2. This work was adapted into a movie of the same name on 1983, directed by Wu.
3. Old Things in the South of the City was written by Lin with his life from seven to 13 years as the background. During the Japanese imperialist occupation of Taiwan Province, the Lins refused to live under the iron heel of the Japanese invaders and moved to Beijing where Xiaoying grew up. Seeing the camel team coming in winter and hearing the slow and sweet bell, childhood returned to the author's mind. Summer passed, autumn passed, winter came again, camel team came again, but childhood never came back. Because the author misses the scenery and people when he lived in the south of Beijing as a child, he wrote it down, so that the actual childhood passed and the childhood of the soul will last forever. This is the original intention of Lin in writing this novel.
4. The Old Story of the South of the City describes the life of an ordinary family in a quadrangle in the south of Beijing in the late 1920s. Through the childish eyes of the little girl Eiko, we can see all kinds of people and things in Beijing at that time. The characters in the article finally left Xiaoying, expressing their sadness and nostalgia for bidding farewell to childhood. Showed the joys and sorrows of the adult world to the world. There is an indescribable innocence, but it tells the complicated feelings in the world. Through the seemingly narrow description, it reflects the whole historical face of Beijing at that time and has strong social significance. Lead people to relive the life shrouded in gloom. Xiaoying appeared in the article as the protagonist. When she found that there was a great contrast between the good wishes of adults and reality, her innocent and kind young mind became more and more fragile. The endless tragic cycle in the article is even more striking and thought-provoking, which is the key to the richness of the novel.