It tells the warm, inspiring and touching story of a middle-aged entrepreneur, a courier and a young singer struggling to live in Beijing.

The movie is based on the true story of an official in Sichuan Province who died in the line of duty in 2011 when a flood struck his area.

As the Year of Gengzi arrives, drastic changes unfold one after another...Within the legacy of the Manchu banners, sheltered by their ancestors, they indulge day after day in bygone glories, helpless and resigned.At the foot of the imperial city, swept along in the torrent of history, they follow hesitantly, struggling to make choices that shape their lives.They embody the blood and tears of a nation’s past; they are the common folk immortalized in the writings of later generations.