The Wheel Rolls Through a City

How do people make a living? How to live? Which method should you choose to gain a foothold in society? People of different eras have different life stories. From the late Qing Dynasty to the 1920s and 1930s of the Republic of China, Chinese society experienced unprecedented turbulence, differentiation, and transformation. Foreign powers invaded, concessions were established, various national, class, and national contradictions intertwined and fought, and Chinese and Western cultures and Eastern and Western civilizations collided fiercely. As a historical old city, Tianjin Wei has ushered in the ups and downs that have shaken the central area of ​​the times. From the bottom puller coolies to wandering beggars, from Qing court officials to businessmen, from folk artists to Western colonists, from revenge mobs to brewing masters... More than a dozen characters with distinctive personalities and rich souls, five or six different rich and poor families, their love and hate, career choices, life destiny, are displayed during the construction of the concessions of the great powers and the passage of new trams. The work criticizes the oppression of human nature and humanity by dark and corrupt forces at home and abroad, and the destruction of truth, beauty, and kindness. The metaphor of the wheel reflects the difficult development process of modern science and human civilization. The birth of China's first generation of public transportation workers was full of twists and turns. The theme of this work is novel and rich in Tianjin regional cultural characteristics. The plot of the novel is rich and thick, and the details are real and touching. The author examines the historical process with contemporary concepts, reflects on social changes with unique ideas, and presents readers with an excellent work that is touching, emotional, thought-provoking, and warm.