The background of the novel is still based onTianjin, which Feng Jicai is most familiar with. It tells the story of across-cultural love affair falling into a historical disaster in the early20th century. This should be a romantic legend, but it has becomea tragedy under
the historicalbackground of the prejudice between Chinese and Western cultures in the colonialera.
The background of the novel is still based onTianjin, which Feng Jicai is most familiar with. It tells the story of across-cultural love affair falling into a historical disaster in the early20th century. This should be a romantic legend, but it has becomea tragedy under the historicalbackground of the prejudice between Chinese and Western cultures in the colonialera.