The Creation of Abandoned City

The background of " Abandoned City " originated from the author Xiao Ding's personal experience and cultural background. Xiao Ding was born in China in the 1960s and had lived in the mainland of China and Hong Kong for a long time. He had a deep understanding and experience of Chinese traditional culture and history. When he was writing " Abandoned City," Xiao Ding felt the impetuousness and noise of modern society, and at the same time, he felt the decline and loss of traditional culture. Therefore, he created an abandoned city world full of historical and cultural heritage, modern and technological sense in his novel, hoping to explore the inheritance and development of Chinese traditional culture in modern society through this fictional world. The writing background of " Abandoned City " also reflected Xiao Ding's concern and thinking about social issues. The novel showed many questions about human nature, morality, values, and so on. He hoped that through the form of the novel, the readers would think and discuss about social issues.