Turbulent Republican Era: Splendor Fades and Falls

During the Republic of China era, foreign invaders preyed on the nation, the land was shattered, and the people lived in misery. In a small city in the southwest, Juan City, the birthplace of Shu lacquer, the people gradually found themselves trapped. The pain of a broken country and the suffering inflicted on its people played out day after day. Even Shu lacquer, an intangible cultural heritage passed down by their ancestors, faced the threat of being stolen and destroyed. When the nation is in peril, every citizen has a duty to act. The Song and Yin families, Juan City’s two great Shu lacquer clans, decide to put aside their inherited feud and unite against the invaders’ arson, killing, and looting, protecting their traditional lacquer craft.