Client of China Youth Daily (reporter of China Youth Daily, China Youth Network) Li Guijie) Recently, the famous poet and children's literature writer Li Cheng'en's novel Up to the End of the River was published by CITIC Press. It is an intangible heritage fairy tale written for Chinese children and an oriental legend of love and protection. Xue Tao, a writer of children's literature, commented that "In the sky of Chinese children's literature, Up to the End of the River is like a rainbow after rain. It is a literary masterpiece that can enlighten children with love and humanity."
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Li Cheng'en, a contemporary poet, was born in Lingbi, Anhui Province. Starting from the legend of Zhong Kui's portrait, the intangible cultural heritage of her hometown, she used poetic language and childlike stories to make the millennium intangible cultural heritage breathe new life. She uses both poetic and childlike expressions to vividly and impressively depict the slightly serious image of the door god Zhong Kui in the traditional culture in the unique form of fairy tales, and to write a long story about him and Bianhe people, so that readers can see a different story of the door god from the story, and understand the meaning of love, responsibility and protection for a family. In the work, the wandering blind singer's mysterious minor, the tearful white goose talks about philosophy... Many details reflect the author's unique style and expression.
Zhang Mingzhou, former chairman of the International Children's Reading Union (IBBY) and director of the Life Tree Culture Promotion Center, believes that "To the End of the River" tells a story of love with strong regional culture. This affectionate and long story comes from the myth of Zhong Kui spread in the Bian River region, the writer's hometown, and brings readers into the story of half reality and half magic, Li Chengen created her own "magic realism". Childhood experiences meet mythical characters, magic techniques collide with fairy tale thinking, poetic language describes the vicissitudes of life, and the story climaxes, twists and turns, even heartbroken. When reading that Xiao Zhong Kui was pulling his master on the cart to find the road of reunion, the hardships and fierceness of love made people cry. When they met at the top of the clock tower in Shanghai, they were ecstatic.
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Li Chengen said, "I have read a lot of plays by Shakespeare and Cao Yu, and readers may notice that" To the End of the River " The story is in a dramatic tension from beginning to end. The plot is spread out according to the dramatic conflict, and the emotional changes of the characters rise and fall with the arrival of the story turning point. After the sadness, there is joy. The difficulties are full of sincere human love, respectable persistence, and valuable search, which will eventually lead to the joy of reunion. "
