On August 24, the TV series "Spring Breeze Turns Rain" was officially announced. From August 27, it will be jointly broadcast on stars by Dragon TV and Beijing Satellite TV, and will be broadcast online by Tencent Video, Mango TV and iQiyi. This TV series stars Tong Liya, Yang Ju

You might as well take a look at the plot summary first:

In 2002, An Yan, who had just graduated, was assigned to teach at Heping Middle School in Changzhi County. Born in a city, she had difficulty adapting to the teaching environment and concepts of rural schools at first. But as her interactions with students and home visits deepened, An Yan gradually realized the importance of rural education and felt the value of being "needed." Inspired by the old principal Yu Tian and the current principal Fu Shengzhi, she understood and passed on the educational concepts of "keeping" and "incubating" and grew into an outstanding teacher known far and wide.

In 2012, An Yan served as the vice principal in charge of logistics at Heping Middle School, promoting the implementation of "nutritious lunches". In 2016, An Yan was appointed as the principal of the relocated school for poverty alleviation. Faced with a weak teaching foundation and a complex student situation, An Yan led a group of outstanding rural teachers to solve the problems one by one and create a high-quality learning environment for the children. Rural teachers represented by An Yan have been working hard to help batches of students from mountain villages move towards a broader world.

Judging from the trailer of this TV series, it tells the touching story of rural teachers. Judging from the timeline in the plot summary, this generation of rural teachers should be considered the third generation. My father’s generation is considered the first generation of rural teachers. Editor, when I was in school, I was considered a second-generation rural teacher. After the new millennium, it is considered the third generation. Every generation of rural teachers faces different situations.

Among our film and television dramas, there are more stories about the second generation of rural teachers. Because the second generation of rural teachers happened to be in the 1980s and 1990s when directors such as Zhang Yimou were rising, and everyone liked to tell stories in the simplest way. Moreover, at that time, it was still poor. Poverty is a very strong background content in simple stories, and it is most likely to affect people. There are not many TV series about third-generation rural teachers.

Among the third generation rural teachers, there are actually new changes. For example, after the new millennium, especially after 2010, more and more people began to gather in cities, and many rural middle schools no longer had students. In primary school, it is more obvious, and this situation starts earlier. In the future, it is possible that all students, primary and middle school students, will be concentrated in at least county towns, and rural teachers may no longer exist. It is very likely that the third generation of rural teachers will be the last generation of rural teachers.

It is very difficult to tell the stories of this generation of rural teachers clearly and truthfully. We absolutely cannot piece together the stories of the second generation of rural teachers. The third generation of rural teachers has their own unique joys and sorrows. For example, in the play, the heroine played by Tong Liya is a female rural teacher. The first problem she faces when teaching in the countryside is the issue of mate selection. In a rural environment, there is a lack of high-quality male teachers for such female teachers.

Therefore, to see the quality of the TV series "Spring Breeze and Rain", just look at how the heroine solves the problem of mate selection in a rural environment. Of course, the drama could choose to solve this problem in a light way and let the heroine bring her boyfriend with her to this rural school. Then, next, they face the problem of children's education. Even if you get married, what will happen to your child’s education after you give birth? The more rural teachers are, the more anxious they are about children’s education.

Therefore, every TV series that seriously explores the third generation of rural teachers will face the problem of "not being able to praise them".When we praise the second generation of rural teachers, we can feel more relaxed, because these teachers do not face the problems of spouse selection and education of the next generation, and they are willing to live down their lives sincerely. By the third generation, mate selection and the education of the next generation are both big issues. If a TV series does not seriously answer these two questions, it will be an unqualified TV series.

Based on this, I suggest that you slightly lower your expectations for this "Spring Breeze". The screenwriter and director of this TV series have created many commercial dramas in the past, especially those idol dramas with assembly line operations. These works are relatively frivolous, and it is easy for the creators to develop the habit of "water-filling work". What I fear most about a TV series like "Spring Breeze" is the borrowing of plot elements, serious water injection of major plots, etc.

There are too few TV dramas about the third generation of rural teachers. As the editor, I really hope that this TV series can be very serious and tell a touching story.(Text/Ma Qingyun)