The two key words of which the book is named, i.e. Land and Life, are twin preoccupations with Jidi Majia both in real life and in his writing. This book, prepared for general and sophisticated English readers, native or non-native, contains 22 literary and cultural speeches given by Jidi Majia, at various occasions spanning over 25 years since his debut in the poetic scene, including 12 literary speeches as a poet and 10 cultural speeches as a cultural movement initiator, and 9 critical essays by scholars and poets from the US, France, Russia and other countries.