Wu KejingWu Kejing was born in 1954 in Fufeng County, Baoji, Shaanxi Province, not far from the ancient Famen Buddhist Temple. Originally a carpenter by training, he graduated from the Department of Chinese Literature at Northwest University, and has been desribed by Jia Pingwa as a "late bloomer." A prolific essayist, story-writer and calligrapher of note, he has served as Vice Chairman of the Shaanxi Writers Association and Chairman of the Xi'an Writers Association. His novellas include Five Maidens of the River Wei, Five Flavours Crossroad and The Handcuffs with Blue Flowers (winner of the Lu Xun Prize). Wu Kejing's novel The First Marriage was adapted for television to great acclaim in 2018. Read More Read Less