Guo Baolin 
Western Regions (Thread Binding) 

Starting from Chang”an, the source of the ancient Silk Road, The Western Region (Thread Binding) brings the readers to visit many of the stations along the Silk Road, understanding cultural geography, ethnic customs, history and culture. Through literary image, the book traces historical figures and their deeds. The author binds missing broken verses and related messages together in a new history book, with an aim to explore the historical meaning of the landscape, analyze the rise and fall of civilization, and marvel at the brilliance of the Silk Road culture. With majestic momentum, broad vision, and rich feelings, the writer provides a panoramic portray of the ancient silk road full of blood and suffering with an epic style of writing, artistically reproducing a picture of infinite charming. The inherent basic points of the Ode to The Loess Plateau, Yesterday”s Horizon, Interpretation of Liangzhou and others are to depict magnificent natural scenery, religious culture, historical figures and historical sites, explore the motive force of life of human survival and development as well as the religious spirit of suffering, collate history and historic figures in the vast context, and reflect the reality. Through the description of the objective things of the Yangguan Pass, Yumenguan Pass and Jiayuguan Pass, the vicissitudes of history are shown in the writings, while the rich feelings of romanticism are expressed. Guo Baolin”s cultural proses are known as the "great cultural proses of poets and writers" and popular among readers and critics. For his works, poetic and veiled and refined elegant, there are subtleties in sublime, and gracefulness in vigorous and bold writing. By exploring esoteric affairs and elucidating subtleties, and retrospect and looking ahead, these works allow readers to enjoy the beauty of the meaning and philosophical thinking.