Love this series to understand the brutality of Japanese soldiers, the brave and sacrifice of millions of Chinese during the near 8 yrs of Sino-Japan war. The humanity, interaction, unconditional dedicated love and war-related loss of lives among the Hu's family from the granny to little kids are just the best and wonderful. Always love every Wallace Huo's series and movies. This is our 1st introduction to Ms. Yang Zi (or Andy Yang) who played the Xiang-Xiang role, and she is so adorable and lovely. Yang Zi really plays and reflects the well-known classical character of Hunan women extremely well, bold, courageous, dedication to love. A must watch series with 5 starts rating and many tears. The background music is just 1st rated. A must own series.