农历

In Qiaojia Shangzhuang, in a time that seems untouched, a man the villagers call Da Xiansheng and his wife have two sons and two daughters. The eldest daughter has married and the eldest son has moved to Tianshui, leaving at home Wuyue, old enough to need a ticket on the bus, and her brother Liuyue, who still rides free. The heart of the book is the festivals: through the Lantern Festival, Qingming, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the winter solstice, Laba and New Year, the parents teach the children how to eat, dress, speak and live in harmony with heaven and earth, and each feast teaches a virtue such as patience, gratitude or filial love.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Genres

Family, Coming of age (assigned by AI)

Set in

China

First published

2010 by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House

Author's age

44 when first published