An imperial edict rewrites the fate of the country for three hundred years. In the fifty-first year of Qianlong's reign, an edict was issued to open China, and the dragon flag faced the ocean. From then on, railway tracks replaced post roads, telegraphs connected the north and the south, and the roar of steam engines echoed with the bells of the Forbidden City.
This is a story that never happened, and it is also a history that seems to actually exist.
See how Lingnan craftsmen became wealthy businessmen, see the undercurrent of reform ideas under the imperial power, and see the constitutional empire struggling in the world war.
See how the Forbidden City dialogues with Silicon Valley in the Internet era. See how the Forbidden City dialogues with Silicon Valley in the Internet era.
See how Lingnan craftsmen became wealthy businessmen, see the undercurrent of reform ideas under the imperial power, see the constitutional empire struggling in the world war, and see how the Forbidden City dialogues with Silicon Valley in the Internet era.
When the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty is flying to this day, have we ushered in a better future, or have we fallen into another kind of predicament?
Follow the fate of an ordinary family for five generations and experience the opening up from 1786 to today. The answer lies in this magnificent alternative possibility.
