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Zhu Shanpo's short story, "Visitors from Deep in the Mountains," recommended for translation by Xiao Su, another story-writer, serves as a reminiscence of a piece of Chinese life in modern history. Art, as useless as it is for practical purposes, plays a dominant role in the nourishing of the soul. In this beautifully written story, the content of the movie is never relevant, it is watching itself that matters. Interwoven with fate, resignation, pursuit of happiness, love, and human compassion, the sad, peaceful love story outside the movies touches a deeper part of our heart.In this world of fast tempo, access to the movie theater has become increasingly easy, but can we sit quietly and enjoy it like before?A trip to the cinema is a get-away from the real world for a brief moment. So, watch a movie if you can.For the convenience of language learners, the story is published in bilingual format.To go with this issue, we have two poems by Alice Tan, also in bilingual format.