Maternal Identity and Spiritual Homeland——Interpretation of Jia Pingwa's Novel Zanzuo
Zanzuo is a novel by Jia Pingwa that aims to bridge the gap between rural and urban areas.The story unfolds against the backdrop of the"Zanzuo"tea house,using the journey of a group of women in the Xijing City as a narrative thread.It delves into the grand theme of modern China versus rural China through the friendship,love,desires,money,and life and death of these women.The novel also features the male character Yi Guang,a intel-lectual,and a certain erotic culture and prophetic judgment that mysteriously guide the characters'fates.These el-ements serve as metaphors for Jia Pingwa's return to tradition.He constructs a shrine for the rural spirit,using birds and animals as cultural totems in a fantasy that achieves the goal of the spiritual homeland.In the end,the tea house's dramatic collapse signifies the modern prosperity's descent into desolation,and modernity ultimately reconciles with tradition.
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