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- The Lion’s Path 狮途 [Nonfiction] [Beijing Baizhifang Great Lion Dance] [Intangible Cultural Heritage in Modern Life] [Ensemble Cast] The lion's path, the master and apprentice. It's the Great Lion Dance, step by step along the road, It's the Great Lion Dance, step by step into the future, It's the masters and apprentices, teachers and students of the Baizhifang Great Lion Dance. It's how I see them, And a behind-the-scenes look at the inheritance, preservation, and spread of intangible cultural heritage. You can re 517Votes1.3kRecs2.4kFans
- Born Like the Stars: Cloudwalker 生若星辰:云行 [“Welcoming the 20th National Congress: Youth Write a Glorious Chapter” Themed Writing Contest] [Fiction] Martial arts are meant to stop violence. They are also a way to serve one's family and country. One should never take pride in one's martial skills or bully the weak. Let's bring martial arts to life through social media. In this flourishing China, everyone, no matter how ordinary, is born a star. Millions of stars come together to form the glimmer on the national flag. At this moment, Marti 0Votes21Recs0Fans
- Born Like the Stars: Across the Four Seas 生若星辰:四海 [“Welcoming the 20th National Congress: Youth Write a Glorious Chapter” Themed Writing Contest] [Fiction] Young people from every corner of the country build a shared path across thousands of miles on the bridge of online literature. In this flourishing China, everyone, no matter how ordinary, is born a star. Millions of stars come together to form the glimmer on the national flag. Here, young people from across the country come together to seek countless ways forward. Story synopsis: A grou 0Votes5Recs0Fans
- Life Like the Stars: Treading Through Snow 生若星辰:踏雪 [“Welcome the 20th Party Congress, Let Youth Write a Glorious Chapter” Themed Essay Contest] [Fiction] With the vitality of young people, break free of the label that says you’re no good at anything, and trade it for the bold spirit of someone who has traveled ninety thousand miles across my land. In this age of Chinese prosperity, every person, however ordinary, is born a star. Countless stars come together to form the gleam on the national flag. Follow this path, and walk through the snow unti 0Votes7Recs0Fans
- Life Like the Stars: Soaring 生若星辰:腾飞 [“Welcome the 20th Party Congress, Let Youth Write a Glorious Chapter” Themed Essay Contest] [Fiction] An ordinary yet extraordinary job. Teachers nurture their students and help dragons soar through the nine heavens. In this age of Chinese prosperity, every person, however ordinary, is born a star. Countless stars come together to form the gleam on the national flag. Look here, and witness the Chinese dragon taking flight into the highest heavens. Synopsis: A PE teacher rescues a goose that ha 0Votes7Recs0Fans
- Born Like the Stars: Setting Out 生若星辰:奔赴 [Fiction] An essay contest themed “Celebrating the 20th National Congress: Youth Writing a Glorious Chapter” Three generations of railway workers witness, build, and share in China's dream of becoming a great power. In this prosperous China, everyone, no matter how ordinary, is born a star. Millions of stars come together to form the gleam on the national flag. From here, we set out for a distant land where spring flowers bloom. Synopsis: Xu An'an spent her first year of university during the p 0Votes15Recs0Fans
- Warm Sun in the Snow Season 雪季暖阳 [Writing Contest: “All Things Have Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak”] [Snow] [Traditional Chinese Culture] [Weather] An unexpected blizzard. In the Southern Hemisphere, a ray of warm sunlight brightened the snowy season. 0Votes15Recs0Fans
- Ruoxin Ruoqian 若鑫若茜 [“All Things Have Form, and Oracle Bones Can Speak” Writing Contest] [Ruo] [Traditional Chinese Culture] Born as twins in response to the two-child policy, the babies were given the names “Ruoxin” and “Ruoqian” by their mother, a history teacher, who drew on the auspicious ancient meaning of “Ruo” when naming them… 0Votes11Recs0Fans
- A Bountiful Year 时和年丰 [Call for Submissions: “Everything Has a Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak”] [Year] [Traditional Chinese Culture] The Autumn Equinox is harvest time. May the seasons be fair and the five grains plentiful. 0Votes4Recs0Fans
- Essence of Moonlit Water 水月金精 [“Everything Has Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” themed writing contest] [The Moon] [Traditional Chinese Culture] The classics say, “The moon is the essence of metal, the essence of water, and the principle of the earth.” 0Votes7Recs0Fans
- Weaving Spring Beneath the New Moon 朔月织春 [“Everything Has Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” Writing Contest] [Moon] [Chinese Traditional Culture] The moon waxes and wanes, and people part and reunite. Under the new moon, spring is woven; every household gathers together. 0Votes19Recs0Fans
