The manuscript of "Ancient Ship" by Zhang Wei, a 33 year old writer, was released in Beijing

People's Daily Online, Beijing, January 14, 1986 - In 1986, Zhang Wei, a famous writer, published Ancient Boat for the first time in Contemporary magazine of the People's Literature Publishing House, and published a separate edition the next year. As soon as this novel was published, it caused a reading trend. After 33 years, the manuscript of "Ancient Ship" was released in Beijing this day.

The Ancient Boat is the starting point of the writer Zhang Wei's creation and also the starting point of his future creation. He tries to write in the changes of the times with magnificent speculation, rich fables and good humanity. Zhang Wei once sighed: "My first novel deeply immersed me in the courage and simplicity of a young man - these things are hard to buy." As a novel with profound history and cultural heritage, The Ancient Boat describes the ups and downs, joys and sorrows of the Sui, Zhao and Li families in Wali Town, Luqing River, Jiaodong for more than 40 years, It truly represents the distortion of human nature in that special era and the change of "land" under the impact of the reform tide, and vividly depicts the spiritual pains and cultural conflicts of an ancient countryside in the rapid historical evolution. The Ancient Boat is a great contribution to the history of Chinese literature, as well as to the creation of contemporary novels, and it has opened a precedent for the writing of family cultural history in contemporary literature.

The manuscript shows the author's creative state and process. Liu Fang, Executive Deputy Director of the Modern Literature Museum, believes that the significance of manuscripts is the change of civilization. In the 40 years of reform and opening up, great changes have taken place in literature, and countless outstanding writers and works have appeared. At the same time, in the process of change, writers have changed from writing by hand and pen to writing by computer. Today, only works and texts leave traces of the times, and there is no form of works. The manuscript of Ancient Boat recorded Zhang Wei's handwriting and editor's handwriting in detail, and the traces appearing in this process are the traces of the times.

It is reported that on the 30th anniversary of the publication of "Ancient Ship", 2000 copies of the manuscript were issued with limited number. In order to completely retain the author's personal revision and the original appearance of the manuscript, the collection value and significance of the manuscript of Ancient Ship will become more prominent with the passage of time and the accumulation of culture. (Zhong Ni)