

She swapped her dress for deception—now she's running a business empire in drag.
45 minSeason 1 • Episode 36
LatestSet in Yulin, Shanxi Province, it tells the story of a girl, Yang Fen, who disguises herself as a man. (Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)
Acting
Ady An sells the gender swap without cartoonishness—subtle physicality.
Production
Dusty Shanxi location shooting feels authentically 1930s frontier.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Republican era dramas exploded in China post-2010 as nostalgic counterprogramming to hypermodern urban soaps—this one's Shanxi coal country setting is unusually gritty for the genre.
Director Zeng Xiaoxin is actually a cinematographer by trade—explains the lived-in texture, explains the 36-episode runtime nobody edited down.