- A Peaceful Realm, A Flourishing Age 海晏河清铸盛世 [“Everything Has Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” Writing Contest] [River] [Chinese Traditional Culture] When people speak of peace and prosperity, the river is the Yellow River. The ancients longed for calm seas and a clear Yellow River, a time when “letters would flourish and weapons be laid aside.” Combat soil erosion, restore the Yellow River’s clarity, and usher in a peaceful, prosperous age. 0Votes17Recs0Fans
- Qi Gives Birth to All Things 气生万物 [“Everything Has Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” themed writing contest] [Qi] [Traditional Chinese Culture] Laozi wrote in the Dao De Jing: “The One gives birth to Two, Two to Three, and Three to all things. All things carry yin and embrace yang; through the blending of qi, harmony is achieved.” 0Votes9Recs0Fans
- Born Like the Stars 生若星辰 [“All Things Have Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” Writing Contest] [Stars] [Traditional Chinese Culture] Every life is like a star, and everyone has a light of their own that shines brightly. The stars are where our hopes rest, and the eyes of countless living beings. 0Votes13Recs0Fans
- Dark Haze 霾曀 [“All Things Have Form, Oracle Bones Can Speak” themed writing event] [Haze] [Traditional Chinese Culture] [Weather] Haze is wind carrying rain and dust. “Maidy” means dark and gloomy. 0Votes3Recs0Fans
- The Rainbow Appears, Then Fades 蝀来断虹 [Writing Contest: “Everything Has a Form, and Oracle Bones Can Speak”] [Rainbow] [Traditional Chinese Culture] A rainbow is also known as a “di deng.” Purple qi comes from the east, yet when a di deng appears in the east, the world falls into turmoil. This story imagines the connection between the Broken Rainbow Bridge at the end of the Yuan dynasty and the rainbow. 0Votes15Recs0Fans
- The Tale of the Rainbow 虹蜺说 [“Everything Has a Shape; Oracle Bones Can Speak” writing contest] [Classical Chinese] [Rainbow] [Traditional Chinese Culture] [Weather] The rainbow is male and the lunar rainbow female; they meet when yin and yang come together. So the ancients said. The cycle begins and ends, the rainbow appears and the rain falls. So people today say. I have studied the character for “rainbow” and its form in oracle bone script, and found much to ponder. I have also examined its changes over the sexagenary cy 0Votes6Recs0Fans
- A Flash of White Across the Rainbow 惊虹一白 [“Everything has a form, and oracle bones can speak” themed writing contest] [Rainbow] [Traditional Chinese Culture] [Weather] [Twists] [Mistakes and misunderstandings] A rainbow glimmers, its white arc beside the shore. Three thousand years of past and present, a lush forest of Chinese words. Bai Anni felt that her luck couldn’t possibly get any worse. She was about to be late, and now she’d run into a fake fortune-teller on the pedestrian overpass! 0Votes78Recs0Fans
- The Crane Drinks in the Spring Breeze 鹤饮春风 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Guqin Making] [Embroidery] [Longquan Swords] [Yin-Yang and the Five Elements] [Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches] [Duty to Country and Family] [Ensemble Cast] [No Romance] [Mysticism] [Daoist Culture] [Folk Culture] Beneath power, money, and so-called freedom, is there any room for a clear distinction between right and wrong? When removed from the fray, one can empathize with mountains and rivers; from a position of power, one can pity all living beings. But can 0Votes58.6kRecs17.7kFans
- The Lion Awakens in the East 狮醒东方 [First “Beijing Youth Creative Writing Program for Realistic Web Fiction”] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Second “Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage Through Reading” Theme Writing Contest] [Preserving Tradition Through Innovation] [The Power of Youth] [Baizhifang Northern Lion Dance of Beijing] [Foshan Southern Lion Dance] [Martial Arts] [Overseas Chinese] [A Sense of Ethnic Belonging] [Ensemble Cast] A sports-talented student from a drifting Beijing family returns to their hometown; a se 0Votes6.9kRecs960Fans
- The Moon Reappears Through the Heavy Mist 重岚复见月 [1v1] [Chinese Culture] [A Righteous Mission to Save the World] [Yin-Yang and the Five Elements] Li Lan, living in the twenty-first century, was reading a novel. Before she could even complain about it, she was hit with the same old transmigration trope. Thousands of miles away, Yue Ying, a young atheist scientist, blew herself nearly to pieces. Efforts to save her at the hospital failed. On the Xuan Yun Continent, both civil and martial arts draw on the Five Elements, while the Taiji connects Y 0Votes72.9kRecs20.3kFans
- Livestream: My Siheyuan Is a Treasure Trove 直播:我家四合院是座百宝箱 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Second “Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage Through Reading” Theme Writing Contest] [Livestream] [Simulator] [System] [1v1] [Happy Ending] [Female-Oriented Novel with a Male Protagonist] [Grand Canal Culture] Not a Siheyuan fanfic! Not a Siheyuan fanfic! Not a Siheyuan fanfic! “If we don’t protect it, it’ll disappear? Then what use is intangible cultural heritage in this day and age? It should disappear!” Zhang Ruixuan never expected every word he typed to b 0Votes60.9kRecs32.2kFans
