The Tangshan Earthquake, a novel written by Hebei writers Guan Renshan and Wang Jiahui with Tangshan Earthquake as the historical background, was published by Beijing New World Publishing House on June 20 10. Guan Renshan and Wang Jiahui both personally experienced the Tangshan earthquake more than 30 years ago, and then both embarked on the road of literary creation, and they were in their prime of life, so they were able to profoundly express the Tangshan earthquake in the form of literature. This 344,000-word book, with the Tangshan earthquake as the historical background, reproduces the kind and simple human nature, indomitable Tangshan spirit and expectations for a better life in the future through the life scenes of the Seismological Bureau, hospitals, troops, residents and the municipal party committee and municipal government before, during and after the earthquake. The book is fluent in writing, compact in story, vivid in character and vivid in details.