Overview

A story that details the the lives of ordinary civilians amidst the magnanimous changes in Chinese society over the years. At the end of the 1970s, the Zhou family lived in a provincial city in the north. The father, Zhu Zhi Gang, has just participated in the Third Front Movement in Xi Nan. The eldest son, Zhou Bing Yi, responds to a national call to become part of the first batch of "educated" youths sent to live and work in rural areas. The eldest daughter, Zhou Rong, follows her poet husband to the countryside of Guizhou. The youngest son, Zhou Bing Kun, is the only one left at home with their mother. In the span of 50 years, the Zhou family is swept by the tides of change in China.

Cast

Lei Jiayin

Zhou Bingkun

Xin Baiqing

Zhou Bingyi

Song Jia

Zhou Rong

Yin Tao

Zheng Juan

Ding Yongdai

Zhou Zhigang

Sa Rina

Li Suhua

Cheng Taishen

Feng Huacheng

Song Chunli

Jin Yueji

Sui Junbo

Hao Dongmei

Huang Xiaolei

Qiao Chunyan

Yu Zhen

Luo Shibin

Zhang Ruihan

Cao Debao