To Live

If I had to name my favorite contemporary Chinese novelist, besides Yu Hua, I couldn't find a better answer. The reasons are, first, because I've read few novels, so natu...

Faith

Behind our village there's a mountain, the highest one for miles around. There's also a Buddhist temple on the mountaintop. It used to have grand halls and flourishing in...

Rama's Bridge

While reading this book, I had countless moments where the thought "I must learn English well" flashed through my mind. Besides, not long ago I replied on my blog: "In th...

Mid-October: An Unfinished Cycling Trip

In mid-October, some classmates organized a cycling trip. With no prior experience to draw from, we just hit the road. In the end, underestimating the terrain, we turned ...

Six Years of New Age Music History

The school finally understood the importance of the internet in life and gave each student an extra 10GB of data. Coincidentally, last month was National Day, and by the ...

Brief Notes on Xichang

My cousin is also someone with too much time on his hands—every last day of the month he starts spreading greetings and blessings everywhere. The day before National Day ...

Impermanence

Last time, after finishing my internship in Mianyang, I wanted to stay an extra day in Chengdu and decided to return to school the next day. That afternoon, after arrivin...