In Qinghuai Town on the lower reaches of the Yellow River, a three-hundred-year-old ancient locust tree has witnessed the fate of five generations of the Lin family. From the land reform in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, to the wave of market economy after the reform and opening up, to the industrial transformation and cultural roots in the new era of globalization, the Lin family is like the epitome of countless ordinary Chinese families, experiencing perseverance and transformation, separation and reunion, loss and awakening in the tide of the times.
The first generation leader, Lin Shouyi, used the simplicity of a farmer and the spirit of a craftsman to preserve his ancestral wood carving skills amid the wave of land reform, using a carving knife to hide his awe of life in the wood; the second generation, Lin Jianguo, missed his studies during the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution. But in the early days of reform and opening up, he seized the opportunity of "going overseas" and turned a small workshop into a township enterprise, but he was also caught in a dilemma between interests and family ties; the third generation Lin Xiaotang returned from studying abroad with new ideas and tried to integrate the family business with the international market, but encountered traditional The fierce collision between tradition and modernity, and the word "responsibility" was re-understood during the Wenchuan earthquake relief; the fourth generation Lin Mo, who grew up in the Internet era, hated the "heavyness" of his family, but after accidentally discovering his great-grandmother's diary, he began to trace the forbearance and strength of the women in the family, and finally used new media to make ancestral wood carvings a "national trend" symbol; the fifth generation Lin Xiaoman, learned wood carving from his elders during the epidemic, and in the sawdust and wood fragrance, he felt the warmth of the family blood that spans a century.