- A Century in One Act 一折百年 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Suzhou Ruyi Sandalwood Fans] [Earning Foreign Exchange] [A Better Life for the People] [Changing Times] [Suzhou Gardens] [Opening Up to the Outside World] Three generations, three parts of the production and sales chain, and three technological eras: from exports to domestic sales, from making money to pursuing passion, from private homes to factories. Open the fan, and a famous landmark appears, along with a scene from an old opera. Fold the fan, and a fragrant b 0Votes18.8kRecs10.6kFans
- Xihe Shines Upon the Mortal World 羲和照人间 [“Warm Winter Action” Theme Writing Contest] [Spring Festival and the New Year] [Traditional Chinese Festivals] [Ensemble Cast] [“Chinese New Year”] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] What is the “New Year”? Is it one's hometown? Fireworks, Spring Festival couplets, and the New Year's Eve dinner? Or perhaps a family reunion? Let us join Xia Nian'an and Wu Mengxuan on this escape and discover the meaning of the New Year. The stillness of New Year's Eve makes their hometown seem no longer a place whe 0Votes87Recs0Fans
- When You Seek the Mountain, the Mountain Sees You 人来寻山山见人 [Mount Lu] [Youth Development] [Ensemble Cast] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Stories of the Times] A male-oriented web novelist who built himself a life straight out of the feel-good stories he writes A graduate who turned cultural and creative design into both a passion and a career A post-2000s official social media and media operator who went out into the world and then came back A post-1990s tour guide who has seen countless visitors come and go but has never left Mount Lu What twists of f 0Votes7.4kRecs8kFans
- Horsehead Walls Reflect the Pure Elegance of the Age 马头墙映世清徽 [Huizhou Culture] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [A Tradition of Valuing Education] [Traditional Opera] [Cultural Exchange] Whitewashed walls and dark tiles, Xuan paper and Huizhou ink, farming and weaving, trade and study, reverence for learning and respect for the Way. Tea comes from the mountains, and people return to the countryside. Right and wrong are not for posterity to judge alone: what matters is also what posterity chooses to do. “Whether you call them performers or artists, that’s w 0Votes150.6kRecs36.7kFans
- Starlight Reflects the Evening Glow 星光映夕照 As the population ages, providing for the elderly has gradually become a major challenge for cities and towns. A quarrel next door about caring for an elderly family member caught the attention of An Wennuan, a member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. Through on-site visits, surveys, and cooperation among multiple parties, An Wennuan hopes to use the unique strengths of people in democratic parties to do something practical for ordinary people. 0Votes270Recs5Fans
- Wood Fragrance, Lacquer Colors, Five Rhymes of China 木香漆色五韵中华 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [“Discovering Intangible Cultural Heritage” Themed Writing Contest] [Cultural Innovation and Development] [Innovation While Upholding Tradition] [Cultural Confidence] [Ensemble Cast of Young People] [No Romance] [Lacquerware X Guqin X The Twenty-Four Solar Terms X Chinese Martial Arts X Hangzhou Embroidery X Beijing Silk Figurines X Suzhou Ruyi Sandalwood Fans X Hangzhou Silk X Nanjing Gold Foil X Mazu Folk Beliefs X Chinese Tea] [Ancient Chinese Materialist Philos 0Votes47.8kRecs3.2kFans
- Snow Flies Through the Pear Garden, Sword Intent Arrives 梨园飞雪剑意来 [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Collection of Critical Essays] [Traditional Opera] The charm of song brightens youth; snow flies through the pear garden as swordplay stirs the air. Reflections and reviews on various forms of traditional opera and other kinds of intangible cultural heritage, along with the thoughts of someone who dabbles in both opera and online fiction on the relationship between “traditional opera” and “online literature and art.” 0Votes3kRecs54Fans
- The Name of This Book Is: Empty 这本书的名字叫:空 [Livestream] [Taoist Culture] [Sanqing Mountain] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [The Chinese Cultural Lineage] [National Spirit] The green hills reflect my heart, and my heart shines with clarity. A human silhouette faces the empty moon; beneath the moon, the person departs, leaving only emptiness. A dream before the writing began awakened the truth that being and nonbeing give rise to one another. Emptiness is emptiness, yet emptiness is not empty. When the “cultural lineage” serves as their gu 0Votes1.2kRecs13Fans
