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A classic, heartwarming tale set to the backdrop of the Chinese cultural revolution
Bronze and Sunflower
What you need to know before your trail
When Sunflower, a young city girl, moves to the countryside, she grows to love the reed marsh lands – the endlessly flowing river, the friendly buffalo with their strong backs and shiny round heads, the sky that stretches on and on in its vastness. However, the days are long, and the little girl is lonely. Then she meets Bronze, who, unable to speak, is ostracized by the other village boys. Soon the pair are inseparable, and when Bronze’s family agree to take Sunflower in, it seems that fate has brought him the sister he has always longed for. But life in Damaidi is hard, and Bronze’s family can barely afford to feed themselves. Will the city girl be able to stay in this place where she has finally found happiness?
Travel Guide
Damaidi, China
Damaidi is a small village located in Zhongwei in Central China, set amid the Weining Mountains on the north bend of the Yellow River. Damaidi is the location of 3,172 sets of early Chinese petroglyphs, carved into the cliffs which feature 8,453 individual figures.
“Bronze was hungry to learn and gobbled up every character Sunflower knew, writing them out on the ground and in his notebook. The two of them never stopped. Wherever they went, whatever they saw, Bronze wanted to know what the characters were…
Bronze saw the beautiful world around him transform into the magical world of characters. The sun became more gorgeous, more vivid, more enticing than ever. Likewise, the moon, the sky, the earth, the wind, the rain… everything took on a new life.
And Bronze, who was used to careering around the fields whatever the weather, was changing too. He was calmer than he used to be.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Bronze and Sunflower
Destination: China Author/Guide: Cao Wenxuan Departure Time: 689-758 Tang Dynasty
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