Sandalwood Punishment is a novel with wonderful structure. In 1900, the Germans built the Ji Jiao Railway in Shandong, Yuan Shikai suppressed the Boxer Rebellion in Shandong, Eight-Nation Alliance captured Beijing, and Cixi fled in a panic. With swaying brushstrokes, Mo Yan vividly told a wonderful story that happened in "Gaomi Northeast Township".
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The main characters in the novel are: Zhao, an old and crazy fool who kills people without blinking an eye, Qian, a high-ranking official who pleads for the people, a dissolute and filial daughter, a die-hard hero and a true man. Their five main characters interweave with each other in the full text, which makes the full text full and vivid, makes the image of the folk characters in the northeast township of Gaomi jump to the page, and shows the readers the real scene of China being occupied by foreign powers in the early 20th century.
Sandalwood Punishment explains three different types of cultural connotations: penalty culture, folk culture and temple culture. The multi-angle and profound description highlights the existing forms and characteristics of China's feudal traditional culture, and reflects the national character and cultural psychology of China during the feudal period. Sandalwood Punishment embodies the cultural connotation of "concealment" in Chinese traditional culture, and reflects and refracts some internal spiritual characteristics of national character.