Which area is described in Chen Zhongshi's novel "White Deer Plain"?
This book is a majestic epic describing 50 years of changes in the Weihe Plain. It is a long, colorful and shocking scroll of Chinese rural areas. It also won Chen Zhongshi the 4th Mao Dun Literature Award.
The protagonist has been married and mourned six times, and the mysterious prelude heralds ominousness. Two generations of a family have been fighting for the rule of Bailuyuan for generations, and staged scenes of thrilling dramas; cleverly exploiting feng shui, evil traps, filial sons becoming gangsters, relatives killing their wives, brothers defrauding each other, lovers turning against each other... …The Great Revolution, the Japanese invasion, three years of civil war, Bailuyuan was ups and downs, the royal flags were changing, family feuds and national hatreds were intertwined, and grievances were retaliated from generation to generation... The ancient land was trembling in the throes of new life.
In 2006, Beijing People's Art Theater staged its drama version, with Pu Cunxin and Song Dandan as the protagonists.