掌上流年代表一个抽象背景下，中国简单而深刻的文化,手作为主要角色充满了整个世界。这里的手被比喻为中国的统一和文化共享。这部电影也突出了记忆的必要性。我们需要制造一些记忆来让生活更加充实。没有记忆的生活是空虚的而且毫无意义的。一种制造记忆的方法是共同生活。共同生活在一起是非常有价值的,因为时间不会等待我们去抓它,它如流水一样飞逝,永不回来。如果我们不去珍惜在一起的时光,那我们就不是在生活，只是像行尸走肉一样。

Times Flies in The Hands represents Chinese simple and profound culture in an abstract context, a world full of hands as the main characters. Here hands are metaphor for Chinese unity and culture of sharing. This film also accentuates on the necessity of making memories. We all need to make memories to live the life to the maximum. Life without memories is empty and meaningless. One way of making memory is through being together. And this being together is of great value, as the time does not wait for us to catch it, it goes on so fast and never comes back. If we don't cherish being together, we are not alive.