Everyone thought that fate played an unbelievable joke - the foul-mouthed woman from the village who can beat a brawny man with her bare hands has become queen! She will be the one to help her "weak chicken" husband in a story full of laughter and warmth.
Liu Jin Feng was abandoned by her own father. Growing up in a small alley, she and her mother only had each other to depend on. The entire court laughed when she married into the imperial family. Even her husband, the King , was suspicious of her and repeatedly tried to test her loyalties. Duke Qi has been manipulating government affairs, the young king has always had lofty ideals for the future of his kingdom. Jin Feng's chubby appearance is unlike the fair and slender maidens in the inner court. With her around, life in the palace has become less boring and more chaotic. As the newly weds get to know each other, the most "mismatched" king and queen become the most perfect couple.
Adapted from the novel of the same name by Ge Yang (戈鞅).
One hundred years since the founding of the Communist Party of China, Faith Makes Great tells stories from different times in history that chronicle the people's endless struggle to realize their dream of rejuvenating the nation.
The key themes are as follows:
"Ice and Fire": Shougang workers shift operations towards ice-surfacing for the Winter Olympics
"173 meters": Lanyu Railway Construction
"Rock Sugar": The story of Deng Jia, the chief commander of atomic bomb theory design
"The Next Hundred Years": Restoration of the Forbidden City cultural relics
"Family": Medical Aid Team
"Button": the first small private business
"Time Train": High-speed rail construction
"Your Eyes": Protecting the Yunnan Golden Monkey
A story that follows Tian Chuang Hua, the Ma family's daughter-in-law who undergoes many hardships in her life, yet gathers up the strength to help her own village.
Tian Chuang Hua has always been a dutiful wife and daughter-in-law. She had hoped that her husband could return home to spend the new year with family, but was greeted with a set of divorce papers. Tian Chuang Hua and her own daughter have problems of their own and debtors are knocking on their door. At this time, her worst nightmare comes true. She learns that her father has passed away, but continued to be filial to her in-laws.
Tian Chuang Hua's kindness does not go unnoticed as her parents-in-law accept her over their own son. Even with the trials and tribulations, she learns to overcome her problems one at a time and starts on a venture to developing tourism for the village. By chance, she discovers that her mother-in-law's paper-cutting skills are a treasured art form.
The series is set in the early 90's in Moscow after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. With the opening up of Russia to capitalism, Moscow sees an influx of Chinese entrepeneurs looking for business opportunities. Unfortunately, along with the flourishing business landscape comes a Chinese criminal element that preys on Chinese business people with the assumption that the Russian police would not interfere and that crimes committed outside China are beyond the jurisdiction of the Chinese government to prosecute. However, matters come to a head when an Old West style train robbery takes place on the Beijing-Ulan Bator-Moscow Express. A team of five Chinese police officers arrives in Moscow with the intention of investigating the crimes and bringing the culprits to justice. The show stands as a fascinating contrast to typical Western/American fare that relies on action, sex, violence, gore, guns and slick production values. This Chinese Russian production stands out as it manages to tell its story with humor and compassion while showing its cop protagonists depending on their wits to achieve results instead of just plain brute force or technological wizardry. Their dilemma is compounded by the fact that they are operating in Russia unofficially with no electronic equipment, weapons, badges or actual authority.
Episodes: 31
