Stepping on the Thorns into Straight Trees, Changing the Face of the Countryside in the New Era—Comments on Zhao Defa’s Jing ShanHai

Abstract

Jing ShanHai is a narrative novel of the new era, which came into being in the process of Rural Revitalization and the trend of ecological civilization construction in contemporary China. Its “new” is not only reflected in the new era of narration, but also in the new construction of characters and the new exploration of local literature. Jing ShanHai combines history and reality, and roots in the modern elements of the times in the creation of the novel. It presents a literary work closely linked to the revitalization of the countryside and conforms to the trend of the times.