From ancient times to the present, Shaanxi’s land of emperors and queens has produced many powerful writers. In contemporary times, it is indeed a great honor and happiness for people in Shaanxi to be able to read the works of three writers, Lu Yao, Chen Zhongshi and Jia Pingwa at the same time. Interestingly, the writing perspectives and focuses of the three writers are also different. Together, they show the rich, colorful and magnificent Shaanxi regional culture and folk customs to the people of Sanqin.
Because Lu Yao is from northern Shaanxi, he focuses on exploring the vast area of ??northern Shaanxi where farming civilization and nomadic civilization are combined; Chen Zhongshi is from Guanzhong, and it is important to explore the folk customs and culture of Guanzhong. His point of interest: Jia Pingwa's hometown is in southern Shaanxi, and most of his novels are based on modern and contemporary life in southern Shaanxi.
The three writers all have high popularity and influence in Shaanxi. At the same time, they also have a high status in the domestic literary world. In Shaanxi, it is hard to say which of the three has the highest status. Therefore, the author starts from the literary world and the impressions of people around them to analyze their status.
Among the three, Jia Pingwa is definitely the most famous in terms of fame. The influence and controversy brought to Jia Pingwa by "The Wasted Capital" are still continuing. His "Qin Opera" won the Mao Dun Literature Award, which also gained him a lot of points. Jia Pingwa's creative power is astonishing. He can write a full-length novel in two or three years, which continues to increase his influence and attention.
A while ago, his new book "Yamamoto" was released to readers and attracted widespread attention in the circle. In addition, Jia Pingwa is the most famous calligrapher and painter among writers, and the prices of his calligraphy and painting works have been rising, which has attracted a lot of attention to him. However, Jia Pingwa's reputation and impression among Shaanxi people is not the best. The main reason is that his calligraphy caused too much controversy, which lowered his status as a writer.
In terms of style and level of works, Chen Zhongshi and his "White Deer Plain" are undoubtedly the highest. Although this novel has been published for more than 20 years, so far, there has not been a novel in the contemporary literary world that can reach the height and depth of "White Deer Plain". Many domestic critics say that "White Deer Plain" is not inferior to some works that won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Chen Zhongshi has always been very good in the impression of Shaanxi people. Many people in Shaanxi say: Chen Zhongshi is as simple as an old man in Guanzhong, with an easy-going personality, no pretensions, and approachable.
The only person who has an opinion about Chen Zhongshi is: this old man has a stubborn temper and speaks straightforwardly. Lu Yao died relatively early (in 1992), and young readers in Shaanxi did not have much impression of him. He has a very high status in the minds of readers born in the 1970s and before the 1970s. Lu Yao won the Mao Dun Literature Award for "The Ordinary World" as early as 1988. At that time, Chen Zhongshi and Jia Pingwa were not famous enough, and Lu Yao was the top figure in the Shaanxi literary world at that time.