三年一个代沟: In China, a common expression holds that every three years brings a generation gap. When I lived in Beijing in 2011, you could see the buildings from the early 2000’s still easily habitable, but quickly worn down and somehow forgotten among all the recent construction that has dwarfed pre-olympic growth in the city.
Maybe because by 2020 China’s present feels markedly different than 2006 China, making Oracle Bones an examination of an already bygone era that I didn’t experience and have only seen secondhand, making it hard to feel nostalgia for. Got about 30% in but found myself drawn to other topics. I’m going to set this one down, and maybe come back if/when I spend more time with the 七零后 (70’s) generation.