- Spring Fate 司春缘 [Chinese Virtues] [Taoist Culture] [Taoism] [The Three Pure Ones Make the World Shine] [The Power of Youth] [Unity of Heaven and Humanity] [Harmony Between People and Nature] Yu Qing, Shang Qing, Tai Qing: the Three Pure Ones sit here, watching clouds rise and rain fall. Yu Jing, Yu Xu, Yu Hua: here, the Three Pure Ones speak of famous mountains and mighty rivers. Purity, clarity, integrity: here, the Three Pure Ones define how one should conduct oneself in the world. At their first meeting, Si 0Votes766Recs17Fans
- Spring Rain, Summer Flowers 春雨夏花 [Family Drama Category, “Dream Big, Make the Most of Your Youth” Themed Writing Contest] Spring rain nourishes summer flowers, just as parents raise their children. The disappointment after striving and the joy after success are the spring colors and summer flowers of youth. The cold war over small things and the composure shown in a crisis are the spring rain and summer thunder of marriage and love. A group of children, several families, that rainy season and season of flowers: when spring rain 0Votes52kRecs14.2kFans
- After the Rain Clears, Colors Fill the Sky and the District Shines 云霄雨霁彩彻区明 [1v1] [Mutual Firsts] [Happy Ending] After weathering every danger, the clouds part and the mist clears. Everything will return to its rightful place on the day meant for it... 0Votes655Recs0Fans
- Azure Luo, Serene Scenery 青洛景和 [One-on-one romance] [Duty to family and country] [Traditional Chinese Culture] The misty mountains of Qingluo meet the heavens, while the bright clouds of Jinghe swirl with pure air. When a foreign nation invades, familial affection between father and son and romantic love alike must be given up for the land. Qingluo knows only that life and death on the battlefield are matters of country and family, and that romantic entanglements are a burden. So, in the Jinghe era, the Great General Qingluo’ 0Votes170.6kRecs26.7kFans
- Peace Under Heaven, Clear Skies Through the Seasons 海晏河清四时天 (Now available in print) [Traditional Chinese Culture] [“A Childlike Heart Dreams Beyond the Ordinary” Chinese Children’s Literature Contest] [Personified Twenty-Four Solar Terms] [Personified Traditional Festivals] [Children’s Literature] [The Nine Provinces of China] A year has four seasons. Within them are the twenty-four solar terms that guide farming; the Lantern Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, when families reunite; Qingming and the Ghost Festival, when people honor their ancestors and r 0Votes36.3kRecs218.5kFans
- When the Glitz Fades, the Young Man Returns 浮华尽少年归 [Currently undergoing a thorough revision. We recommend waiting until the entire book has been revised before reading. Note: Most of the old chapter comments will disappear after the revision, so feel free to join the discussion!] [Revision progress: Main story 2/213; extras 0/40] [Ensemble cast] [No romance] [Noble ideals] [The heart of youth] [Traditional Chinese Culture] In tranquil days, beneath the splendor of a turbulent age, come songs of grief and blood, and young people shouldering heav 0Votes20.5kRecs10.7kFans
- Clouds Roll, Breezes Ease 云卷气舒 [Writing contest themed “All Things Take Shape, Oracle Bones Speak”] [Clouds] [Traditional Chinese Culture] [Weather] In oracle bone script, “qi” was written as “cloud,” and clouds can gather and unfurl. These days, people talk about being trapped in the rat race or choosing to opt out. If there’s a right way to compete, it can benefit both others and yourself. 0Votes195Recs1Fans
- A Shuttle Through a Thousand Years 一梭千载 [Signed for publication] [2023 China Writers Association Key Web Literature Project Support Selection · Chinese Excellence and Culture Theme] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [“Discovering Intangible Heritage Through Reading” Themed Writing Contest] [Cultural Innovation and Development] [Cultural Confidence] [Hangzhou Luo] [Silk Culture] [Song Dynasty Culture] A chance encounter left An Ji unable to forget the craft of Hangzhou Luo silk weaving. A series of remarkable meetings echoed with the musi 0Votes203.9kRecs66.5kFans
- Forging Youth in a Golden Age 盛世铸青春 [The Sixth Online Literature Contest for Realistic Fiction] Youth in snow and ice, youth in words and ink. With the youth of our generation, let us write the mountains and rivers of a flourishing age. 0Votes57.4kRecs40.7kFans
- Clear Water Welcomes the Sails 净水迎帆 [Folk Beliefs] [Intangible Cultural Heritage] [Folk Beliefs of the Zhejiang and Fujian Goddesses] [Fujian-Taiwan Culture] [Maritime Silk Road] [Oceanic Literature] [Metaphysics] [The Wisdom of Working People] On her first day after arriving in this world, Chen Shuining is forced into a substitute marriage. She saves herself by tossing an embroidered shoe. A month after arriving, she faces trials as perilous as climbing a mountain of blades and forces herself to overcome her fear of heights. On t 0Votes34.2kRecs16.5kFans







































