White Deer Plain(2017)

White Deer Plain is a Chinese historical drama that unfolds in a Shaanxi village where two prominent families, the Bais and the Lus, have coexisted for generations. When a dispute over land ownership erupts into open conflict, a newcomer to the village becomes trapped between the feuding clans. Director Liu Jin weaves the families' struggle into a broader allegory of modern China's turbulent twentieth century—from warlord violence and Japanese invasion through civil war to the Communist revolution. The series captures decades of upheaval through intimate domestic conflict, grounding China's seismic historical shifts in the lives of ordinary people. Adapted from Chen Zhongshi's acclaimed novel, White Deer Plain examines how political transformation reshapes tradition, loyalty, and survival.