but the clashes between the old and new.
The literal translation of the title of this movie is: Soft Talk of the Little Town.
Of course, is the cultural introspection in this movie, which cannot escape the commonality of the time, and such introspection is no other than the criticism of the rigid traditional Confucian teachings that discriminated against women, such as the prohibition of women from remarrying in this case described in the movie. However, the concentration is more on the clashes of the old, i.e. what is been criticized by the movie, and the new, what is advocated here in the movie. This technique is far better than the dry approach which resembles political lecturing.