•The poems center around ethnic elements, ranging from stories of the Yi people and their motherland to humanity. Jidi Majia also embraces social issues in present-day China and the rest of the world. The book is a wellspring of artful imagination and humane spirit.

• Selected poems by Jidi Majia, an eminent poet of the Yi ethnic group, with English rendering from poet and sinologist Denis Mair.

• Using poems as the carrier of his reflections on the Yi ethnic group and presenting to the world a tapestry of history, culture, tradition and destiny.