Anecdotes

The main character's name, Youtie, means "having iron" in Chinese. His two dead older brothers are called "having gold" and "having silver", and the third older brother who is still alive is called "having copper". The order of "gold, silver, copper and iron" is a Chinese folk custom.

The film shows the local government paying farmers to demolish their unused and dilapidated houses so as to execute a higher government command to improve the appearance of the village. Some of the villagers have already left to work and live in major coastal cities in China, and return home to consent to demolition their old houses only for receiving the money.

The film was shot in the director's hometown: Huaqiangzi village in Gansu province, with more than six hundred families. Most of the actors are local villagers, except for a few of the main characters. The mud brick houses where the characters in the movie live can be found everywhere in this village.

Renlin Wu, the lead actor in this film, is uncle (husband of his mother's sister) of director Ruijun Li.

The film was pulled from all streaming services in China on 26 September for unknown reasons. Mentioning of the film was also banned from social media.