Set in Ngawa, Sichuan, the novel chronicles the stories of a Tibetan Tusi and his family from the 1920s to 1949, which gives a general introduction to the economic development in Ngawa, the territorial disputes among Tibetan chieftains, and the fights for throne succession.
Main charactersedit
Family of Tusi Maiqiedit
The first-person narrator: considered as an 'idiot', the second son of Tusi Maiqi, mother is a Han Chinese
Tusi Maiqi: father of the first-person narrator
Mother: the second wife of Tusi Maiqi, a Han Chinese woman as a gift given to Maiqi by a merchant trading furs and herbs
Brother: the eldest son of Tusi Maiqi, son of Maiqi's first wife, considered as the successor of Tusi Maiqi
Suo Lang Ze Lang: attendant of the first-person narrator
Yang Zong: used to be the woman of the chieftain Zhazha, belongs to Tusi Maiqi after Zhazha's death
Lama Menba
Sister: half-blooded, shares the same father with the narrator, lives in London
Uncle: Tusi Maiqi's younger brother, trades in India
The silversmith: later marries Sangji Zhuoma
Other charactersedit
Special commissioner Huang: an official of the national government
Tusi Ronggong: a female Tusi
Tana: the beautiful daughter of Tusi Ronggong
Tusi Laxueba
Tusi Wangbo
Receptionedit
Comments by the selection committee of the Mao Dun Literature Prize: "The novel narrates from a unique viewpoint, with a rich connotation of Tibetan culture. A slight of fantasy enhances the artistic expression. The writing style is light, charming and poetic".[2]
Adaptationsedit
TV series: a television adaptation of Red Poppies was first shown in 2003.
Dance drama: Red Poppies was adapted into a dance drama by Hong Kong Dance Company in 2006.
Referencesedit
^"茅盾文学奖"尘埃落定"(Red Poppies won the Mao Dun Literature Prize)". china.com.cn.
^"论《尘埃落定》的象征意蕴 (The symbolical implication of Red Poppies)". www.xzbu.com. 11 May 2012. from the original on 22 March 2017.
External linksedit
在线阅读 (Online Reading)
Douban
January 01, 1970
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