Liuli Lane: The Return of a Thousand Glows

In the turbulent early years of the Republic of China, around the 1920s and 1930s, the Su family runs the century-old Chengxin Glassworks in a narrow alley in the ancient Jiangnan city of Gusu. The family matriarch, Madam Su Qin, has been widowed for many years. With resilience and wisdom, she keeps the family business afloat and raises her four very different daughters: Yunyi, the eldest; Yunzhen, the second; Yunxiu, the third; and Yూనhui, the youngest. The story follows the four sisters as they grow and make choices amid an era of upheaval, from the New Culture Movement and the rise of national industry to the looming shadow of war. It explores family bonds and romance, and offers a moving portrait of women seeking their own worth and protecting their home as tradition collides with modernity.