The novel "Television" is a full-length novel based on the history of Chinese television development written by the writer Yong Ren. Its full name is "Television". It was later adapted into the TV series "Our Forty Years".
This novel is set in an ordinary courtyard in Beijing. Through the introduction of a Soviet-made "Ruby" black and white TV set in the Xiao family, this novel vividly depicts how television profoundly affected the lives, concepts and social changes of ordinary Chinese families from the 1970s to the early 21st century. The characters in the book, such as Feng Shengli, Feng Du, and the Fifth Master, represent the fate and emotions of different generations in the TV era, and are full of Beijing-style urban atmosphere and memories of the times.
