{"id":29017,"date":"2024-03-20T08:46:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wukongsch.com\/blog\/?p=29017"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:27:36","slug":"new-chinese-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wukongsch.com\/blog\/new-chinese-movies-post-29017\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Best Chinese Movie: Dear You (\u7ed9\u963f\u5b37\u7684\u60c5\u4e66) with a List of New Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Finding the best new Chinese movies to watch? During the 2026 May Day holiday box office window, a certain movie took the film market by storm. It featured no top-tier traffic celebrities, lacked aggressive commercial marketing, and was cast almost entirely with non-professional, everyday actors. Yet, using the most rustic local dialect, it gently captured the hearts of audiences everywhere. This movie is Dear You<\/em><\/strong> (\u300a\u7ed9\u963f\u5b37\u7684\u60c5\u4e66\u300b). Today, join Wukong Education<\/a> as we explore the touching story behind this cinematic gem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Dear You Basic Film Information<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Title<\/strong><\/td>Dear You<\/em> (\u300a\u7ed9\u963f\u5b37\u7684\u60c5\u4e66\u300b)<\/td><\/tr>
Douban Rating<\/strong><\/td>9.1\/10<\/strong> (and continuously climbing)<\/td><\/tr>
Box Office Performance<\/strong><\/td>Surpassed 700 million RMB<\/strong> (Maoyan predicts a final gross exceeding 1.4 billion RMB)<\/td><\/tr>
Core Highlights<\/strong><\/td>Teochew dialect, history of migrating to Southeast Asia (Xia Nanyang<\/em>), overseas Chinese “Qiaopi<\/em>” culture, ultimate sincerity and kindness<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This indie production, made on a modest budget of just 14 million RMB, not only left mainstream celebrities like Li Xian and Michelle Chen weeping openly in theaters, but also triggered a massive wave of rave reviews across the internet. As a parent, you might wonder: Is such a tear-jerker suitable for children? Behind those tears, what core values are worth exploring with your kids?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, let\u2019s dive into this unmissable 2026 Chinese cinematic masterpiece.<\/p>\n

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<\/span>The Core Plot of Dear You<\/em>\u2014\u2014One Photograph, Two Misunderstandings<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The film opens much like a conventional story of a family searching for lost relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their Teochew hometown, Grandma Ye Shurou fell in love at first sight with a poor young man named Zheng Musheng. After eloping, they had three children. Later, to make a living, Musheng traveled far to Southeast Asia (Nanyang<\/em>, specifically Thailand). For years afterward, letters and money remittances never ceased, but he never once returned home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t until China’s reform and opening-up in 1978 that Shurou decided to travel to Thailand to find her husband. However, what awaited her was a photograph of Musheng standing alongside another woman and a group of children. Shurou was struck by a sudden, painful realization: he had already started a new family there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heartbroken, she quietly moved away, cut off all hope, and believed her marriage had ended in betrayal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mind-Blowing Plot Twist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Decades later, her grandson Xiaowei accidentally discovers that his long-lost grandfather\u2014the one rumored to have kept a “second wife” in Thailand\u2014had actually become a billionaire tycoon who donated and built several schools under his own name. To uncover the truth, a journey to trace their roots begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the investigation deepens, another version of the story is revealed\u2014cruel yet extraordinarily tender: Grandfather Musheng had actually passed away as early as 1960.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the long decades that followed, the person who had been “romancing” Grandma Shurou, writing letters, and sending money and goods in Musheng\u2019s name was actually an unrelated woman she had never met: Xie Nanzhi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Brief Letters, Infinite Love, and a “White Lie” Supporting Two Families<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Years ago in Thailand (then known as Siam), Zheng Musheng earned a meager living pulling a trishaw in Bangkok’s Chinatown. Risking punishment to ensure overseas Chinese children did not forget their roots, he secretly opened a classroom to teach Chinese. Xie Nanzhi, the daughter of a local innkeeper, was drawn into his classroom, learning to read characters, recite poetry, and sing Teochew folk songs alongside Musheng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a devastating fire destroyed the inn, and Musheng was imprisoned for two years for saving lives and fighting the arsonist. During this time, Nanzhi served as the courier delivering letters between Musheng and Shurou. Tragically, after his release, Musheng perished in a maritime accident while working on a cargo ship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To save Shurou from absolute despair in their far-off homeland, Nanzhi changed her mind at the final moment before mailing the obituary. She resolved to continue writing letters and sending money to Shurou, adopting Musheng’s voice and identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second half of the film, when an elderly Nanzhi suffers from advanced Alzheimer’s disease and her mind becomes clouded, she holds Grandma Shurou\u2019s hand and asks: “Did you receive the salted pork I sent last time? Was it delicious?”<\/em> At that exact moment, countless Chinese families in the audience completely break down in tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>The Cultural Core of Dear You<\/em> (Qiaopi Crossing the Seas)<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the first half of the 20th century, countless young men from the Teochew region traveled across the seas to Southeast Asia (Guo Fan<\/em>) to make a living. They sold hard labor in the tin mines of Malaya and on the bustling docks of Siam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is “Qiaopi” (\u4fa8\u6279)?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was sent back to Teochew from Southeast Asia each month included not just a few lines of family update, but nearly their entire hard-earned wages. This unique transnational family correspondence\u2014“where silver remittances were wrapped in letters, and money carried affectionate reminders”<\/strong>\u2014is called Qiaopi<\/em> in the Teochew dialect.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The movie quotes extensively from authentic, historical Qiaopi<\/em> texts, allowing the audience to deeply appreciate the beauty of classical Chinese prose and traditional letter-writing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n