Dubbed “China’s Thoreau,” Liu Liangcheng has sold well over one million copies of One Man’s Village alone and won top literary awards with subsequent works. “We are living in a time of great change for humanity,” says Liu, “but I am interested in the things that remain unchanged in rural life.” The author began with … Continue reading Author’s bio: Liu Liangcheng (刘亮程)
Category: Liu Liangcheng and his Xinjiang（刘亮程和他的新疆）
Abudan’s Mazar
The significance --- and even the definition --- of 麻扎 (mazar) plays an important role in Abudan Village, as portrayed in Liu Liangcheng's novel, The Audible Annals of Abudan (《凿空》刘亮程 著). In its first appearance in the tale, the narrator briefly defines it in brackets: . . .一块棉花地和一片麻扎（墓地）。 Simply put, mazar = cemetery. But that equivalency … Continue reading Abudan’s Mazar
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