Half a tiger charm, two souls torn apart—can love survive China's cruelest decades?
Season 1 • Episode 1
LatestSong Chun Ling adopted an orphan boy on New Year's Day in 1960, named Sun Xiao Hu, and engraved him with incense wood tiger charms. After the little tiger was abducted and sold, the fragrant wood tiger broke in half while struggling. Xiao Hu changed his name to Ji De Sheng and fell in love with the girl Tang Zhao Di. Before going to medical school, he gave a tiger head and recruited his younger brother to make love, but the younger brother was forced to marry. Medical University classmate Yin Hui Juan abandons her boyfriend Chen Yan Ming in pursuit of survival.
Acting
Zheng Guolin's tortured transformation from lost boy to doctor.
Production
Meticulous 1960s-80s China period detail.
Zheng Guolin
Ji De Sheng / Sun Xiao Hu
Kristy Yang Rongru
Yin Hui Juan
Na Renhua
Song Chun Ling
Dong Hui
Ji Dong Yang / Niu Niu
Du Hanmeng
Niu Niu (child)
Yue Hong
Sister Wang
Guo Zhen Ni
Gui Zhen
Chang Cheng
Inspector
Wu Ting
Tian Xing Hua
Huang Junpeng
Chen Yan Ming
Beibei Gao
Xiao Yu Nan
Zhao Jinmai
Xiao San Ya
Yang Qing
Qiao En Ji
Sun Min
Sun Zhen Bang
Xu Zheng Yun
Guan Shao Qing
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The incense wood tiger reflects traditional Chinese belief in protective totems, especially for children—its breaking mirrors broken fate.
Director Guo Tingbo specializes in 'maternal suffering' dramas; this was his most commercially successful exploration of adoptive motherhood.
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