Chen Zhongshi's novel Bai Lu Yuan (White Deer Plain) was published in 1993, and it has been in the spotlight since. As the winner of China's top literary honor, the Mao Dun Literature Prize, the novel has been hailed by critics as a must-read for those who seek a deeper understanding of the country. Among the book's adaptations, a film of the same title, directed by Wang Quan'an, won the Silver Bear for best cinematography at the Berlin Film Festival in 2012. The saga, which tells the story of two farming families surnamed Bai and Lu, is set in Shaanxi in the decades between the fall of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and the founding of New China in 1949.

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