The eight major alleys in Beijing in the late Qing Dynasty are an epic story of blood and tears of brothel women.
From poetry, wine, music and chess in the Qingyin troupe, to the skin and flesh trade in low-class brothels; from the night of the budding of a fourteen-year-old prostitute, to the tragic death of the "heartthrob" prostitute. There are official ladies who were sold into prostitution, peasant girls who escaped from famine, orphans of bannermen who settled down, and actors who were born in opera houses. They received all kinds of guests: officials, literati, merchants, rogues...
Under the appearance of prosperity, there is illness, oppression, resale, and early death. It displays the evils of the prostitution system in a panoramic manner and pays homage to the wronged women of the past.
This is not a romance field, but a survival field. They live in the humblest way, like weeds in a smelly alley, no one cares, but they try their best to rise up.
