玫瑰壩 Mei gui ba

中國西南的崇山峻嶺中散佈著很多大大小小的山谷，當地人把它們稱為“壩子”，玫瑰壩便是其中之一。這裏的交通不便。壩子裏的人很少走出去，壩子外的人很少走進來。山民們孤陋寡聞。除了土匪和貪官污吏偶爾騷擾，他們的生活單調平靜。然而，一九五零年，革命的大潮涌進了這個偏遠的角落，使這裏發生了翻天覆地的變化，在很短的時間內就徹底地摧毀了延續了千百年的舊的生活方式和風俗習慣。 In the magnificent mountains in the southwest of China, there are many valleys of various sizes. The Rose Valley is one of them. As it was difficult to travel on the rugged mountain paths, the folks inside the valley seldom went out, and the folks outside the valley hardly ever came in. Isolated and ignorant, the villagers lived a monotonous life, except for a few harassments from bandits and corrupted government…