Aftershock
Also known as: 唐山大地震 / Tang Shan Da Di Zhen / Aftershock
Genre: Period, disaster, family
Episodes: 38
Broadcast networks: Shandong TV, Hebei TV, Hubei TV, Liaoning TV
Broadcast period: 2013-May-03 to 2013-May-21
Director: Yao Xiao Feng
Screenwriter: Huo Xin (霍昕)
Cast:
- Zhang Guo Li as Wang Deqing
- Zhang Han Yu as Wan Da Cheng
- Yuan Wen Kang as Wan Xiao Da
- Zheng Qi as Luo Wei
- Ma Jun as Ding Han
- Zhu Tie as Yang Yang
- Song Yuan Fu as Wang Ning
- Guan Xiao Tong as Su Xi
- Zhang Xin Hua as Xie Yong
- Chen Xiao Yi as Li Yuan Ni
- Tong Li Ya as Wang Xiao Deng
- Yang Zhi Wen as Wang Xiao Deng (10 years)
- Liu Xin as President Lu
Synopsis:
In the summer of 1976, Wan Dacheng and his wife Li Yuanni lived happily in a small room with their lovely children Wanda and Wan Deng. As the head of the family, Wan Dacheng devoted himself to protecting his family. He cared for his wife well, took good care of his children, and envied others. But there was an unforeseen event. A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.8 broke out in the Tangshan area. Facing a dangerous building that was about to collapse, Wan Dacheng, unfortunately, died when he chose to enter the dormitory to save his friends. After the earthquake, Li Yuanni discovered that a pair of sons and daughters were trapped under a concrete slab.
If they were to be rescued, one of them would have to be sacrificed. In desperation, she chose to protect her brother and sacrifice her sister, causing Wan Deng’s heart to be severely damaged. By mistake, Wan Deng was taken in and brought up by Wang Deqing and his wife. But Wan Deng has been tangled and suffering in the “aftershocks” all his life. At the same time, Li Yuanni also dared not pursue happiness because she could not resolve the guilt in her heart.
Thirty-two years later, after experiencing a series of life hardships such as marriage setbacks and psychological barriers, Wan Deng finally mustered up the courage to return to her long-lost home from across the ocean. When she saw her mother spending her entire life repaying what she owed her in a way of self-punishment, Wan Deng had mixed feelings and decided not to run away anymore, but to open her arms to all relatives
