TV Series "Beauty of the North" Episode Introduction 1-35 Full Series Introduction Grand Finale

A stormy era, a vicissitudes-laden old city, an extraordinary beauty, a "sarcastic and harsh" adoptive mother, an inextricable emotional entanglement, a tear-jerking relationship of love and family despite the lack of blood ties, and a play showing the righteousness of common people, as well as a legendary story about heroines in chaotic times and their hard-won success...

In the early years of the Republic of China, Xia Xizun, the newly-appointed official of the Education Department of the Beiyang Government, lost his two children during his trip to take up his post. The brother and sister grew up into adults through thick and thin under the care of their adoptive parents. Jiping, the sister who was determined to make something of herself, endured all sorts of hardships and indignities.