1983 Chinese drama film, adapted from Lin Haiyin's novel of the same name, directed by Wu Yigong, starring Shen Jie, Zheng Zhenyao, Zhang Min, Zhang Fengyi, and Yan Xiang.
In the 1920s, during the reign of the Beiyang government, in the hutongs south of Beijing, camel caravans walked the streets and alleys, camel bells echoed slowly, and seven-year-old Lin Yingzi stared curiously at the camels eating grass, and she explained to her father that camels brought a camel bell because they were bored when they walked far. The woman in front of the Gate of the Hui'an Pavilion always looked ahead with grief, and when she saw the bold Ying Zi coming, she lowered herself and shouted at Xiao Guizi in her mouth, until Mother Song pulled Ying Zi away and told her to stay away from this crazy person.
There was a girl named You'er in the alley, who had to do a lot of work every day and was forced by her father to learn to sing, and Hideko took the initiative to get her out of the flirtation of the hotel manager and invited her to her home to play.
Ying Zi walked into the woman, she still called Out to Hideko Xiao Guizi, and happily pulled Hideko to her room, told her about Xiao Guizi, and let her see the clothes she had made for Xiao Guizi, but she smiled and smiled and was stunned, falling into a deep sorrow.
Ying Zi went home and learned from the small talk between Song Mama and her neighbors that the woman was called Xiu Zhen, and Peking University student Si Kang was in love with each other, unmarried and pregnant, gave birth to a female baby named Xiao Guizi, but Si Kang was soon taken away by the secret service military police, and never came back, Xiao Guizi was thrown by her parents to the root of the Qihua Gate city wall after birth, since then, Xiu Zhen has been insane, always thinking about her husband and Xiao Guizi.
Hideko goes to find Hideyoshi again, and Hideko asks Hideko to tell her to hurry home if she sees her, and tells Hideko that there is a birthmark the size of a fingernail on the back of Herako's neck, and Hideko happily plays with Hideyoshi and also writes down what she confessed.
You'er also often comes to play with Ying Zi, the two face to face swing, laughter fills the whole room, after Yu Er left, Ying Zi will look at the empty swing in a daze.
Hideko goes to hideyoshi again, and Hideyoshi happily dyes her nails, tells her about SiKang, and asks Hideko if you know the fate. On this day, Yu'er cried and came to find Hideko, and was beaten by her father, and she quietly told Hideko that she had picked it up, and that her parents were not biological parents now.
One night when the rain poured down, You'er braved the heavy rain to find Yingzi, saying that she would never go back when she ran out, she was going to Qihuamen to find her biological parents, Yingzi heard what Song Mama and Xiuzhen said, pulled open the back of Yu'er's neck and looked at her happily to find Xiuzhen, they braved the rain to go to The Hui'an Pavilion, the mother and daughter recognized each other and cried, Xiuzhen helped Yu'er put on clean clothes, and wanted to take her to Tianjin to find Sikang overnight, Yingzi shouted and chased out, fainting due to cold fever.
Outside, the newsboy shouted about the mother and daughter being crushed to death by the train, and Hideko woke up in her hospital bed, and her mother told her that she had been in a coma for several days. After recovering from her illness, her parents took her to move, and her father told her that the past was over, and slowly she would forget.
Later, Hideko entered the school, and when she returned home, she would recite her favorite text "We Look at the Sea" to her parents, and several boys kicked the ball outside the door and kicked the ball to the deserted house opposite, and the bold Hideko went inside to look for the ball, but found a self-chiming bell and quickly ran out.
That night, Hideko listened to the adults talk about being thief in the alley, and asked her father why the thief stole something. The next day Hideko went to the deserted house again, saw a big brother crouching there, both of them were surprised, and then chatted, it turned out that his brother and Hideko were studying in a primary school, about to graduate, it was he who had been supplying his brother to school, Hideko asked him what he was doing here, the eldest brother smiled and did not speak, before leaving to tell Hideko not to tell others that he had seen him.
Thieves continued in the alley, and patrol officers came to investigate. Hideko went to talk to the big brother again, the younger brother had good grades, but he didn't make money, helpless to come to this step, the younger brother didn't know the details that he thought he was a good brother, he asked Hideko if he was a good person or a bad person, Hideko told him that she couldn't distinguish between the sea and the sky and couldn't distinguish between good people and bad people, and the big brother had tears in his eyes, telling her that when she grew up, she would be able to distinguish clearly.
Hideko's heart was touched by the students being taken away by the police, and her father often privately sponsored some progressive youth. Hideko went there again and did not find the big brother, found a golden Buddha came out and was stopped by an old man, to leave the golden Buddha also asked where she came from, Hideko told him and quickly ran away.
At the graduation ceremony, Hideko sees her big brother and his younger brother, who are happily playing in the market. The next day the two meet in the deserted house, the eldest brother is missing and looking frustrated, he tells Hideko that he will not come here again, and when Hideko comes out, the police come and arrest him, and disappear from Hideko's world.
Later, Ying Zi saw the familiar donkey, knew that Song Ma's man came to ask for money again, Song Mama had a son and a daughter, the daughter spent money to others to carry, the son herded cattle for others, she had not seen her son for four or five years, every time let the man bring his son he was all supported, the family relied on Song Mama to work to support, Song Mama took Ying Zi sisters and brothers as their own flesh and blood love, when she wanted her son, let Ying Zi help her write a family letter.
This time the man came to ask for money, Song Mama repeatedly pressed down, learned that the daughter let him sell to a carriage, the son has long died, the two children are gone, Song Mama is heartbroken, Ying Zi threw herself into Song Mama's arms, want to comfort her.
Dad coughed badly, the condition became more and more serious and finally bedridden, Hideko ran to show her father her report card after school, and told him that she missed her father, but her father's flowers fell, and she was no longer a child.
Father is gone, Mother Song followed her man back to the countryside, Mother took the sisters and brothers back to Taiwan, experiencing life and death, Ying Zi looked back at Gu Pan and shed tears.