Overview

This Chinese period drama series follows the fortunes of a prominent merchant family engaged in Traditional Chinese Medicine during the waning years of the Ching dynasty. The affairs of this family of doctors/pharmacists (which in those days were one and the same) are intimately linked with social upheavals of the time such as the encroachment of Christian missionaries and foreign imperialism as well as conflicts that inevitably emerge in a large upper class family. Comparable in scope and production value to such recent titles as "Downton Abbey", the lives and character of both masters and servants intertwine in plot lines that spans more than a generation.

Top Cast

Chen Baoguo

白景琦

Jiang Shan

李香秀

Tong Ruixin

白占元

He Saifei

杨九红

Liu Bei

白佳莉

Yu Feihong

吴英玉

Han Tongsheng

关静山

Wang Qian

苗若珍

Liu Bin

白敬业

Lei Kesheng

王喜光

Zhao Xiaorui

郑老屁

Yu Hewei

白占安