Drama Info:
Title: Defying the Storm (凭栏一片风云起) Ping Lan Yi Pian Feng Yun Qi
Episodes: 40
Release Date: May 19, 2022
Film Location: Hengdian
Summary: The Chinese drama is set during the difficult time between 1937 to 1945, and tells the story of the choices and sacrifices made by two generations of three intellectual families in Peiping, as they face the great turmoil and changes of the times.
Plot Synopsis:
During the difficult period from 1937 to 1945, two generations of three intellectual families in Peiping make choices and sacrifices in the face of great turmoil and changes of the times.
Some people choose to protect Chinese culture and continue the cultural bloodline. There are both idealists and realistic activists. They try their best to save the nation and survive, and actively search for a way out for the country, and finally head towards the light.
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Cast & Characters:
Hu Yi Tian 胡一天 as Zhang Qi 张启
Zhang Ruo Nan 章若楠 as Meng Hai Tang 孟海棠
Supporting Characters
Wang Jin Song 王劲松 as Ling Wen Yue 凌问岳
A professor of the School of Chinese Studies at Fuhua University in Peking, he is part of a generation of great Confucian scholars, husband of Professor Kang Shan, the enlightenment teacher of Meng Haitang, and the author of the three volumes of “Yin Xu”. He is open-minded and witty. Highly talented, but never arrogant, good at teaching and educating people, very tough on those around him.
Zhang Xi Lin 张晞临 as Meng Wu Ran 孟无染
Secretary-General of Fuhua University in Peking and Dean of the School of Chinese Studies, nicknamed “Meng Zhong Tang”. He has both super courage and genuineness. He can bend and shrink, he is pragmatic and serious, he has ideas, business skills, and is good at dancing. When the country is poor and weak, he believes it is necessary to straighten its backbone. When the nation is rejuvenated, he is ready to educate the country, and save the country with history.
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Airing Schedule:
Start: May 19, 2022
Frequency: 1 episode everyday
End: June 18, 2022
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