CCTV's New Year's grand drama revisits the legendary merchants of Shanxi: "Journey to the West" full series broadcast. CCTV Channel 1 New Year's drama. Open the heavy historical gates, and unfold the cultural scroll of China's merchants of Shanxi. A history filled with blood and tears that hides all the codes of life.
This series depicts the hardships and sadness of the people of Shanxi on their Journey to the West, a struggle written in blood and tears, resilience, and integrity. It tells the story of Tian Qing, a young scholar from Qixian, Shanxi, who, due to family misfortune and the pressures of life, leaves his hometown for the west. After enduring numerous trials, he finally establishes himself in Baotou, but ultimately realizes due to warlord strife and social unrest, that only revolution can lead him to the life he truly desires.
Gambling dens, execution grounds, banditry, and military troubles; horse hooves stir up clouds of dust on the western journey;
Wives, lovers, fathers and sons, brothers, camel bells echo ancient songs of love across the grasslands and deserts.
CCTV's New Year's grand drama revisits the legendary merchants of Shanxi: "Journey to the West" full series broadcast.