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This film is inspired by screenwriter Wu Nien-Jen's childhood memories. It is the third installment of director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's "Coming-of-Age Trilogy" that features three prominent Taiwanese screenwriters' coming-of-age stories. The other two are Dong dong de jiàqi (1984) (inspired by the coming-of-age story of Chu Tien-wen) and Tóngnián wangshì (1985) (inspired by the coming-of-age story of Hou Hsiao-Hsien, who is a screenwriter-turned-director).

Listed among the Toronto International Film Festival's Essential 100 movies.