Great Tang: Little Sizhi Wants to Find Brother and Play

Tang Dynasty: Little Xizi Wants to Go Play with Big Bro

In the summer of 2025, 18-year-old Li Xiaowen lives a quiet life practicing martial arts in a country courtyard. Then a babbling little girl suddenly upends his life. In the ninth year of Zhenguan in the Tang dynasty, two-year-old Princess Jinyang, Li Mingda, clutches her safety lock as she accidentally transmigrates through time and lands in his arms.

From then on, Li Xiaowen’s life revolves entirely around mixing formula, changing diapers, coaxing her to sleep, and dealing with toddler tantrums. The Bajiquan heir quickly turns into a flustered full-time “big bro.” Meanwhile, little Xizi’s adorable, garbled cries of “Big bro, hold me” and “Bright, bright lights” become the magical notes connecting their two worlds. Thanks to a pair of safety locks that link the past and present, modern childcare supplies begin pouring into the Tang imperial palace. Formula and diapers spark a childcare revolution, picture books and building blocks bring early learning to life, and even ice cream becomes the most coveted “tribute.”

What begins as one person caring for a child gradually grows into a heartwarming bond between two families. When Li Xiaowen’s grandfather learns the truth, the open-minded martial arts master becomes his grandson’s strongest ally. Then a formal invitation to the palace allows the modern-day grandfather and grandson to enter the Tang imperial palace, where their sincerity and wisdom win Li Shimin’s friendship. Even more wonderfully, members of the Tang royal family get to visit in return, discovering electric lights, television, and supermarket shopping in the modern courtyard, and spending a weekend filled with laughter.

This is more than a journey through time: it is a tender companionship spanning a thousand years. Watch an 18-year-old boy use the warmth of the modern world to protect a two-year-old princess’s happiest childhood and quietly rewrite the regrets of history.