The Hippie movement remains one of the most influential and memorable groups within the entire subcultural landscape. As a compilation of archival research, this book draws comparisons between Fei Zhu Liu (Non-Mainstream) culture and Hippie culture, highlighting how subcultural groups in China and the United States evolved and expressed themselves within different contexts.
Although the two cultures emerged in different times and places and appear unrelated, their trajectories are strikingly similar: both rapidly gained popularity and cultural influence within a decade, only to face backlash and criticism from mainstream society due to certain extreme behaviors. As a result, both Fei Zhu Liu and Hippie culture inevitably faded into decline.
However, with the passage of time and the fluidity of culture, they have resurfaced in the public eye, often through nostalgia or as entertainment, becoming new cultural symbols constantly deconstructed and reimagined.