Xinghua lives with her husband, who makes money by selling stones from the Great Wall. But she is unable to give him a son to inherit this wealth. When her husband hatches a plan to tear down the local historic fortress to find a legendary hidden treasure, she finds herself drawn to a gentler, more educated man who wants to preserve it.

Set against the backdrop of the Boxer Rebellion and the takeover of the Forbidden City by foreign powers, the empress-dowager Cixi and her notorious chief eunuch fight a losing battle to preserve their corrupt and autocratic regime.

Folk Singer Wang Laogan's adventures in the city

Daily stories of six young couples who living in the same apartment building.

The story takes place in the Yangtze River valley of China in the first half of the 20th century. The torrents and dangerous deep mountains and valleys and rivers have made countless people daunted.