Wang Xufeng (; born 1955) is a Chinese writer and

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...

expert. She is a recipient of the Chinese Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Biography

Wang's ancestral hometown was in Tongshan,

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its ca ...

. Wang was born in

Pinghu Pinghu is a county-level city in the east of Jiaxing's administrative area, in the northeast of Zhejiang Province, bordering Shanghai to the northeast. It sits next to the East China Sea and the north shore of Hangzhou Bay. Prior to the Ming ...

Zhejiang Province Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) is an eastern, coastal province of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Hangzhou, and other notable cities include Ningbo and Wenzhou. Zhejiang is bordered by Jiangs ...

in February 1955. She studied in the Department of History of Hangzhou University (currently

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University, abbreviated as ZJU or Zheda and formerly romanized as Chekiang University, is a national public research university based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is a member of the prestigious C9 League and is selected into the na ...

) between 1978 and 1982. After graduation, Wang taught at Hangzhou 14th Middle School. She also worked in a Hangzhou local factory manufacturing radio technology. Wang is currently a researcher at China Tea Museum, a professor at

Zhejiang Forestry University Zhejiang A & F University (ZAFU; ), formerly referred to as Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, is a provincial university established in 1958. It is in Lin'an District, Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , Chinese p ...

, and vice president of the Zhejiang Writers Association.

Works

Wang won the 5th Mao Dun Literature Prize for ''Three Trilogies of Teamen''. The work took her ten years to write and is considered not only a story but also a scholarly work. The story is set against the history of China and deals with subjects like the

Cultural Revolution The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched by Mao Zedong in 1966, and lasting until his death in 1976. Its stated goal ...

. The theme of the book is the victory of culture over violence. The award was made on November 11, 2000 in

Tongxiang Tongxiang City () is a county-level city, part of Jiaxing, in northern Zhejiang Province, China, bordering Jiangsu province to the north. It had a population of 1,029,754 as of the 2020 census even though its built-up (''or metro'') area is sm ...

, Zhejiang Province, where

Mao Dun Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing; 4 July 1896 – 27 March 1981), known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese essayist, journalist, novelist, and playwright. Mao Dun, as a 20th-century Chinese novelist, literary and cultural critic, and Minis ...

was born. * (''Trilogies of Teamen'') ** "The Story of the Carefree Tea Mansion" ** ** Wang has also done many studies on tea and tea culture, such as: * (''Essays of Tea Culture'')

References

External links

Wang Xufeng's biography and works

Wang Xufeng's blog

Wang Xufeng's blog at Zhejiang BlogNet
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