Although suffering through many cold months every year, people in Northeast China seem to never give up their optimism. This is shown in the latest hit suspense TV drama The Long Season, which describes the lives of people in Northeast China from 1997 to 2016. For example, Wang Xiang once felt lost when losing his job and family members, but he always tried hard to find his own way forward. At the end of the drama, he reminds the audience, “Look forward. Don’t look back.” “The humor of northeasterners is not always reflected in jokes or popular sketches (小品). Instead, it stems from (源自) their positive attitude toward life, in which they use optimism in the face of adversity,” reported China Daily.