During the Dayin Dynasty, steam machinery had quietly penetrated into the fabric of the city, and the Liyuan stage was the most dazzling place of sound and sex. The wooden theater is symbiotic with the copper gears, the water sleeves are flying with steam and white mist, and the sound of gongs and cymbals is mixed with the sonorous sound of mechanical operation. He possesses top mechanical skills, but he hides behind the scenes of the troupe. He uses brass as the bone and steam as the soul to transform the stage mechanism and create a spectacle of flying eaves, walking walls, and flowing stars.
Traditional actors regard machinery as a heresy, and powerful forces want to take it for their own use, while fellow troupes have set many traps. He juggled among the din of gongs and drums and the roar of gears, breaking the boundaries of the stage with his mechanical skills, and protecting the existence of the troupe with his ingenuity. From the small theater troupe in the alleys of the capital to the royal stage in the palace, he witnessed the collision of steam and tradition, the game of desire and persistence. On the stage, the joys and sorrows of the world are performed; under the stage, power struggles and life-and-death contests are hidden. When the copper wheel rotates to its extreme and steam fills the air, is it the rebirth of the pear garden or the overthrow of the times? He used machinery as his pen and the stage as his scroll to write a legend intertwined with iron bones and tenderness, passion and intrigue.
