On the Theme of Wu Zuxiang's Novel Bamboo House

Although the Revolution of 1911 and the May 4th Movement have passed, in China in the 1930s, except for some big cities, everything in the vast rural areas was the same as yesterday. Feudal ethics and feudal consciousness still weigh on people.

Born in rural Anhui, the author has heard and witnessed many stories of old traditions devouring young men and women since he was a child. After studying in Beijing, although "I live in another world with lights, movies, dresses and books on the asphalt road", the author is even more moved by the thought of the backward and isolated countryside in the past.

Through the tragedy of marriage and love in my second aunt's youth, the work deeply expresses the accusation against feudal ethics and marriage system. A "smart young pupil" and a young girl who is good at needlework started a relationship from mutual envy. However, the environment at that time could not accommodate their love, and they suffered "contempt" from then on. Only when the boy "capsized and died" can the girl "put on linen and take the spirit tablet to the ancestral temple in Tang Jia to become a bride".

The profound point of the work is that my second aunt failed in love, but ended her life by "welcoming the coffin". What a cruel picture this is!

My second aunt is young, leaving the huge Zhushan house empty, talking to herself all day with "Fu Gonggong" (bat) and "Tiger Grandpa" (gecko), and then dreaming about "Uncle is back". Finally, abnormal personality, spying on newlyweds.

Long years and gloomy mountain houses are simply prison life in the foreseeable future. The destruction and oppression of feudal ethics and marriage system on human nature can be seen.