I have never met Wang Hai before, I know him all because of his books, which interest me and make me happy. It is his works that arouse all my interest of Xianyang city, the historic city since Qin Dynasty.Wang Meng, famous writer former minister of culture of the People's Republic of ChinaAn elgy of life and a hymn of humanity;A real portrait of self-redmption.Jia Pingwa, famous writer, president of Shaanxi Writersl AssociationExtremely complicated stories inside and outside the city gates with a myriad of soul- stirring endings.Chu Chengyan. famous writer. president of USA lnterncrtional Culture and Science AcactemyThis is an excellent work that advances people's spirit levels in the experience of nirvana. The scene and ending of City Gates, that the nature demonstrated ifs power, is a breakthrough that rep- resents both, phenomenally, the profundity of traditional influenc- es on contemporary novel characterization, and, essentially, a very good solution to endow literature works with vigor and vitality through the appeal of artistic figures; it is also a useful exploration of resoMng the difficulties in inheriting the cultural power. Yang Shengbo, dean of Arts of Xianyang Normai UniversityIn a sense, Cify Gates reflects the distortion, alienation and destruction of humanity brought by modernity. It is a descripfion of both the ethical and spiritual transform.ation of farmers who are involved in the urbanization process and some kind of self-re- demption they have made. In a deeper connotation, the author expressed his questioning and reflection of the oppression and destruction of modernity on humanity.Li Mengyu, D.Lltt of Ocean University of China