Nanny Ba Peng

Wang Yongying

Juvenile amp; Children’s Publishing House

June 2023

48.00 (CNY)

There was an old woman named Ba Peng， who always wore black clothes and black pants and lived alone in the old castle. A large area of wormwood was planted around the castle. The old woman picked wormwood on weekdays， made mugwort and moxa sticks， and went to “burn the fire” for people. Some say she caught children， and others say that her crutch was a snake that can take her close to the ground... The little girl A Dai， like the other children in the village， was afraid of Nanny Ba Peng. However， when A Dai was attracted by the wild roses planted by Ba Peng and gradually approached her， she found that she was completely different from the legend. When her younger brother was sick， A Dai asked the nanny to “burn the fire，” and she gradually understood that “burning the fire” is moxibustion， which is a way to cure diseases. Ba Peng was not terrible， and had in fact helped many people.

Wang Yongying

Wang Yongying is a writer of children’s literature， a member of the Chinese Writers Association， and the vice chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Writers Association. She has published several children’s novels. Her works have won many awards.