In the 1950s in northern China, Qiuyun (played by Wang Feifei) was a child. His parents were both actors in the theater troupe, and they sang the traditional play "Zhong Kui Marries His Sister" together. The mother (played by Wang Changjun) of the singer eloped with a man, which left an indelible shadow on her father (played by Li Baotian). From then on, he believed that the singer was a symbol of immorality in women. It was Xiao Qiuyun who was very clever and learned opera secretly. Qiuyun (played by Gong Lin), who grew up to be a young girl, was discovered by everyone during a rescue performance that she was "a natural talent for singing." However, her father, Lao Qiu, was worried that his daughter would follow in her mother's footsteps and insisted that her daughter leave the theater troupe. However, Qiu Yun bluntly said that she would rather continue singing male roles from now on. Helpless, Lao Qiu had to teach her how to sing, and she soon became the mainstay of the troupe. Qiuyun (played by Xu Shouli), who grows up and joins the provincial theater troupe, secretly loves her mentor Teacher Zhang (played by Ji Qilin), but Teacher Zhang has a wife and children in the countryside. People are afraid of people, so Teacher Zhang was forced to leave the troupe for the sake of Qiuyun's future. After the "Cultural Revolution", Qiuyun, who was already a mother of two children, was determined to return to the stage and sang "Zhong Kui Marries His Sister" again, and finally became famous at home and abroad with her superb skills. But artistic success cannot cover up Qiuyun's emotional pain...
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