《Northward》original novel

Since 《Northward》 was aired, it has attracted widespread attention and discussion on major social platforms.Whether on Douyin, Weibo, or other social platforms such as Bilibili, people are sharing videos, plot content, and various impressions about the show.Today, the editor will mainly talk to the audience about the original novel - Northward.

《Northward》 is directed by Yao Xiaofeng, starring Bai Lu, Tu Ling, Chu Shuanzhong; Ou Hao, Hu Jun, Qi Huan; Yue Yang, Liu Min, Zhai Zilu; Wang Xueqi, Li Naiwen, Tong Lei, Gao Zhiting; Sa Rina, Li Wanda; TV series starring Liu Weiwei, Zhu Tie, and Liu Hengfu.The play is adapted from the novel of the same name - Northward - by writer Xu Zechen, which was first published in 2018.

The novel is broad and majestic, using two clues of history and the present to tell the century-old secret history between several families on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.“North” is the geographical north, as well as the cultural and spiritual north.The novel attempts to transcend the historical time and space of the canal, explore the relationship between ordinary people and China, the relationship between intellectuals and China, and the relationship between China and the world, and explore the impact of the Grand Canal on China's politics, economy, geography,The important influence of culture and the changes in people's hearts and minds has written the spiritual map of the Grand Canal and the new destiny of a nation in the past hundred years.

On August 16, 2019, 《Northward》won the 10th Mao Dun Literary Award.On August 19, he won the 15th Five-One Project Award for Spiritual Civilization Construction.

AD 1901, the year of Xin Chou.This year, the current situation was turbulent, and the entire land of China was in turmoil.In order to find his younger brother Marford who disappeared during the Eight-Nation Allied Forces' war of aggression against China, Italian travel adventurer Paolo Dimarco came to China in the name of cultural inspection.The Italian admired his predecessor Marco Polo and had special feelings for China and the canal, so he named himself "Little Polo".One of the protagonists, Xie Pingyao, accompanied Polo on his visit as a translator, and successively summoned various lower-level people in Chinese society such as the porter Shao Changlai, the ship owner Da Xia's master and apprentice, and the Boxer Sun brothers to accompany him all the way.They started from Hangzhou and Wuxi and headed Northward along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.This journey is not only a journey of academic investigation, but also a journey of reflection on the identity and destiny of intellectuals. At the same time, it is also a journey of finding their roots.When they finally arrived at Tongzhou, the northernmost point of the Grand Canal, Little Polo died unexpectedly.At the same time, the Qing government ordered the cessation of water transportation, and the substantial decline of the canal began... One hundred years later, around 2014, all walks of life in China re-opened cultural discussions on the function and value of the canal.When Xie Wanghe, a descendant of Xie Pingyao, reunited with the descendants of his ancestors by chance, the originally isolated story fragments between various canal people were finally spliced ​​into a complete narrative scroll.This year, the Grand Canal was successfully applied for World Heritage status

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