The Good Times
Qi Qianqin, who returned from the North Korean battlefield, determined to build the first steam locomotive in New China and voluntarily gave up his cadre status to become a worker….
The Gate of Xuan Wu
In order to protect a jade pomegranate that symbolizes the prosperity of the country, Beijing old street jade carving artist Li Tianshun, with the help of his neighbors, fought against…
The Assassin
A poor farmer who loves a woman he is forbidden to associate with becomes a hardened mercenary, and is hired by a local warlord as a professional assassin. Years later,…
My Memories of Old Beijing
It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by…
Rickshaw Boy
Xiang Zi is a rickshaw boy who has always had a desire to excel and a thirst for freedom. He married Hu Niu who died of dystocia later. After her…
Farewell My Concubine
Abandoned by his prostitute mother in 1920, Douzi was raised by a theater troupe. There he meets Shitou and over the following years the two develop an act entitled “Farewell…