| Image Alt: | The Story of a Noble Family Poster | ||||||||||
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| Genre: | Period Romance | ||||||||||
| Based On: | Jinfen Shijia by Zhang Henshui | ||||||||||
| Director: | Li Dawei | ||||||||||
| Starring: | Chen Kun Dong Jie Liu Yifei | ||||||||||
| Theme Music Composer: | Sanbao | ||||||||||
| Opentheme: | Dark Fragrance (暗香) by Sha Baoliang | ||||||||||
| Endtheme: | Let Her Fall (让她降落) by He Lu | ||||||||||
| Country: | China | ||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin | ||||||||||
| Num Episodes: | 40 | ||||||||||
| Producer: | Hu En Li Ning Wu Liuhan | ||||||||||
| Executive Producer: | You Jianming Wang Guohui Lin Wei | ||||||||||
| Location: | China | ||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Fu Guobao Liu Ruixun | ||||||||||
| Editor: | Wu Zhaolong | ||||||||||
| Camera: | Xie Tianxiang Cao Dun | ||||||||||
| Runtime: | 45 minutes per episode | ||||||||||
| Company: | CCTV Guangzhou Impact Audio-Video Ind. | ||||||||||
| Channel: | CCTV-8 (China) ETTV (Taiwan) |
The Story of a Noble Family is a 2003 Chinese television series based on Zhang Henshui's novel Jinfen Shijia, directed by Li Dawei. The series was first broadcast in 2003 on China Central Television in mainland China.
Due to the success of The Story of a Noble Family (the writer was from Fenghuang County, Hunan), the major cast members were designated as "Honorary Citizens" of Fenghuang County.[1]
Jin Yanxi, a young man from a noble and influential family, falls in love with a girl named Leng Qingqiu, who comes from a poor but scholarly background. They continue to date even though the difference in their respective social statuses prevents them from being together. Bai Xiuzhu, a girl from another affluent family, also falls in love with Yanxi, who rejects her and goes on to marry Qingqiu. However, Yanxi's restlessness, spoilt personality and boredom of life after marriage prompts him to have an extramarital affair with Xiuzhu. He eventually becomes distant from Qingqiu and plans on leaving her and his newborn son so that he can accompany Xiuzhu to Germany.
When the house in which Qingqiu and his son lives catches fire, Yanxi, who couldn't find them, believes his wife and son have died and collapses in sorrow and regret. After the fire, Yanxi receives a final letter from Xiuzhu saying she has left for Germany without him, to marry someone else. Yanxi leaves for the train station and imagines himself finding Qingqiu and hugging her. Unbeknownst to Yanxi, Qingqiu and their son actually survived the fire and is actually near him on a southbound train. Yanxi boards a train heading in the opposite direction after seeing that there is nothing left for him at home (his family is breaking up since his father had been robbed of his wealth and had died). The once loving couple now part ways and is unknown whether they ever reunite.