Yet, though the "good old days" that Lin nostalgically laments will never return, there may be good days ahead too: After half a century of estrangement, a last there is a new blueprint to rebuild the sentimental ties between residents and their waterways.
作者林明峪的喟嘆，雖然只能成為美好年代的追憶，但人們和大河的依戀互動，在疏離了半世紀後，終於有了嶄新的圖像。