Understand local customs, holidays, food, and everyday social context.
A 27-year-old Beijing "Beipiao" takes the high-speed train home to a rural Shandong village for Lunar New Year, capturing every heartfelt detail of authentic North China traditions - offerings to "Heavenly Grandpa," hanging the family ancestral scroll, pasting red couplets, making pan-fried lào hézi on New Year's Eve, dumplings on Day 1, and more. That's a quiet record of family reunion, enduring rituals, and the subtle fading of village customs that still tug at the heart.
