Hawthorn Tree in the Distance is an emotional drama written and directed by Lin Heping, directed by Meng Liang and starring Jackie Chan, Mary, Lin Jiachuan and Sun Shuang. The play tells the story of twelve educated youths, represented by the protagonist Peng Tianyi, who have experienced and matured in a vast rural area in an ordinary educated youth spot in Northeast China and finally achieved a career.
The play premiered on the social and economic channel of Suzhou TV Station on June 6, 2020, and was broadcast on the TV series channel of CCTV on March 6, 2020, and simultaneously broadcast on iQiyi, Youku Video, Tencent Video and Mango TV. On March 9, 20 19, the opening ceremony of the drama was held in Dandong, Liaoning Province, and it was filmed in Liaoning Province and Zhejiang Province, which lasted for four months.
Background story of TV series
In the 1970s, a group of Beijing educated youth forged a profound friendship in the educated youth spot in Heilongjiang. They fought bravely in a series of historical processes, such as returning to the city, college entrance examination, reform and opening up, and walked out of different life trajectories. The protagonist Peng Tianyi was unjustly imprisoned in order to protect the lifelong academic achievements of the old scientist. After the injustice was rehabilitated, Peng Tianyi continued to take root in the countryside and tried to change the face of rural poverty.
On the eve of opening up, he argued with conservative forces and missed the college entrance examination in order to promote agricultural reform and keep the reform achievements he and the farmers had worked so hard to explore. After returning to work in the city, he made great strides in economic system reform, because his determination and selflessness to reform led to cracks in his family; In order to stick to the initial intention of strengthening the country and enriching the people, he gave up the opportunity to inherit the inheritance in the United States, set his mind at ease in plain and arduous economic research, and made suggestions with his academic achievements.