For this generation, traditional writers began to color their writing with local flavor, as in Da Nao by Wang Cengqi Furong Village by Gu Hua, Shangzhou by Jia Ping'ao, and Red Sorghum by Mo Yan.
小說創作上也出現許多刻畫風土民情、地方色彩的作品。例如汪曾祺的《大淖紀事》、古華的《芙蓉鎮》、賈平凹的《商州初錄》、莫言的《紅高粱家族》等等。