Though written as a Republican-era romance, this story is about more than the enduring love between men and women of that era.
It tells of a shattered land and a people struggling to survive,
of snow blanketing the mountains and a red revolution that would not fall.
It tells of the past captured on a gramophone record, and skirts swirling beneath neon lights,
of millions building a wall of flesh and blood to defend our vast Chinese homeland.
It tells of love between men and women, and of remaining true to the revolution amid its trials.
It tells of the passionate love we give to the people we cherish most.
What makes the Republican era romantic is not love,
but the way we stood shoulder to shoulder and fought back against our enemies.
