Siege of the City is a TV drama based on Qian Zhongshu’s novel of the same name. The drama focuses on Fang Hongjian’s love experience, and through the love-hate relationship between several main characters, it reveals various phenomena and problems in the Chinese society in the 1930s, such as the confusion and dilemma of the intellectuals, the truths and advantages and disadvantages of marriage and love, and the complexities and contradictions of human nature and morality, etc. The drama is based on the original novel of the same name.
The drama is based on the principle of faithfulness to the original, and the dialogues, narration, scenes and costumes in the drama are all meticulously restored to the original, giving the audience a feeling of reading a book.
1990 / China / Drama / Huang Shuqin / Chen Daoming Yingda
At the beginning of the war, foreign student Fang Hongzhan (Chen Daoming) returns to his homeland.
Fang Hongzhan actually spent several years abroad without obtaining a degree, but finally he was unable to buy a degree and returned to China.
Born into a feudal family, Hong Jian’s family had engaged him to marry, but his fiancée died before he could marry her.
After returning to China, Hong Jian has been living in his father-in-law’s house, who is quite capable of making a good career for him.
Dr. Su Wen dan has been on the Hong gradually have a good feeling, but Hong gradually infatuated with Miss Tang in Miss Su’s home for the first time to visit the acquaintance of Ms. Tang.
Subsequently, Hong Jian and Ms. Tang gradually hit it off, but his husband’s family saw his dealings with Ms. Tang and gradually cold feet, and then Hong Jian and Ms. Tang also due to a misunderstanding and the end.
After losing his love, Hong Jian and Zhao Xin Fei (Ying Da), an international student who also failed in his pursuit of Ms. Su, became friends, and both of them were hired by the San Lu University in the Mainland.
Together, the two friends set out on a journey to start a new life at the University.
