One Plum Blossom
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One Plum Blossom (Chinese: 一剪梅; pinyin: Yī jiǎn méi) is a 1984 TV series shown on Taiwan's China Television, starring Shen Hai-jung (沈海蓉) and Kou Shih-hsiun (寇世勳) and set in 1930s China. It aired 25 episode from December 17, 1984, to January 18, 1985, every Monday to Friday evening at 8.00 pm.
Two remakes of the drama have been made: Grief Over Qinghe River (2000) starring Jiang Qinqin (蒋勤勤) and Vincent Zhao, and New One Plum Blossom (2009) starring Lu Yi and Wallace Huo.
The theme song, Yi jian mei, was sung by Taiwanese singer Fei Yu-ching.
Plot
The fiery Shen Xinci runs away from her psychopathic fiancé, Liang Yongchang, after finding out the truth. On the way she meets Zhao Shijun, who sympathizes with her and gives her some money to pay off her father's medical bills. After the death of her father, Xinci decides to find Shijun and repay his kindness, no matter the request.
For the sake of the water supply and to make peace between the two towns of Shahe and Wanjiazhuang, Zhao Shijun is forced to marry Mayor Wan's daughter, Wan Qiuling. On the way back to her new home, Qiuling, who has been seriously ill since childhood, falls sick; but is rescued by a mysterious doctor, Liang Yongchang. He tells her that her disease can be cured, but she will not be able to give birth to a child in the future. Desperate to keep the family going, Qiuling takes Yongchang's advice and she drugs her husband and switches places with another woman, so that the woman can get pregnant instead of her; however, the woman turns out to be Shen Xinci, which causes Yongchang to go out to seek revenge on Zhao Shijun and everyone that is in his way, which results in Xinci's death.