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For the first time, the novel vividly describes the legendary experience of hard work and survival of the earliest Chinese who drifted to Tahiti, depicts the beautiful scenery of Tahiti, the customs and customs of the indigenous people, and panoramically shows how Westerners discovered Tahiti for more than a century, as well as the indissoluble bond between the Chinese and Tahiti. After the Opium War in 1840, the young Shen Xiuchun followed Lin Jingshan and others by ship to South America to work as laborers. Unexpectedly, they encountered a storm on the way and the ship drifted to Tahiti. More than 30 Chinese workers had no choice but to live on the island, becoming the first batch of Chinese living here. They first went to the sea to collect shellfish, and then opened up wasteland for farming. Later, they were involved in the war between the French and the local indigenous people. Unfortunately, Shen Xiuchun's girlfriend Ahu was killed by the French. After the war, Chinese workers built the Xinyi Hall and the Guan Gong Temple. Shen Xiuchun fell deeply in love with an indigenous girl, Paulina, and got married. Unfortunately, Paulina lost her child due to dystocia and became mentally disturbed. After the Guan Gong Temple was built, thousands of Chinese came to Tahiti to plant cotton. Among them, there was also a society called Wuxingtang. The Chinese in it were a mixed bag, and they often clashed with the Chinese from Xinyi Hall and their descendants and fought with each other. In a vicious fight, a Chinese worker was accidentally beaten to death, but no one confessed. The French police then detained more than 100 Chinese workers and demanded that the murderer be handed over, claiming that if they could not be handed over, they would deport the Chinese. In the silence of everyone, Shen Xiuchun, who was not fighting, weighed the pros and cons, stepped forward resolutely to save the villagers, admitted himself as the murderer, and finally gave up his young life.