"Jinjiiling No. 77" Is an epic novel about a local clan based on the local context of Duchang, Jiangxi Province and spanning eight hundred years. The book takes Jinjiiling, a thousand-year-old ancient land in Duchang, as the starting point of the narrative. It relies on the Huang family's imperial examination legend of "two Jinshis in one school and five sons who passed the imperial examination four times" recorded in the official history of the county. It connects the remains of Shi Chongjin Valley in the Western Jin Dynasty, the cultural and educational peaks of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the ups and downs of the Republic of China, and the changes in contemporary urban and rural areas. It takes the ups and downs of the seven generations of the Huang family as the main line to unfold the unique family traditions, cultural heritage, worldly practices, and human sentiments of Ganpo.
The novel begins with the establishment of an infrastructure street by the Huang family at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and goes through four eras: farming and studying to rejuvenate the clan, Kejia Lingxiao, martyrdom in troubled times, and contemporary return to Lan. It truly represents the complete transformation of Jinjieling from an ancient merchant street and a famous place for imperial examinations to a hot red land and a nostalgic hometown. The book connects real historical figures such as Song Dynasty scholar Huang Hao, Pohu Wenzong Dong Jin, the new woman of the Republic of China Huang Zhongyu, revolutionary martyr Huang Huiji, etc., Allowing local historical materials to be deeply integrated with literary narratives.
The author uses the lake as the background, family traditions as the bones, and the times as the waves to write about the ups and downs of wealth, the rise and fall of imperial examinations, the righteousness of the family and the country, and the inheritance of cultural heritage. It not only writes about the warmth and longevity of family fireworks, people's feelings in the streets, and the inheritance of farming and reading, but also writes about the pain of the times of separation in troubled times, people's choices, and the disappearance of ancient streets.
One street covers half of the history of Changchun. The work is rooted in the regional culture of Poyang Lake and fills the gap in local epics in northern Jiangxi. It reflects the perseverance of the Jiangnan cultural context through the ups and downs of a family over eight hundred years. It is a contemporary local masterpiece that combines regional recognition, ideological depth, and literary structure.
