Introduction to the novella "Bloodstain on Caozhou"
The continuous grassland exposed in the dry season of Poyang Lake is a treasure land of forage and green manure that villagers along the coast have relied on for generations to survive. It is also the place where Duchang Yuhuang Village and Poyang Mingshan Village have fought for centuries. The boundaries of the four lake islands, Shang'an Island, Lower An Island, Xiangyou Island and Huanghuangnao Island, move with the water and leave no trace of monuments. They have become the fateful boundary between the two counties and the two surnames.
Since the Republic of China, the two villages have repeatedly fought fiercely for the right to cut grass. The reed tidal flats have been soaked in blood, and family feuds have been passed down from generation to generation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, several demarcation treaties and official documents were signed, but the provisions on paper could not meet the immediate needs of the lake area's survival, and frictions never ceased. The golden cerebral hemorrhage incident in 1974 pushed the century-old conflict to its peak, causing rectification decisions at the provincial and county levels to be shaken.
The novel is based on the fate of two generations in Yu and Jin villages, spanning nearly a hundred years of changes in the lake town, and describing the difficulties of survival of the people in the lake area, the involuntary coercion of clans, and the struggle of human nature under the shackles of feuds.
The sea rises and falls, and times change. The fight for land that was once a sword-and-stick battle has finally resolved through reconciliation over the years. The centuries-old bloodstains on Caozhou eventually turned into redemption and relief for the people on both sides of Po Lake.
