Shanghai Story (172): Ye Xin and his educated youth story
Literature
Length: 00:24:59
Date: 2014-6-21
Collection
Keywords: Settling down in the countryside and merged into the peasants to farm for a living | Young people going to poor areas | Wasted years | The theme of educated youth | People's livelihood

In 1969, the 20-year-old Ye Xin left Shanghai and spent 10 years in the countryside of Guizhou, becoming the well-known "story king". In 1980, Ye Xin's Wasted years created the largest circulation of Harvest Magazine. In 1982, Wasted years was adapted into a TV series and became the first Chinese TV series.