Era background: From the early 1930s to the eve of the outbreak of the all-out Anti-Japanese War in 1937, "Lin'an", a treaty port city in the south of the Yangtze River, was the main stage.
Core theme: In the tide of the times, personal love, ideals and destiny are as helpless as duckweeds. The collision between the new and the old, the tearing between the family and the individual, the choice between love and family and country, all together weave an inescapable web.
BE core: It's not evil people causing trouble, or misunderstandings, but – everyone did what they thought was right, but still ended up with the most regrettable ending. The root of tragedy is the force majeure of the times and fate itself.
Philosophy: In a Jiangnan family in the age of warlords, a pair of young people with similar souls broke the convention and fell in love. However, in the face of the danger of their country, they each embarked on a path of no return.