Wang Zuohong 
Shang Kou Wai 

Shang Kou Wai is an immigrant novel that reflects regional changes with family stories. The work centers on Liu Heshun, a shrewd man in Guyueerwan, Xihai, Ningxia, and unfolds the stories of the Liu family”s old, middle and young generations. It spreads out the important historical events from the 1930s to the present. With a huge time span and panoramic writing, it considers the little-known part of the major immigration wave that occurred on the ancient Silk Road.