

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.
Zhou Bingkun

Zhou Bingyi

Zhou Rong

Zheng Juan

Zhou Zhigang

Li Suhua

Feng Huacheng

Jin Yueji

Hao Dongmei

Qiao Chunyan

Luo Shibin

Cao Debao

Sun Ganchao

Xiao Guoqing

Ma Shouchang

Chang Yuhuai

Shui Ziliu

Lv Chuan

Gong Weize

Wu Qian

Tang Xiangyang

Feng Yue

Zhou Nan

Peng Xinsheng

Qu Xiuzhen

Cai Xiaoguang

Yao Songli

Governor Hao

Yu Hui

Tao Junshu

Professor Wang

Du Dehai

Tu Zhiqiang

Li Wanquan

Minister Ming

Chang Jinbu

Li Shuang Hua
