This article was written from the 1960s to the year 2004 of this century, starting with relocation and ending with demolition. One chapter in the book almost represents a year. Each chapter has two to four sections of the story (mostly three sections). The story takes place in the countryside in the eastern suburbs of Beijing. The book uses the form of essays and uses three dragons and three phoenixes as the axis to express the process of this generation's understanding of the world. The first half is mainly about narratives, and the second half contains many protagonists' views on today's world.
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