A superlarge candied haw at Ditan Temple Fair in Beijing, 1985. [Photo by JiansheGuo/photoint.net]

In these three metropolises, you can find stories happening every single moment on every corner. GuoJianshe, Yong He and Ye Jianqiang, three photographers in these cities respectively, shot and recorded the lives there during the past 30 years.

In this photo exhibition, you may not see great events or celebrities. Instead, the photographers focused on common people, the backbone of city development. And we can get to know the distinctive characteristics of different eras during China's process towards modernization from common people's life changes and various emotions.