"Back then: Memories of Childhood in Hometown" is a collection of nostalgic and homesick prose works, divided into seven parts: Broken Shadows of Time, Soft Time, Rural Singing, Fragrant Trees, Golden Time, Poems of Time, and Rural Stories. With affectionate writing, the author recalls his childhood life and growth experience in Dama Village, a rural village in Fangshan, Beijing. He describes the warm family affection, simple rural customs, friendship between teachers and classmates, scenes of hard work, as well as village customs and slang, specialties, pastoral scenery, seasonal changes, humanistic characteristics, food flavors and other real stories and scenes full of local flavor and local characteristics.
Adhering to the concept of letting history reflect reality, this book looks back on the past and strives to explore the significance of old rural customs and childhood memories to today's life. Every line is a true and natural expression of nostalgia and life. It can be called an excellent work of "remembering nostalgia".
Reader comments
This book is like a beautiful prose poem. The author uses simple words to describe the rural life full of fireworks. I like the descriptions of the changing seasons and pastoral scenery in the book, which make me feel like I am immersed in them. At the same time, I also like the hard-working and kind-hearted people described by the author. They make me feel the warmth and humanity of the countryside. This book reminded me of my own childhood, and those wonderful memories feel very close to me.
This book is like a beautiful prose poem. The author uses simple words to describe the rural life full of fireworks. I like the descriptions of the changing seasons and pastoral scenery in the book, which make me feel like I am immersed in them. At the same time, I also like the hard-working and kind-hearted people described by the author. They make me feel the warmth and humanity of the countryside. This book reminded me of my own childhood, and those wonderful memories feel very close to me.