Town played as vanguard in economic opening-up

The lyrics in the song about Lancun town go "There's a long story about a train station told by grandpa, and another about a shoe factory sung by grandma".

Lancun, a railway hub in Qingdao, Shandong province, may have a written history dating back 1,700 years, but it only began its first steps toward a modern path of growth when a small train station was built there in 1901.

Starting in the 1970s, factories began to grow around the station, making Lancun known nationwide for leather shoes, and residents were proud that one-tenth of the leather shoes in China were made there.