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.
as Zhou Bingkun
as Zhou Bingyi
as Zhou Rong
as Zheng Juan
as Zhou Zhigang
as Li Suhua
as Feng Huacheng
as Jin Yueji
as Hao Dongmei
as Qiao Chunyan
as Luo Shibin
as Cao Debao
as Sun Ganchao
as Xiao Guoqing
as Ma Shouchang
as Chang Yuhuai
as Shui Ziliu
as Lv Chuan
as Gong Weize
as Wu Qian
as Tang Xiangyang
as Feng Yue
as Zhou Nan
as Peng Xinsheng
as Qu Xiuzhen
as Cai Xiaoguang
as Yao Songli
as Governor Hao
as Yu Hui
as Tao Junshu
as Professor Wang
as Du Dehai
as Tu Zhiqiang
as Li Wanquan
as Minister Ming
as Chang Jinbu
as Li Shuang Hua
