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 south-western China and nor ...

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

Biography

Wang's ancestral hometown was in Tongshan,

Jiangsu Province Jiangsu is a coastal province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the third smallest, but the fifth most populous, with a population of 84. ...

. Wang was born in Pinghu,

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

Zhejiang University Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a public university, public research university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education (China), Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and D ...

) 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, and vice president of the Zhejiang Writers Association.

Works

Wang won the 5th Mao Dun Literature Prize for ''Trilogy of the Tea Masters''. 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 Social movement, sociopolitical movement in the China, People's Republic of China (PRC). It was launched by Mao Zedong in 1966 and lasted until his de ...

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

Mao Dun Shen Dehong (Shen Yanbing; 4 July 1896 – 27 March 1981), best known by the pen name of Mao Dun, was a Chinese novelist, essayist, journalist, playwright, literary and cultural critic. He was highly celebrated for his Literary realism, rea ...

was born. * (''Trilogy of the Tea Masters'') ** "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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