The most rare quality of an excellent column is "my way is consistent".Xu Baike's "Hook and Shen" column fits this quality.From the day when "Freezing Point Weekly" was first published, he has contracted this column alone, from the depths of historical memory, hooking up forgotten characters and little-known pieces of history for today's people. The outstanding feature of the "Hook and Shen" column is that it is a fusion of history and poetry, learning and knowledge, talent and love, old and new.It is like a pot of aged wine, the more taste the better. "Gouchen" babbles, murmurs, and endlessly, but actually narrates a theme to readers: there used to be such an era, and there used to be such a group of characters.They think like that and live like that.They are not far away from us today, but the spirit, tradition, and character they guard, care about, and embody are far from us.Reading them, we feel as if we have passed away; touching history, we are often amazed.

To bring these past figures to today's newspapers, we must first have a sufficient news story in order to graft history and reality. Xu Baike solved this problem very well.He always cuts in from today's relevant characters or scenes, thus "activating" an old past. This year's Freezing Point Weekly "Best Column" is awarded to Xu Baike: With independent judgment and poetic penmanship, it awakens a piece of history that is fading.