Based on the novel of the same name by Taiwanese female writer Lin Haiyin, the film "Seongnam Old Story" was released in 1983, and the film was truly touching, winning many awards such as the Golden Rooster Award for Chinese Cinema, the Golden Eagle Award at the Manila International Film Festival in the Philippines, and the Equator Award at the Quito International Film Festival in Ecuador. At the same time, she also won many awards such as Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Music at the 3rd Golden Rooster Awards of Chinese Films.
The story takes place in Beiping in the 1920s, Xiao Yingzi moved from Taiwan to Beiping, accompanied by a crisp camel bell, and the story of Seongnam begins.
Through the perspective of the little girl Hideko, the film narrates the people and things that shroud the life of the melancholy clouds and mists, and uses unspeakable innocence to exhaust the joys and sorrows of the adult world. The characters in the film end up leaving Hideko, and when she discovers a huge contrast between good intentions and realistic results, the kind young mind becomes weaker and weaker. The endless cycle of tragedy entangled in the film is even more thought-provoking.
"Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, the grass is green and the sky is...". Separation, throughout the novel, is the main theme of the article. Her father was Xiao Yingzi's life mentor, and her father's strictness, sincere teaching, and knee-to-knee acceptance came to an abrupt end in the year of primary school graduation, and her father died of illness and missed her graduation ceremony. Xiao Yingzi said: "Daddy's flowers have fallen, and I am no longer a child." If a person's life is divided into several paragraphs, the death of my father is an important paragraph in my life."
In the film, the song "Farewell" that appears many times can say the true meaning of life: life is a parting after another. Since parting is inevitable, I hope that we can live every moment in front of us without thinking about the past and fearing the future.