Born in Mei County in Kwangtung, Hou Hsiao-hsien grew up in the Taiwan countryside, which provided him with a mother-lode of experience that he taps frequently in.
原籍廣東梅縣的侯孝賢，雖非在台灣土生，卻是在此土長。卅年來在台灣成長的日子，是他創作時擷取、開採不完的豐富油礦，源源不斷供應原料。