"Returning to his village invigorated by success in the army, Gao Aijun sees the beautiful Xia Hongmei walking barefoot alongside the railway track in the warm afternoon sun, and is instantly smitten. Hiding their relationship from their spouses, the pair hurl themselves into the struggle to bring revolution to their backwater village. They wait to consummate their relationship until Aijun has managed to dig a literal tunnel of love between their...

"A country with a rich and extensive past will undoubtedly have a wealth of stories. This program shows how far China has come in terms of cultural production, especially movie production, and how it came to rival the U.S. in filmmaking. Contemporary Chinese literature and the market for books are also important topics, as are censorship, self-censorship, and why certain motifs recur in Chinese stories."--Container.