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It will use stories and experiences to tell you that at that difficult moment in life, if you persist, be patient, and be confident again, you will realize your original ideal if you cross over. Please believe that the tears and frustrations you have experienced will eventually disappear, and the beliefs and ideals you insist on will eventually be beautiful.

Speaking of the simplicity of Sanna Town, there are many simple folk customs that are still followed. For example, at the ferry on the Yarkand River, there is no charge for ferrying wooden boats. As for who paid boatman Yao Shuanshuan for the ferry, no one has asked, nor has Yao Shuanshuan said it himself. From Yao Shuanshuan's predecessors to the previous generations, it has been passed down in this way. In the spring, the Yarkand River begins to melt. As the ice and snow melt, there is gradually more water. When you need to cross the river, you need someone to ferry it. Otherwise, you cannot wade across the river bed. It is not that the river is deep, but mainly because of the deep silt. People cannot drown in the water, but the silt can suck people into the water and choke them to death.

I thought I lived to receive beauty. A certain man smiled and sighed, what is beauty? That is, "I don't know how hard life is." I nodded, but turned around and had to add half a sentence to him, "Maybe I'm pretending not to know the hardships of life." This is the case with this book.

"The Great Whale Sings" is a representative prose work by the famous writer Zhou Xiaofeng, which won the 6th Lu Xun Literature Award. What kind of bizarre and fascinating creatures hide in the hidden sea? What fragments of life are recorded in dusty sketchbooks? What nodes remain in the journey of growth that cannot be ignored? In this anthology, which is full of growth marks and personal experiences, the author opens his bags and unfolds the bits and pieces he has collected along the way, and shares them with us quietly and restrainedly: not only telling about the hidden sea and bizarre and charming creatures, but also elucidating philosophical meditations from the sketches of natural life. ; It also starts from the more introverted personal experience to convey the emotions and moods of life experiences such as aging, death, jealousy, loss, etc... The work uses the structure of novels, the layout of drama and film, and the imagination and language of poetry to expand the boundaries of prose expression.

Set off again and again, using dreams as horses like a poet. The wandering and wandering of a person's soul seems to have nothing to do with time, distance and space in the physical sense. A process of landscape and a process of song. Over the years, the author has never stopped, from the rainy days in Taipei to the snow-capped mountains of Kilimanjaro, walking and returning, recording the prosperity and vastness of the world with one pen, and writing about the vagaries of the years. Compared with the obscure pain, the author's words show more freshness and indifference, and the pen flows with brightness and warmth. This is a more universal human feeling, and it is also the most cordial care and embrace given to readers.

Over a period of 9 years, the author traveled to 15 countries in West Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia with a young heart, like a migratory bird that keeps migrating, looking for the hometown in his heart. During the journey, there were carnivals on an isolated island, dinners in the desert, gunfire on street corners, and the sanctity of the Buddhist country... The author met some wonderful people during this long journey, and he kept saying goodbye to his past self. He said that traveling made him grow up and become more generous and easy-going. So, he's always on the road.

"Rumors" is the representative prose work of "legendary writer" Zhang Ailing. From the 1940s to the 1990s, Zhang Ailing's prose writing spanned half a century. "Rumors" collects her prose works from the age of 20 to 25, when she was in her literary beginnings and in her prime. In this book, there are many popular, shining and gorgeous golden sentences such as "Life is a gorgeous robe covered with fleas." "Meet the person you meet among millions of people. In the endless wilderness of time for millions of years, there is no step early or one step late. You just happen to catch up...". There are autobiographical texts such as "Genius Dream", "Children's Words", "Whispers", etc., Which are sensitive and delicate records of life. There are sharp analyzes of self-writing by writers such as "My Own Articles" and "The Honest Truth About Falling in Love". There are "Memories of Apartment Life", "Eye on the Road", "The Loudspeaker at Night Camp", "A Girl in the Car", "She is a Shanghainese" and other observations on urban daily life and aesthetic understanding in the complicated world. Read "Rumors" and get to know Eileen Chang who was truly independent in her youth.

"Slips on Beauty" is a work written by Zhu Guangqian, a modern Chinese aesthetician, when he was eighty-two years old. It is a review and arrangement of his long aesthetic career and aesthetic thoughts. The book is composed of thirteen letters. In the book, Mr. Zhu Guangqian conducts in-depth discussions on a series of aesthetic issues that young friends are generally concerned about, such as beauty and beauty, the laws of beauty, and the categories of beauty. At the same time, he also gives a detailed explanation of the aesthetic characteristics of literature, the rules and characteristics of literary creation, both in terms of ideology and methods. It is an important reference book for scholars who are new to aesthetics to learn aesthetic knowledge.

