Since 1979, a large number of women writers have emerged within Chinese literature. Although with different ages and experiences, they are a fresh breeze and their works are as good as any male novelists on the horizon. Especially in the 90s, more great works appeared by female writers, so excellent as to be irreplaceable.
Writing and working
Tie, as vice chairperson of the Chinese Writers Association and chairperson of the Hebei Provincial Writers Association, must deal with a lot of administrative work. Meetings, dinners and parties, and other social activities take up much of her time. But Tie does not see the work as a burden. She said she found a sense of achievement when she finally saw to the construction of a writers' building for the Hebei Provincial Writers Association. Without her efforts and communication with related government departments, the building would not have been built. And writers in the association would not share a comfortable and convenient place to write and converse.
Tie thinks that if inspiration does come knocking at one's door, large amounts of time won't necessarily lead to a novel. So she continues writing when she goes back home. And some of her most important novels have been done when her schedule has been busiest.
Ah, Xiangxue(1982)
This is a story about a pure and pretty country girl, Xiangxue, fragrant snow in Chinese. Xiangxue lives in a village in mountains. Every day, a train from the outside of the mountains stops at the village just for a minute. Xiangxue and other country girls take a small basket of eggs to the train when it stops and exchange them for things they because they can't get what they need within the village. Xiangxue carries the basket onto the train, and when she sees a pencil box beside a city girl of her age, she dreams to have itat Without hesitation, she offers her full basket of eggs for it and receives it. It opens up a door to the outside world for her.
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