Chinese Historical Fiction

In 1930's China, the all-male Peking opera was luxurious entertainment for the privileged class—but only children from the poorest families were sent to opera schools to train as actors. Abandoned by his mother—a prostitute who can no longer care for him—Xiao Douzi is brought to an opera school. With seeds of bitterness in his soul, the nine-year-old boy endures hardships and misery to learn and perfect his craft.

This series is a collection of mainly novellas and a select few shorts, written by a hand-picked mix of Chinese and other international writers; it artistically reincarnates the 60-year-old gruesome battle of Japan’s invasion of Communist Party-led China, dissecting this culturally important event from all levels and angles.

社岁前的隆泰北境暗流涌动芸芸众生各有心思各有幸福与不幸为了抵御外族的入侵众人皆可舍家散财众志成城奋不顾身虽地卑位微精神却可歌可泣感天动地

原始人怎样生火？你知道祖先的图腾崇拜吗？神农氏为什么要尝百草？中华民族为何被称为炎黄子孙？ ……原始人怎樣生火？你知道祖先的圖騰崇拜嗎？神農氏為什麽要嚐百草？中華民族為何被稱為炎黃子孫？