Past Events of the Han Dynasty: Changan Ukiyoe

"History of the Han Dynasty: Chang'an Ukiyo-e" is a human story of the Han Dynasty that is rooted in the historical facts of the "Book of Han" but retells it from a modern perspective. We no longer look up at the emperors and generals on the dragon throne, but walk down the streets and palace walls of Chang'an City, follow three little people, and experience the other side of the prosperous age of the Han Dynasty. Zhao Shi, a boy from a peasant family, stepped into the palace for ten stones of food, lost his physical integrity, but found a spiritual home among the bamboo slips of documents; Wei Wan'er, an official family, was trapped in the palace after the decline of her family, and used wisdom to guard the light of her heart in the gap between the strict hierarchy and the fate of women; Chen Pingchuan, a student from a poor family, entered the bureaucracy with ideals, and struggled between conscience and survival in the maze of power. From the calmness of the "Wenjing Reign" to the publicity of the "Martial Emperor's Magnificence", from the tragedy of the "Witch Gu Disaster" to the recovery of the "Zhao Xuan Zhongxing", the waves of big history wash away the fate of small people again and again. This is a historical fable about survival and dignity, as well as an floating world picture depicting loneliness, courage, compromise and persistence. Here, history is no longer a cold description, but a warm life trajectory - every ordinary person who paddles hard in the torrent deserves to be seen.