Winter in Jinan is a poetic essay. Lao She taught in England for six years and was deeply impressed by the fog in England. He has also been to the southwest, so he came to Jinan, the capital of Shandong Province, which is known as the "Spring City", and he felt very strong.
The title "Winter in Jinan" concisely explains the locations and festivals. Lao She firmly grasped the characteristics of "warm and sunny" in Jinan in winter and described the unique and moving winter scene in Jinan.
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Creation background
Lao She came to Shandong around 1930, and taught in cheeloo university of Jinan and Qingdao University of Shandong for seven years. He has a deep affection for Shandong, which is called his "second hometown". According to Lao She's wife Hu Jieqing, Lao She "often misses the years she spent in Shandong from marriage to the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression".
This article was written by Lao She193/KLOC-0 when she was teaching in cheeloo university, Jinan in the spring of. It turned out to be the fifth in a series of long prose "Some Impressions" that directly described Jinan's scenic spots, and it was published in the sixth issue of European Volume I of Qi Da Monthly (193 1 April).