A Chinese serial feature film, released in 6 parts (8 episodes) between 1988 and 1989. The film adapts the major events and incidents of the novel of the same name, depicting the fate of Jia family.

On his way to Mecca for his pilgrimage, a young Orphan goes to Beijing, where is starts to learn about the art of jade crafting.

In the winter of 1948, the Huaihai battlefield. The telephone operator Yuxiang (played by Huang Xiaolei) rescued the rural girl Yuxiang (played by Li Xiuming) who was about to hang herself during the mission. Yuxiang has nothing to do with her, and she is willing to accept her personally and tell her sufferings of being homeless.

An idealistic youth moves to the countryside in search of a purer, more honest society, but finds injustice even in his remote village.