A Happy Life Beginning in 1951

In 1951, Beiping had long since been renamed Beijing. The ancient city had shed the dust of years gone by, and everywhere was filled with the fresh bustle of everyday life. The early spring wind still carried a hint of biting cold. It swept past the gray-tiled roofs of the hutongs, stirring up fine dust beneath the eaves, but could not dispel the growing warmth of human life in the ordinary lanes and alleys. Watch He Yuzhu live a happy life.