Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c10.s2.t14.3

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of Foreign Literature Committee of China Writers Association and Secretary of the Secretariat of Asian-African People's Unity Council. He has written many prose works such as *Asian Sunrise*, *Mirage*, *Flowers under Spring Breeze* and many novels. He visited India in the summer of 1956, and travelled through Delhi, Zhebao (present-day Jaipur), Madras (present-day Chennai), Aurangabad, Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves. In 1957, he published the prose *Endless Love for India* in which he described the local customs and practices, cultural relics and historic sites in India, as well as the religious beliefs and ideals of Indians, being full of poetic and artistic concepts. He thought that “poetic flavour, philosophy, myths were all over India.” He said that he was “fully absorbed in its beauty,” and showed his appreciation for the “beauty created by life” of Indian ancestors, especially those “beautiful murals” and the “unique” art carvings. Because many of his works are compiled into the teaching material of language for a long time, his proses have a wide influence in China.