Teacher Qian's "A Close Reading of Lu Xun's Works" was written over twenty years. This book collects five novels, five essays, six prose poems, and eighteen essays written by Lu Xun that Teacher Qian read. Teacher Qian said that the reason why he is so obsessed with Lu Xun is, "I firmly believe that Lu Xun is an original and original thinker and writer of the Chinese nation. Reading Lu Xun is the basic construction and educational project of the national spirit, and Lu Xun's works need to be read for a lifetime, and they are always new. I firmly believe that reading Lu Xun's original works is the only way to get into Lu Xun, and you must calm down and savor each word carefully to avoid any impetuousness or falsehood."

"Kingdom of Paper" is a warm book, almost every word radiates heat. Those people and things that appear on the paper, recent or distant memories, are all entangled in the pyrotechnic words, long and long. The author Deng Anqing used "paper relatives", "paper characters", "paper villages" and "paper life" to form a large map of the "paper kingdom". In this map, there are daily life, fireworks and true feelings in the world. In "Paper Kingdom" flow the most minute daily life, in the countryside, in the city, or between urban and rural areas. The author uses his simple style of writing to describe all aspects of life, reaching straight into the soft hearts of ordinary people. He speaks eloquently and unknowingly brings readers into this kingdom on paper, where they encounter a long-lost simple feeling.

Mr. Zi mentioned in the preface of this book, "I have recorded music for myself more than once on different occasions, leaving a souvenir. I am content with my old age and have the joy of forgetting my years. When I was writing my memoirs in recent years, memories of the past and the new surrounding my musical life continued to emerge. So I accepted the publisher's suggestion and recorded it in the long-out-of-print " On the basis of the pamphlet "Jin Se Wu Chuan", I added new content and continued it into a small book, "Xue Ni Hong Zhao", to share the same taste. I remembered Ouyang Xiu's self-titled "Six One", and among the "Six One", I got three of them: ten thousand volumes of books, one piece of harp, and one old man, so I named it "There is a Piece of Qin".

This collection includes three books: "When the Heart is Beautiful, Everything is Beautiful", "When Love is Deep, Everything Is Deep" and "The Situation is Bright, Everything Is Bright A Thousand Miles Away". Selected works of Lin Qingxuan's prose, "Your heart is soft but powerful", "The most beautiful thing in life is Qing Huan", etc. Were all born from this book. They were selected by the media as "the best-selling and most influential book in the past 40 years" and have sold millions of copies!

"Beautiful Heart, Everything is Beautiful" hardcover (Aesthetic Collector's Edition) is one of the selections in the "Three Volumes of Qinghuan" series. The author selected forty-four articles from them and compiled them into two volumes, "Gentle Half Liang" and "Heart Without a Tile", for the enjoyment of readers. The content of the article is profound, the writing is concise and beautiful, and the style is fresh and timeless. The pursuit of transcendence, indifference and purity, full of the joy of Zen, leads people into a spiritual realm of simplicity, ordinaryness, independence and dignity. Your mind is beautiful, and everything you see in the world is beautiful. If your emotions are deep, you will feel that everything in the world is profound. Therefore, if you want to make your life, appearance, and temperament better, your heart must be beautiful and your love must be deep.

This book is a collection of essays written by Mr. Huang Shang about characters, including Lao She, Zhou Zuoren, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Bing Xin, Feng Zhi, Fei Ming, Cao Yu, Yu Pingbo, Guo Shaoyu, Zhang Yuanji, Liu Yizheng, Zhou Shutao, Shen Yinmo, Deng Zhicheng, He Changqun, Zong Baihua, Ma Yifu, Pan Hannian, Shen Congwen, Ba Jin, Ma Xulun, Meng Xinshi and others.

This book is divided into three parts, including Shen Congwen's classic prose "Xiang Xing Xian Ji", Shen Congwen and his wife Zhang Zhaohe's correspondence "Hunan Xing Xing Biao", and some articles describing his hometown in Shen Congwen's prose. "Journey to Hunan" is known as a classic of modern Chinese prose. The article is based on life in western Hunan and shows Shen Congwen's indescribable sympathy and tenderness for the people in his hometown. "Xiangxing Slips" is the mother version of "Hunan Xingshu", which was not published publicly during the author's lifetime. It was compiled and edited by Shen Huchu in 1991.

