Peng Jianming’s novels, characterized with sense of philosophical poetry, are especially outstanding in life searching, hometown missing and oriental temperament respecting, which are embodied in That Mountain, People and Dog. The reasons why the film adopted from the novel is popular which benefit partly from the excellent novel and well-knitted adoption as well. The film inherits and extends philosophical merit of the novel, presenting the deep implication of life, walking and time, the poetic meaning and oriental temperament, which endow with worldwide fame. The successful film adoption shows the possibility and creativeness from a poetic novel to a classic film.