The City of the Family: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

After suffering from a devastating calamity due to the earthquake, the story set in Tangshan is an emotional journey about two households, three generations and nine people with different last names who come to form a family. In the year 1976, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake suddenly struck and buried Wang Da Ming and his wife beneath a pile of rubble. After six days and seven nights, Wang Da Ming is saved and upon gaining consciousness, he learns that his wife who was pregnant at the time and his father did not survive. Everywhere he looks, every household in the neighborhood grieves the loss of a family member. Wang Daming lives his days unable to recover from the incident when Yang Ai walks into his life. She is an ordinary worker for a ceramic factory. Yang Ai is orphaned. Her older sister also lost her family during the earthquake except for her youngest son who is mute. Because of their meeting, Wang Da Ming and Yang Ai gradually become family to each other and they try to pick up the pieces to make a new home.

 

Online broadcast : Hunan TV , IQIYI , Tencent Video , Youku

Series details

• Title: The City of the Family
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama, Family
• Premiere date: 2018-12-02
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-12-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Hunan TV
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Youku
• Network country: China
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 61943

Cast and credited roles

• Ma Yuan — Wang Da Ming
• Tong Lei — Yang Ai
• Sa Ri Na — Feng Lan Zhi
• Li Jian Yi — Lin Zhao Rui
• Wu Di — Lin Zhi Cheng
• Zhang Shan Qi — Yang Dan
• Wang Yan Zhi — Zhou Da Shuang / Wang Xiao Shuang
• Kong Song Jin — Wang Wei Dong
• Zhou Xian Xin — Lin Zhi Yan
• Peng Shi Teng — Liu Yun Ze
• Wang Yuchao — Sun Lei
• