?????? Before Snowflakes Fall

<p>?????????????????????</p><p></p><p>The classic work of Qiong Yao a master of pure romance novels 60th anniversary commemorative edition.</p><p></p><p>????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????</p><p></p><p>Known as the godmother of love Qiong Yao's legendary life is an interpretation of 'what love is'. She condensed her life and picked up her pen with deep affection completing the 'most important book of her life' at the age of nearly eighty. Her words are filled with unbearable emotions deep sorrow and profound philosophical thoughts questioning the true meaning of life aging illness death and love. Emotions are deep touching and sincere inspiring and thought-provoking. How to face and accept death is the lesson I am learning. This lesson is about learning with my life and all my emotions facing the person I love the most in my life But I wish to burn like sparks when I am born and fall like snowflakes when I die.</p><p></p><p>????</p><p></p><p>Brief Introduction</p><p></p><p>??????????????????????</p><p></p><p>This is a book about life and death and also a book about love.</p><p></p><p>????????????????????????????????????????</p><p></p><p>Qiong Yao reminisces about the true feelings of knowing and being with her husband Ping Xintao using philosophical strokes to inquire about the meaning of life and death.</p><p></p><p>????????????????????????????????????????????????</p><p></p><p>At birth a person burns like a spark and at death it falls like snowflakes. Walking towards the end of life with dignity is the embodiment of the original meaning of life.</p><p></p><p>????</p><p></p><p>Author Introduction</p><p></p><p>??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</p><p></p><p>Qiong Yao originally named Chen Zhe was born in Chengdu Sichuan in 1938 and came from a scholarly family. In 1949 she followed her father Chen Zhiping from mainland China to Taiwan to start her writing career and later entered the film and television production industry.</p><p></p><p>?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????</p><p></p><p>At the age of sixteen Qiong Yao published the novel Cloud Shadow under the pen name Xinru and at the age of twenty-five she published her first novel Outside the Window. For many years she has been tirelessly writing with representative works such as Whispers Of Misty Rain My Fair Princess Fantasies Behind The Pearly Curtain Deep In The Courtyard etc. Many of her classic works have also been adapted into movies and TV dramas which have had a profound impact and become memories of a generation's youth.</p>