Background of the writing of The Hometown

I think the background of the writing of "Hometown" is as follows:

Lu Xun went back to his hometown of Shaoxing to pick up his mother in Beiping (now Beijing) in December 1919, and was so angry and saddened by the dilapidated state of the countryside and the misery of the peasants that he wrote this novel in January 1921 based on this experience of going back to his hometown.

In the 1920s, Chinese society was in the midst of great changes, and Lu Xun was in the midst of the tides of the times, which prompted him to begin reflecting on traditional values and seeking a new way out. Against this backdrop, The Hometown was born.