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This sweeping historical drama examines a romance that spans the lion's share of the 20th century, between a woman from Tibet, Yixizhuoma, and a soldier named Jiacuo. Yixizhuoma (Laqiong) first meets Jiacuo (Renqingdunzhu) under less than ideal circumstances, as he takes her captive in the midst of battle. Love eventually grows between them, and together they view the political and social turbulence that sweeps Tibet through the decades, up to the late 1990s, when an aging Yixizhuoma (Danzengzhuoga) tells their story to her granddaughter (Dazhen) as she waits at the bedside of her dying husband (Dawangdui). Yixizhuoma is based on Ming, a successful novel by Zhaxidawa.