The whole book is divided into two parts: "Collection of Essays" and "Collection of Prose". There are travel notes that express the author's praise for the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland, and use the scenery to express emotions and elaborate on the author's life insights and environmental awareness. There is nostalgia, focusing on missing family, nostalgia and nostalgia. The people and objects appearing in the work are inextricably linked to the author's life, especially his childhood life. It is a unique life experience. I believe it will inspire and teach readers.

This book is a collection of award-winning works from the Dalian "Ecological Science and Technology Innovation City Cup" essay competition sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Dalian Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China to celebrate the victory of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The genre of the book is mainly composed of poetry and prose. The work uses words full of passion and charm to record the harmonious unity between urban changes, purity of mind, and ecological nature. With grandeur and true feelings, the author closely connects the brilliant achievements since the reform and opening up with the joy of life of the people in this land. From different angles, he writes beauty into the lives of the people, and his faith turns into endless joy and happiness, and endless pursuit of dreams.

"Let the Thrush Sing Its Own Song Freely: Selected Essays of Wang Zengqi" is a collection of selected essays of Wang Zengqi, edited and selected by Liang Youzhi. Complete collection of classics such as "Wild Vegetables in My Hometown", "Rain in Kunming", "Plants and Trees in the World", "Mr. Shen Congwen at the Southwest Associated University". At the same time, new titles such as "Father and Son Become Brothers Over the Years", "Miscellaneous Memories of Sichuan", "Light Autumn Light", and "Chinese Department of Southwest Associated University" were added. It starts from many themes such as nostalgia and folk customs, travel experiences, flowers, birds, fish and insects, ordinary people's trivial things, and the friendship between teachers and seniors. It details the spiritual world and life interests of Wang Zengqi, a generation of "life master".

Zhang Xiaofeng, one of the "Top Ten Contemporary Essayists", has selected prose works, some of which have been published in mainland China for the first time. The content of this book is arranged by the author himself. According to the classification method of Song Ci lyrics, the article is divided into three parts: "small tune", "middle tune" and "long tune". The short articles are beautiful and moving, while the long articles are powerful and exquisite. Zhang Xiaofeng puts his love for life into beautiful words. You can read the tenderness of women, the feelings of family and country, allusions to Chinese studies and universal benevolence. I hope you can find upward strength in this book.

Feng Zikai is good at expressing the beauty of everyday life, and his writing is elegant and refined, which is unforgettable. This collection of essays is divided into four volumes: lyrical, character, travel notes, and sketches. They are all must-reads when entering Feng Zikai's literary world. They are good books that can help you find the joy of life in details.

This is a collection of self-selected poems by the poet Liu Chunchao, which includes many excellent works by the Bai poet Liu Chunchao. The book is divided into five chapters: It is so, It should be Yunnan, It is covered, etc. There are more than 100 poems in total, which are valuable for reading and appreciation. Liu Chunchao's poems have a strong visual sense. He is good at absorbing poetic meaning from daily life and conveying it in smooth and concise language. His poems present his thoughts on life and life, and constantly seek independent and pure spiritual value.

Why is 1998 a coordinate in life that many people cannot forget? A rare major flood occurred in 1998. In 1998, Soros boasted that China would not survive the summer. In 1998, Robin Li was still working abroad. In 1998, Ma Huateng and his classmate Zhang Zhidong founded Tencent in Shenzhen. In 1998, Zhang Chaoyang launched the first Chinese search engine, Sohu, in Wudaokou. In 1998, the 34-year-old Jack Ma returned to Hangzhou with his entrepreneurial dream shattered and founded Alibaba at home. In 1998, Liu Qiangdong fell in love with his schoolmate Gong Xiaojing, and the newly founded company was called "Jingdong". In 1998, "The Princess" made Xiao Yanzi the first superstar. Zhang Ziyi was still in school and had just received an invitation from Zhang Yimou. In 1998, all the people were laid off, and people thought there would be no tomorrow. Liu Huan's "Start Over" made the laid-off workers cry. It's like everything today started in 1998...

Classical famous objects are originally settled in the world of mortals and have no intention of gathering or dispersing, but they accidentally touched the heartstrings of passers-by, thus giving birth to this elegant incident that lingers in their hearts. Prosperity through the ages is just a thin breeze at the corner of the historical corridor, but the author Bai Luomei has found for readers an elegant life like Tang poetry and Song poetry in ink, leading readers to cook tea, look at the prosperity and decline of the years indifferently, taste the joy of the floating world, and spend the elegant years quietly.

"When I think back to my childhood, there is no red or green before my eyes, it's all gray and yellow." From the detail of the memories, down to every plant, tree, brick and tile, and the sincerity of the feelings, it can be seen that it is remembered and vividly as if it were yesterday. Especially those who lost their parents at a young age, were dependent on others, and traveled around... These special experiences have had a lifelong impact and are worthy of every sensitive heart to appreciate.

Long prose. This is the heaviest tribute to the death of my mother; this is a sad and profound ode to maternal love; it records in detail the last more than eighty days and nights of my mother's life; there are few such unforgettable long self-narrations; it tells the story of life, love and soul.

This book is a collection of Ji Xianlin's prose works from 1946 when he returned to China to teach at Peking University until the "Cultural Revolution". It includes the author's representative prose and dozens of essays during this stage of his life. There are not only essays that show the author's personal life interests, but also many articles that record visits abroad and friendships with foreign friends.

After experiencing the changes of "bearing to watch my friends become new ghosts", the peak of career and the vicissitudes of the world reflect each other. Although I have entered an old age, I still say that "life is short". Looking back on the experience of more than half a century, I feel moved, guilty, gratified and sad.

A Chinese intellectual who has read everything in the world thinks about the last things in this world. When picking it up and putting it down, it shows calmness and open-mindedness, and in its ordinary simplicity, it shows the true meaning of life.

This book collects a series of essays written by Ji Xianlin from 1978 to 2000 on his travels to Germany, India, Thailand, Taiwan and famous scenic spots in the Mainland. These articles reveal sincere feelings, touching memories, and the style of writing is fresh and elegant. They are not only a combination of geography, history and culture, but also a collision between thinking and nostalgia.

This book contains nearly a hundred of Lao She's essays, divided into three volumes: folk customs, life figures, and art talks. Mr. Lao She's prose has a wide range of themes and rich content, including his life experiences and mental journey. The one with the deepest affection is Beijing. He wrote about the education given to him by his amiable and respectable mother, the charity of Master Zongyue who sponsored his education, he wrote about his quitting bad habits such as smoking, drinking, and playing cards, he wrote about his fruitless first love, he wrote about his joy after returning to New Beijing, and so on. Lao She's prose has distinctive characteristics. All the writings are real people and true feelings, and the words are natural and unpretentious. In particular, they record the people and events that affected Lao She in his childhood and adolescence in Peking. They reproduce the development of Lao She's character, which is like a brand imprinted on Lao She, influencing him to do good deeds throughout his life.

If there is an afterlife, I want to be a tree and stand for eternity without any gestures of joy or sorrow. Let go of what has been defined, and interpret you and me in the vast sea of ​​people. Under the pen, there are blooming camellias, green and sweet, giving readers endless warmth and strength through the lines of words. Dreams spread their wings, may you ride the wind and travel far, towards the brightest direction.

Time never stops for anyone, no matter you are proud or unappreciated; no matter you are smooth sailing or struggling; no matter you are carefree or bound; no matter you are rich or have nothing, tomorrow is already on the road and is coming towards us. Time always comes and goes. Many times, before you are ready, you have already started the next journey. Life is only a journey of scenery and a journey of understanding. Those scenery we walked through together, looking back across the long distance of mountains and rivers, flowers bloom every season!

This book describes social life, discovery and appreciation of the truth, goodness and beauty in life. Beauty is everywhere, and the flower of spiritual civilization blooms all year round. This has always been the mainstream in our social life. Discovering beauty, praising beauty, using beauty to please and cultivate our temperament, and promoting beauty and creating beauty in daily life and work are the life attitudes and educational feelings that our educators should have.

This book is based on the younger generation and tells the story of the helplessness of young men and women towards relationships, which is deeply heart-wrenching. From being immersed in the whirlpool of emotions and being unable to extricate themselves to having the courage to face and adjust their own moods. This is an emotional and inspirational book for young readers. More than 30 articles have been selected, all with the theme of emotions. The use of first-person narration brings the author closer to the reader.

If there were what-ifs, would everything still be where it is now? With a body temperature of 37 degrees, every scar on the body is a story of yesterday. Watching certain plots and fragments in movies, TV or novels, I also fantasize about abandoning my current job, picking up my bags and traveling to a distant place without hesitation. This book "The Little Wooden Boat of Dreams" written by Zhang Ruxue contains prose works based on family affection, spirituality and inspiration. It is a heart-to-heart exchange and communication between the author and the readers. It is an ode to the hot land of his hometown. The articles bloom like flowers in the garden of life, giving people enlightenment and wisdom, and making ordinary life full of extraordinary wealth and personal experience.

[38 heartfelt emotional stories, true emotional interpretations, refreshing, warm and healing. Faults and injuries in love are problems that everyone will encounter. After experiencing repeated hurts and frustrations in love, many people blame themselves for being unkind to others. In fact, many times, it's not nature that plays tricks on people, but there is a problem with the way we love, and there are blind spots in the way we look at people. It is precisely because of the wrong way of loving that there are countless injuries and fragmentation on the emotional road. Love is not a simple promise, nor is it a simple thing. It is a process that requires us to constantly experience, keep getting hurt, and keep learning. This book is to lead readers to analyze the source of harm, see clearly the cause of harm, learn how to avoid harm, see the person who should be seen clearly after the harm, protect themselves from being harmed again, love the right person in the right way, and live the right life.

"All encounters in the world are reunions after a long separation" is a representative collection of essays by Bai Luomei. The author carefully selects poems full of Zen and profound charm written by eminent monks Huineng, Huiyuan, Xuanzang, Cangyang Gyatso, poets Hanshan, Jiaoran, Shide, Su Shi, Bai Juyi, Li Shangyin, Cao Xueqin and others in Chinese history. He divides more than 40 poems into six volumes and appreciates them one by one. The writing is fresh and beautiful, full of poetry; the artistic conception is long and profound, with endless aftertaste.

Is there a way to keep us happy every day? Many times, we are confused because we don't really love what we are doing at the moment. If you really like it, you will naturally find a clear direction. No matter the result is success or failure, no matter what others think, just because you like it.

Speaking of Suzhou in poetry, in addition to the midnight bells of Hanshan Temple, there is also the lingering charm of Shantang Street in Qili. This book focuses on Suzhou's local poetic allusions and characters' deeds, and tells the historical changes, moral articles, and poetic customs of Suzhou and Suzhou people throughout the ages.

A swordsman from Tsinghua University, a great figure from Peking University, and a pure heart who has endured the storm of the century. Quietly observing the world and feeling at ease, savoring the warmth and coolness of the world, this is the most beautiful work of a centenarian who expresses his passion and nature. This book carefully selects many representative prose works written by Mr. Ji Xianlin, such as "Returning to Göttingen", "The Moon Is Bright in My Hometown", "The Comedy of Watches", "Lantana Flower", "Magical Luffa", "Recalling Zhang Yong", etc. From an ignorant boy to going through vicissitudes of life, Mr. Ji Xianlin embodies his life's insights in words, making these prose works full of life philosophy, humorous, sincere, simple, and natural. Readers can feel his sincerity and sincerity, as well as his life wisdom accumulated for nearly a century.

This is a collection of adult fables woven from dreams. The author uses poetic words to lead you into her colorful dreams. After reading the entire book, you will find that you begin to become full of joy, your thinking becomes clearer, and your mentality becomes more peaceful. This is the charm of words and the power of thought. It was like there was a ray of light that drove away all the darkness and the lingering and unspeakable depression and grievances in my heart.

Life is beautiful, we just need to train ourselves to see them. Use simplicity and love as the standards to manage our lives and make any kind of life beautiful. Savor life carefully and carve time carefully, then every day you spend will not be wasted.

The culture of the Republic of China can be said to be a link between past and present. It not only continued the Confucianism of the former Qing Dynasty, but also ushered in a new culture. During the Republic of China, which lasted only more than thirty years, famous figures emerged in large numbers, such as Liang Qichao, Wang Guowei, Cai Yuanpei, Hu Shi, Lin Yutang, Lu Xun, Xu Zhimo, etc. They greatly enriched this era with their thoughts and actions. Therefore, it is still very beneficial for today's people to study the culture of the Republic of China again and learn from its strong points.

