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一路向西
Yí Lù Xiàng Xī
Heading West
A student running from her parents' plans and an 82-year-old man going back to the desert where he planted poplars in 1962 share a sleeper compartment for three days and four thousand kilometers.
HSK 320 chapters
Chapter 1出发ChūfāDepartureabout 416 charactersRead
Chapter 2卧铺WòpùThe Sleeper Carabout 439 charactersRead
Chapter 3旧照片Jiù ZhàopiānThe Old Photographabout 414 charactersRead
Chapter 4长江ChángjiāngThe Yangtzeabout 444 charactersRead
Chapter 5餐车CānchēThe Dining Carabout 438 charactersRead
Chapter 6西安Xī'ānXi'anabout 457 charactersRead
Chapter 7小两口XiǎoliǎngkǒuThe Young Coupleabout 440 charactersRead
Chapter 8兰州Lán ZhōuLanzhouabout 421 charactersRead
Chapter 9河西走廊Héxī ZǒulángThe Hexi Corridorabout 463 charactersRead
Chapter 10嘉峪关Jiā YùguānJiayuguanabout 444 charactersRead
Chapter 11戈壁GēbìThe Gobiabout 487 charactersRead
Chapter 12夜里YèlǐIn the Nightabout 463 charactersRead
Chapter 13列车员LièchēyuánThe Conductorabout 431 charactersRead
Chapter 14吐鲁番TǔlǔfānTurpanabout 450 charactersRead
Chapter 15乌鲁木齐Wū LǔmùqíUrumqiabout 447 charactersRead
Chapter 16长途汽车Zhǎngtú QìchēThe Long-Distance Busabout 439 charactersRead
Chapter 17白杨镇Bái YángzhènPoplar Townabout 472 charactersRead
Chapter 18博物馆BówùguǎnThe Museumabout 477 charactersRead
Chapter 19那棵树Nà Kē ShùThat Treeabout 534 charactersRead
Chapter 20回家HuíjiāGoing Homeabout 494 charactersRead- More chapters of Yí Lù Xiàng Xī are being written.