Yin Fang is a Chinese actor and former ballet dancer who was born on August 27, 1986, in Changsha, Hunan Province, China. He began with dreams of becoming a classical dancer but later decided to turn his back on performance and studied business-related subjects at Beijing Normal University. In 2007, he made a U-turn and eventually took up ballet again, eventually turning his hand to acting. He made his acting debut in 2013, when he appeared in the film “Blue Sky Bones.” He has since appeared in the dramas “New World” and “With You (both 2020).

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In the fifteenth year of his reign, Emperor Kang Xi (Luo Jin) was forced to overcome the greatest challenge of his young life when his empire was nearly washed away by the raging current of the Yellow River. Having recently experienced a bout of uncommonly heavy rainfall, the mighty swollen river began to spill over its banks. Washing away home, destroying crops, and taking countless lives, the people of Kang Xi’s empire turned to him for guidance, certain their mighty leader would know how to save them.

Unable to find a solution to the problems at hand, Kang Xi decided to recruit the empire’s brightest individuals into his service. Setting up a series of civil service examinations, candidates from across the empire came, hoping to secure a place by the Emperor’s side. Among these hopefuls was Chen Huang (Yin Fang), a bright young man with a head full of ideas and the confidence needed to turn them into action.

Passing the Emperor’s rigorous tests, Chen Huang and his colleagues were tasked with finding a solution to the problems plaguing those most affected by the raging Yellow River. With countless lives on the line, will the Emperor and his new team of advisors find a way to save their people before it’s too late?

A story of hope in the face of disaster, “The Long River” is a 2022 Chinese historical drama directed by Zhang Ting.

The Long River

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In the late 1980s, Ding Bi Yun (Dong Jie) is a single mother struggling against poverty and trying to raise her infant son in a small town in China’s Jiangsu Province. Life is a constant struggle as she tries to make ends meet financially and attempts to keep her son on the straight and narrow path with his school and emotional growth. She falls for a man, but is then dismayed when he must travel abroad, leaving both her and her son alone. She battles on and eventually her son, Ding Xiao Jun (Yin Fang), wins admission to a big-city university.

But when Ding Xiao Jun is approached by talent scouts, he thinks he may be able to begin his career as an entertainer or model in Japan. That plan comes to naught, however, and Ding Xiao Jun is left destitute. Once again, his mother comes to the rescue, helping him return to his studies. In 2010, he has graduated and has found love in the big city. He is about to launch his career as a media professional and propose to his girlfriend when he learns that his mother has been diagnosed with a terminal illness. He feels like he has no choice but to return to his hometown to care for her in her final days…

This drama series was based on a novel named “99 Things With My Mom” by the author Bu Liang Sheng.

“The Last Goodbye to Mama” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Cao Dun and Jing Chong.

The Last Goodbye to Mama

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In Manchuria, Northern China, in the 1930s, the local population is suffering under the yoke of Imperial Japanese invasion.

The Japanese have attempted to replace Chinese culture with their own, and even want the locals to speak Japanese, rather than their own native tongue.

Violent gangs of pro-Japanese hoodlums roam the streets. And into this chaos steps Jing Hao (Ou Hao), a high schooler who – with his closest friends – forms a rival band of pro-Chinese street fighters, determined to even the odds, using violence and fear as their tools.

But Jing Hao’s gang focus is derailed when he meets a mild-mannered woman named Liu He (Jing Tian). He falls for her at first sight, but is shocked to learn that she is actually his new school teacher!

Her own version of protest involves the diligent study of Chinese language and culture – a fact that sets Jing Hao at odds with his violence-loving gang!

“Fist and Faith” is a 2017 Chinese film that was directed by Jiang Zhuo Yuan.

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Liu Bo (Chen Kun) is a man with heavy gambling debts. He has teamed up with Xu Dong (Qin Hao) Four Eyes (Yu En Tai), his former schoolmates to launch a business venture. They have decided to follow along with a food craze and open a hot pot eatery. For their restaurant location, they decided to use a converted bomb shelter in a built-up urban area. But trade is not going well and they consider selling the business and cutting their losses. An interested buyer wants to buy the place, but only if they expand it before selling. They decide to do so, but accidentally drill through a wall leading to a neighboring bank’s money-filled vaults!

The friends are suddenly faced with a dilemma – should they take the money and run, or confess to their mistake? By chance, they discover that Yu Xiao Hui (Bai Bai He), another former classmate, happens to work at the bank, and agrees to help them patch up the damage before the bank finds out and alerts the police that there has been a break-in. But clearing up after this chaotic mess turns out to be a much bigger job than any of these former schoolmates could have imagined!

“Chongqing Hot Pot” is a 2016 Chinese movie that was written and directed by Yang Qing.

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