
"Xiajiang Craftsman's Art" establishes the foundation - using stone cages to secure banks, control mountains and rivers, Luban craftsmanship, and hard work from generation to generation, calm the wind and waves of the river and stabilize the foundation of the mountains and rivers.
"Xiajiang Artists' Journey" establishes rhyme - using Bachu ballads, Xiajiang legends, folklore context, and Qu Zi's legacy to create fireworks and continue the rhyme for thousands of years.
"Xiajiang Wind and Cloud Journey" establishes the momentum - with the closure of the Three Gorges, the nirvana of the reservoir area, the reconstruction of mountains and rivers, and the tide of the times, it breaks through the millennium blockage and opens up the grand plan of the prosperous age.
"Xiajiang Customs Travel" is based on the common people, the character of the family, the choices and sacrifices, and the hard work of the people, establishing the roots of the prosperous age and establishing the road of the world.
Thousands of years of accumulation, five volumes of precipitation.
The suffering has ended, the mountains and rivers have been settled, the cultural context has been preserved, the people's hearts have been stabilized, and the general trend has been achieved.
The sixth volume, "Xiajiang New World Journey", inherits everything from the past and opens a new chapter for all generations.
No more writing about struggles, no more sufferings, no more writing about quests.
Just write: Thousand-year-old orthodoxy has been implemented in a new era, and the character of thousands of families has blossomed into new mountains and rivers.
It's ancient medicine and martial arts meeting modern medicine.
It is a traditional craftsmanship meeting an ecological new city.
It's the mountain art and literature meeting the prosperous cultural tourism.
It's when the local people meet the unity of their home and country.
It is the hard work of ancestors meeting the new life of young people.
Medicine and martial arts are the benevolence of the people.
Craftsmanship is the power of the people.
Art and literature are the charm of the people.
The wind and cloud are the wishes of the people.
Customs are the foundation of the people.
Five volumes return to the roots, and all sources return to the people.
This volume is the biography of thousands of people in Xiajiang and the fireworks of the world for thousands of years.