In the early 1980s, due to the special political environment, the creative trend of "reflective literature" appeared, which gradually became a universal literary spirit in the 1980s. This spirit influenced the long-form creation in the 1990s, and many long-form creations in the 1990s are involuntarily moving closer to this spirit.
This also makes the long-form creation in this period reach a new height in the reflection on national history and culture. It is under this literary trend of thought that Chen Meng-sheng has the desire to create White Deer Plain and completed this epic work which can represent this new height of reflection.
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White Deer Plain is a very representative drama in recent years. Taking Bailu Village, known as "Renyi Village" in Guanzhong, Shaanxi, as the background, this paper tells the story of the feud between Bai and Lu.
The two most important figures in the play are Bai Jiaxuan and Lu Zilin, who are also the soul figures of the Bai family and the Lu family respectively. Their personalities are completely different. Bai Jiaxuan is honest and upright, while Lu Zilin is sleek and sophisticated. In this way, two people who seem to be unable to live in harmony have interpreted the wonderful story of Bailuyuan.
White Deer Plain is Chen's masterpiece. Since he wrote this book, he has no regrets all his life. So before writing, he made a lot of preparations, read many records of ancient county chronicles and made a lot of field trips.
The first page of the book quotes Balzac's famous saying: Novel is the secret history of a nation. This is the hundred-year history of going to the countryside in the Kansai Plain: Bailuyuan. From the late Qing Dynasty to the time after the founding of New China, even during the Cultural Revolution, some things were described.
Write dozens of classic characters in Bailuyuan. Under the social upheaval, everyone's fate is going. Bai Jiaxuan, a kind-hearted patriarch who has been loyal and honest all his life, Lu Zilin, a jealous and restless rural convention, is loyal to Lu San, a pedantic long-term worker, and his traditional culture is as wise as Mr. Zhu, the incarnation of God.
In fact, the disputes over interests are all floating clouds. Facing foreign enemies with the same interests, it is a fine tradition of our Chinese nation to unite with the outside world. Even if there are different personalities and positions, even if there are disputes, it is in line with the principle that Bailuyuan can live forever, "Bailuyuan does not leave the deer, and the deer does not leave the white".
Each character has a distinctive personality and is particularly classic. After reading the book, I feel that these characters are around. You can feel the personality characteristics and ways of doing things of those characters. History has never gone far, but it has always been by your side.
This is the essence of this book, which depicts human nature. Reading this book is a feeling of spiritual baptism, which will reflect on the traditional culture of China.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Bailuyuan