On the eve of the Long March, Hakka girl Chun Xiu gave Red Army soldier Xie Zhijian jute straw sandals made overnight. The two embroidered balls on the shoes were her silent vow. These straw sandals have touched the waves of the Jinsha River, stepped on the cold of the Dadu River, followed Xie Zhijian on a journey of 25,000 miles, and accompanied him to the anti-Japanese battlefield. On the banks of the Yudu River in her hometown, Chunxiu waited year after year for her hair to grow from black hair to white hair while making shoes in front of Zhi.
The story uses a pair of straw sandals as a token to connect the heroic Long March, the flames of the Anti-Japanese War and the tenacious watch on the rear. It describes how a young man works hard for the future of his family and country in the broken mountains and rivers, and how a girl spends her life fulfilling her promise of "waiting for your return". When the straw sandals finally return to the starting point, they are not only a testimony of love, but also a carrier of national memory.
This is a story about commitment, sacrifice and endless waiting. In the grand historical picture, it engraved the most personal warmth - some love, which has never been seen, but lasts throughout a lifetime; some tokens, patched up again and again, eventually become mountains and rivers.
