خلاصه داستان : یک چایخانه قدیمی در پکن صحنه نمایشی است که در طول چندین دهه پرفراز و نشیب تاریخ مدرن چین، از روزهای رو به زوال سلسله چینگ تا آستانه جمهوری خلق، می گذرد.

An old teahouse in Beijing serves as the stage for a drama that unfolds over several tumultuous decades of modern Chinese history, from the waning days of the Qing dynasty to the eve of the People's Republic.

خلاصه داستان : زنی با مالک یک کارخانه رنگ در چین ازدواج میکند و متوجه میشود که این مرد برادرزاده ای دارد که با آنها زندگی میکند و ....

A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.