South Boat and North Horse

In China, there is a group of people who make a living by running boats. From drawing fiber to sailing, they devote their lives to China's inland waterway shipping industry. This book mainly describes a boat runner named Tang Bingli, who inherited the mission of boat running from his father's life of pulling fibers, and gradually transformed a small boat into a big ship. During Tang Bingli's boat racing process, the main rivers involved were all in the Jiangsu section, centered on Huai'an City, which is located in the south and north. The river basins include the Salt River, the Jiangsu section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the Jiangsu section of the old Yellow River that diverts the Huaihe River to the sea, the Jiangsu section of the Yangtze River Basin, and many other rivers. In addition, it will also involve rivers in Zhejiang, Anhui, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei and other surrounding provinces. Since life on board is very different from life on land, this novel comprehensively displays the life of inland river crews from many aspects such as the boat people's food, clothing, housing and transportation. Through the changes in the lives of inland river crews, it reflects the changes that China's economic development has brought to the lives of inland river crews. This novel reflects the rise of China's inland river shipping through the description of China's inland river boat people. It reflects Jiangsu's rapid development in the past thirty years from a different perspective. It also reflects the people in the inland river boat crew industry who have participated in the great construction of the motherland. Through their hard work, the hard-working river crews have achieved a life without worries about food and clothing today!