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The Sacred Clan

By (author) Liang Hong, Translated by Esther Tyldesley

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Wu Township is hollowing out. Our most capable sons and daughters have long since uprooted from their birthplace on the central plains to fuel Chinaâ€™s economic miracle. The ancient trees now sit in the shade of a modern aqueduct, funnelling even our precious water to the metropolises beyond. From the marketplace where gossip is traded to the long-abandoned execution grounds, ordinary life carries on. For we who remain, feuds between neighbours compound the burdens shared by increasingly ageing shoulders. But If you know where to look, youâ€™ll find the town still clings to its customs and dreams. Let me show you around. If weâ€™re lucky, weâ€™ll run into the benevolent doctor or beauty store owner, and if weâ€™re not, the corrupt local official, perhaps even the souls of executed ancestors. Why do you want to visit? To see it before itâ€™s all goneâ€¦ of course.