Quiet and serene lens language expresses the unique spiritual demands of the people of Taiwan Province Province, an island country that has been isolated from overseas for several times in history. His City of Sorrow expands the psychological world of Taiwan Province people with its desolate and magnificent epic bearing. For mainlanders, The Story of Wounded City shows us the flexibility and rigidity beyond the lonely and distant impression of Taiwan Province Province, while for people in Taiwan Province Province, The Story of Wounded City expresses the bitterness and helplessness after years of separation.

In history, Taiwan Province Province was occupied by the Netherlands, but it was fifty years of Japanese occupation that really had a fundamental impact on the later generations of Taiwan Province Province. This period of history has directly influenced the values and population views of people in Taiwan Province Province, and Japanese traces have been deeply engraved in the history of Taiwan Province Province and generations of people in Taiwan Province Province. The Japanese scenery and Japanese-speaking people in Taiwan Province Province, which can be seen everywhere in The City of Sorrow, are quietly and conspicuously telling people this unavoidable history. Hou Hsiao-hsien's iconic long shot shows all this calmly and briskly, just like an old record player singing an old song slowly and sadly, almost a song about the mental journey of people in Taiwan Province Province. It is the basic format of almost all epic literary works to reflect a period of history with the help of the joys and sorrows of specific characters. However, under the lens of Hou Xiaoxian, the characters on the screen are always close and far away from us, so far that sometimes even the expressions of the characters can't be seen clearly, but that kind of spiritual touch is inevitable, which is in line with the embarrassing situation that this isolated island of Taiwan Province Province has been separated from the mainland for a long time and is connected by blood. This embarrassment is almost the helplessness of all China people. People in Taiwan Province province should watch this movie, and mainlanders should watch it even more, because this movie shows Taiwan Province province, which we don't know, with a sad and painful face and tells the world where the sorrow of Taiwan Province province lies. History chose Taiwan Province Province, and history abandoned Taiwan Province Province in an embarrassing situation. In the stormy historical tide, Taiwan Province Province has reluctantly chosen its own sad fate. In The City of Sadness, Hou Xiaoxian raised the independent consciousness of Taiwan Province provincial filmmakers to a new height, which is almost the peak of Taiwan Province provincial films from the perspective of home country.