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The film won the 2011 Annual Documentary Award from the "Youth Film Handbook" and the VPROIDFA Award at the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam. In 1990, Zhang Changhua (played by Zhang Changhua) and Chen Suqin (played by Chen Suqin), a couple living in Huilong Village, Guang'an District, Sichuan Province, left their two young children to go to Guangzhou for work in order to provide a better life for their family and give their sister and brother, Zhang Qin (played by Zhang Qin) and Zhang Yang (played by Zhang Yang), access to a good education, hoping that they could one day escape the hardships of rural life like theirs. They worked hard to earn money and sent it home, only returning once every few years to reunite with their family for the New Year. The sister and brother, who had been living with their grandmother, had long since grown distant and cold towards their parents. However, their daughter, Zhang Qin, like many rebellious teenagers of her age, disregarded advice and dropped out of school, following in her parents' footsteps and leaving her village to go to Guangdong to work...