Huacheng Publishing House

Huacheng Publishing House (Chinese: 花城出版社; pinyin: Huāchéng Chūbǎnshè), or Flower City Publishing House, is the only professional literary and artistic publishing house in Guangdong Province, China. Established in Guangzhou in January 1981, the publishing house has published a wide variety of titles covering fiction and non-fiction, poems, proses, as well as translation works. It is also known for its children’s books.[1][2][3][4]

History

Huacheng Publishing House was founded in 1981, named after Qin Mu's famous work "Huacheng" and the magazine "Flower City", which was fouded two years earlier in 1979.[5][2][6]

In the 1980s and 1990s, Huacheng Publishing House led the reading trends of Qian Zhongshu, avant-garde literature, Wang Xiaobo, martial arts literature, Qiong Yao, etc.[2][7][8]

In the new century, it has published many first-time novels by famous writers, such as Wang Meng's "The Scenery Here", Li Peifu's "The Plain Guest", Zhang Ling's "Tangshan Earthquake", etc. "The Scenery Here" won the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize;[2]

Since the selection of "China Good Books" began in 2013, Huacheng Publishing House has been the regional (except Beijing) publishing house winning the most honors, a total of six books winning awards in seven years.[2]

The book "Struggle and Glory - Narrative History of Guangdong's Well-off Society" is the first panoramic historical record in China. "Zhong Nanshan: The People Are Above All" was selected into the "Excellent Realistic Literature Publishing Project" of the Central Propaganda Department in 2020.[2][9]

In recent years, Huacheng Publishing House has launched books with the same name as movies and TV series with great social influence, such as "The Ming Dynasty 1566", "No War in Peking", "Little Farewell", "Little Joy", "Little Sacrifice", and "Little Painful Love". The magazines "Huacheng" and "Suibi" (Essays and Sketches) sponsored by the publishing house have become cultural landmarks in Guangdong.[2][7]

In 2023, Flower City Academy of Literature was established, integrating the resources of the Flower City Publishing House. Since then, it has hosted many literary events, becoming a new cultural landmark in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.[10]

Address

5th-7th Floor, No. 11, Shuiyin Road, Huanshi East, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, China

Official website: www.aihuacheng.com[2]

References

  1. ^ "Guangdong Flower City Publishing House Co., Ltd: Overview". Frankfurt Rights. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "广东花城出版社有限公司 (Guangdong Huacheng Publishing House Co., Ltd.)．广东省出版集团有限公司官网 (Guangdong Publishing Group Co., Ltd. official website" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2024-06-27.
  3. ^ "Book Publishers in Guangzhou, China". Alphapublisher. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
  4. ^ "花城出版社 (Huacheng Publishing House)" (in Chinese). Ceiea.com. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  5. ^ "花城出版社介绍 (Introduction to Huacheng Publishing House)" (in Chinese). Xueshu.com. Retrieved 2025-05-17.
  6. ^ "《花城》：先锋文学的摇篮 ("Flower City": the cradle of avant-garde literature)" (in Chinese). Hong Kong: 凤凰卫视 (Phoenix TV). 2012-10-27.
  7. ^ a b "A Brief Introduction of Flower City Publishing House". Discuz!. 2010-01-28.
  8. ^ Yang Fan (2022-10-05). "花城出版社：以花之名照见文学之美，以文学之力构建文化之城 (Huacheng Publishing House: Reflecting the beauty of literature in the name of flowers and building a city of culture with the power of literature)" (in Chinese). China Writer.com.
  9. ^ "Children's books welcomed on 4th Chinese Publication Exhibition Tour in Southeast Asia". China Daily. 2020-10-06.
  10. ^ Holly, ed. (2024-03-26). "Flower City Academy of Literature celebrates 1st anniversary". GDToday.
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