Memories of Peking: South Side Stories (城南舊事) (also translated as My Memories of Old Beijing) is an autobiographical novel by Taiwanese author Lin Hai-yin, based on her own childhood experiences.[1] Originally serialized in two parts in the December 1957 issues of Free China Journal, it was first published as a collection in 1960 by Taichung Kuangchi Publishing and became Lin's breakthrough work. The overarching theme of the novel is "farewell,"[2] and it is structured meticulously with progressive layers.