Summer Solstice Cicada Chirping

"Summer Solstice Cicadas" tells the life stories of three junior high school classmates, Xia Aiguo, Hu Ming, and Shen Fei. After graduating from junior high school, they took different paths in life due to reality: Xia Aiguo and Hu Ming entered factories as apprentices, while Shen Fei continued his studies and then joined the countryside. In the tide of the times, they each experienced ups and downs in life - Xia Aiguo resigned from the college entrance examination, went into business, and encountered divorce and business risks; Hu Ming struggled with the rise and fall of the factory, experienced divorce, and later worked in a joint venture; Shen Fei joined a team in the countryside and still persisted in studying. In 1979, he was admitted to university and faced challenges in the joint venture. They struggled to move forward on different life trajectories, and finally met in an open city in the south. Looking back on the past, those difficulties and ups and downs have become precious marks in their lives.​