"romantic and poetic aspects of the urban middle class lifestyle"

Author: Sheng Hui
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This is a group that emphasizes individuality in life and leisurely interests. In "The Rose Gate," they experience fashion and materialism; in "Heaven," they love and grieve; in the stories of "Wind, Flower, Snow, and Wind," they and lose themselves. They are knowledgeable yet wild; discerning yet unrestrained; pursuing yet decadent. They admire the aesthetic atmosphere of life, care about their spiritual level, and spare no effort in youth, blood, wisdom, or even life. The petite bourgeoisie is their banner, a vibrant scene in the growing society. A woman who has not been hurt will not fall in love with wounds. Therefore, a woman who has not been hurt will not fall in love with cigarettes. Cigarettes are a remembrance of beautiful details. Watching a woman with a melancholic expression smoke in a lively spring scene always leaves me with an indescribable sense of sorrow. I know at this moment, her inner pain blooms like blue lilies. Cigarettes are fleeting, and all things that are exhilarating are fleeting. Beauty becomes even more beautiful because of its brevity. A little hurt, and she cries—she is a violet-like maiden. But women who smoke do not cry easily. Choosing to smoke is choosing a kind of exquisite beauty.