Story background, time background and author information of the old events in the south of the city.

"Old Things in the South of the City" was written by Lin in the background of his life from the age of 7 to 13. 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.

Time background

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.

Brief introduction of the author

Lin, formerly known as Lin and nicknamed Eiko, is a Taiwan Province writer. Born in Osaka, Japan, his ancestral home is Toufen Town, Miaoli County, Taiwan. Known as the "Grandma of Taiwan Province Literature", 1998 won the "Lifetime Achievement Award".

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The book Old Events in the South of the City is not only a portrayal of the author's childhood life, but also the life of ordinary people in Beijing in those years, and it is also her most influential work. He was selected as "Top 100 China Novels in the 20th Century" by Asia Weekly. 1999 was included in the list of "100 excellent books of China literature in the last century" jointly sponsored by People's Literature Publishing House and Beijing Book Building.

Old Stories in the South of the City is one of the century-old classic series of children's literature in China. This series is not only a comprehensive publishing project of original children's literature in China, but also a cultural accumulation and inheritance project with important practical significance and historical value, and it is also a promotion project to reshape modern children's literature in China.

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