Sichuan play on old order now in Beijing

The late Chinese writer Ba Jin wrote his famous novel Family in 1931.

It's a tale of three brothers from the Gao family, whose aspirations and love were crushed in an old family of three generations under the reign of the patriarch, grandfather Gao.

The book, based on the writer's childhood in a rich family in Southwest China's Sichuan province, inspired many young Chinese to examine and rebel against the feudal society back then - and the story continues to inspire today's readers.