This book is a collection of essays written by the author based on interesting things and insights in daily life. In "Naughty Things", he wrote about his naughty son. When he saw his seriously ill grandmother giving an injection to replenish nutrition, he whimsically gave his beloved Persian cat an injection to replenish nutrition. The cat hid under the cupboard when it saw him. "Two Turtle Doves" is about two turtle doves flying over the window sill of the author's house. The author and his wife threw a handful of wheat to feed them. From then on, they fed them on time every day, and they became like a member of the family. Later, they hatched the little turtle doves and brought the little turtle doves to eat... While the author was happy, he was also confused. Is this caring or doting? "Spring in the Qinling Mountains" has refined writing and beautiful language. It is a work full of cultural confidence and positive energy.

Five books in the Youth Essay Series have been published, selecting the best essays by five popular writers for high school and college entrance exams. Each book includes detailed analysis of the reading test questions. The articles included in the series have profound intentions, quote classics, are original and inspire thinking; are full of positive energy and encourage people to move forward; are graceful and delicate, giving people warmth and strength; or are full of philosophy and knowledge to help people broaden their horizons. It can be said to be the golden key to improve young people's reading and writing skills in modern literature. The book "Make Way for a Wall" selects more than 80 beautiful articles and short novels written by the famous writer Zhou Hailiang in recent years. The works have a wide range of themes and styles. The author uses simple and unpretentious writing styles to describe everything in the world, tell the story of the ups and downs of life, and bring to life the stories of little people. The works included in the book have tense plots and unexpected endings, contain profound philosophy of life, convey warmth and call for positive energy. It is an ideal book to improve young people's reading comprehension and writing skills.

Five books in the Youth Essay Series have been published, selecting the best essays by five popular writers for high school and college entrance exams. Each book includes detailed analysis of the reading test questions. The articles included in the series have profound intentions, quote classics, are original and inspire thinking; are full of positive energy and encourage people to move forward; are graceful and delicate, giving people warmth and strength; or are full of philosophy and knowledge to help people broaden their horizons. It can be said to be the golden key to improve young people's reading and writing skills in modern literature. "On the Road, Encountering Time" selects more than 80 excellent works by authors around themes such as childhood, nature, youth, emotion, and growth. In this book, the author depicts the poetry of ordinary life with clear, tranquil and flower-like pen, narrates the twists and turns in the process of growing up, and records the small touches that we should not miss in the journey of life.

Five books in the Youth Essay Series have been published, selecting the best essays by five popular writers for high school and college entrance exams. Each book includes detailed analysis of the reading test questions. This book is a collection of the author's classic works. It combines speculative wisdom and ornamental beauty, and combines ideological depth with literary charm, reflecting the author's consistent aesthetic pursuit. Reading this book, concentrating on thinking, and understanding it will be of great benefit to readers in opening their minds and increasing their knowledge. This book is titled "Looking at the Stars", looking at the brilliant stars in the vast universe, looking at the bright stars in the vast sea of ​​people, focusing on the big picture, writing on the small, quoting classics, and providing rich historical materials. By reading this book carefully and practicing it, you can broaden your mind and be ambitious; you can be far-sighted and have a broad vision; you can be determined to work hard and make achievements; you can enrich your life and have no regrets in your youth.

This is a story written by a coder, and it is a tragedy and comedy of coders living in Beijing. There is lingering love, unforgettable family affection, wild imagination, and the helplessness of being a human being. Everything is just to restore the most real world in the eyes of this professional group.

The novel captures the daily lives of nine households in a courtyard under the Bell and Drum Tower in Beijing from 5 a. M. To 5 p. M. On December 12, 1982. It runs through the changes experienced by thirty or forty characters over the past few decades, and describes the historical accumulation of ancient Beijing and the realistic changes in the 1980s, allowing us to hear the footsteps of the reform era. Everyone here has his or her own history, which constitutes the social and ecological community map of Beijing citizens. Xue Yongquan used to be a lama and had a low social status. Now that he has decided to organize a wedding for his younger son, he has been in the awkward position of wanting to be pompous and yet having too much money. His daughter-in-law, Pan Xiuya, came from a poor family and was a salesperson herself. She was vain and economical, and she would "rather have a small sheep's head than a big ox's tail" for her dowry. Her radar brand Xiaokun watch disappeared during the wedding banquet, causing a commotion. Everyone suspected that it was Lu Baosang, a descendant of the "Beggars Gang"...