
Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2012 shows the view of Mo Yan's former residence in Dalan Township of Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province. Chinese novelist Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, once lived here since he was born in 1955 until he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1976. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

Ge Jinfang, wife of Mo Yan's elder brother, sweeps the snow in the yard of Mo Yan's former residence in Dalan Township of Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2012. Chinese novelist Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, once lived here since he was born in 1955 until he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1976. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

Photo taken on Dec. 30, 2012 shows the view of Mo Yan's former residence in Dalan Township of Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province. Chinese novelist Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, once lived here since he was born in 1955 until he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1976. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)

Ge Jinfang, wife of Mo Yan's elder brother, walks through the door of Mo Yan's former residence in Dalan Township of Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 30, 2012. Chinese novelist Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, once lived here since he was born in 1955 until he enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1976. (Xinhua/Wang Jianhua)