It tells the experiences of the youth living in Beijing's quadrangles that they have undergone during the reform and opening-up, bringing the impact of the reform and opening-up to the people truly back to the screen.
Pigeon Whistle is a Beijing-flavor TV drama. The story starts from the mid-late 1970s, reflecting the great changes in the life of Chinese common people in the past 30 years since the reform and opening-up through the dramatic stories and mental journeys of several ordinary families living in a courtyard house in old Beijing.