中国潮州电影《给阿嬷的情书》在中国走红。它以1400万人民币的小成本制作，票房却冲破10亿，创下奇迹。

“我上次寄的咸猪肉，你有收到吗？好吃我就再寄些” 。电影播出这一幕时，不少观众破防泪奔。有人说，这句台词注定将成为华语电影史的百年经典。

这部电影为何能跨越语言与地域的隔阂，打动全中国？电影中的“华南性”对海外华人又有什么启示？

这期的早报播客《东谈西论》，听主持人韩咏红与新加坡佛学院副教授、教务主任纪赟为你解析。

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• 纪赟：侨批、阿嬷的信与方言文化 
• 南洋侨批题材潮州话电影《给阿嬷的情书》走红中国

Set in 1940s China, the surprise box-office hit Dear You is an intimate drama centred on qiaopi — the remittance letters sent by overseas Chinese to their families at home. The film follows Zheng Musheng, who leaves Chaoshan for work in Thailand, and Xie Nanzhi, a woman of Chaoshan descent who keeps sending letters and money to his family in his name for nearly two decades after his death. Made on a budget of just over 14 million yuan and featuring largely unknown actors, this Teochew-dialect indie has become a major success on word of mouth, crossing 1 billion yuan at the box office.

In this episode of Global Heartbeat, host Han Yonghong speaks with Associate Professor Ji Yun, Deputy Dean of Academic Affairs at the Buddhist College of Singapore, about the film’s emotional resonance and the lasting legacy of qiaopi among overseas Chinese. They also discuss the proverb, “When a leopard dies, it leaves its skin,” which is a recognised variant of the saying about leaving one’s name behind.

Hosted by Lianhe Zaobao’s Associate Editor, Han Yong Hong, Global Heartbeat is a Mandarin weekly news and current affairs podcast that is updated every Tuesday, 7.00 PM SGT. It is available on zaobao.sg, Apple Podcast, Spotify and other podcast platforms.