Because of the Great Leap Forward, literary and art workers felt depressed.

Therefore, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China put forward the eight-character policy of "adjustment, consolidation, enrichment and improvement" in September 1960. In this case, Hu Qiaomu wrote to People's Daily, demanding that "the supplement has the responsibility to encourage people to overcome difficulties, carry forward the spirit of optimism, and help people have a rich, healthy and positive spiritual life, but don't talk big or empty words". In particular, he suggested that "you can write some manuscripts of reading notes, advocate reading more books, and read more good books at all times and in all countries, so as to gain ideological lessons and increase your knowledge."

In the early 1960s, prose writing began to gradually return to its own artistic rules. People's Daily opened a column on1writing prose from October 28th to June 5th, 196 1 65438. He has published Lao She's The Importance of Prose, Li Jianwu's The Spirit of Bamboo Slips-An Open Letter, New Prose, New Prose, etc. In addition, Bing Xin, Guo Yuheng, Xu Chi and others also published some essays in Wen Wei Po, Guangming Daily, China Youth Daily and Changjiang Literature and Art, which theoretically promoted the development of prose creation at that time, and contemporary prose appeared the second short period of all-round development after 1956. For example, Yang Shuo's Snow Wave, Liu's Camellia Fu, Litchi Honey, Liu's Lamp, Sunrise and Yangtze River are all poetic lyric prose with meaningful artistic conception and beautiful style. Yuan Ying's Green Hills and Bamboo, Wei's boatman's Music, Ji Xianlin's Ma Yinghua and Love Bamboo are all widely read by readers. 196 1 This year is called "the year of prose".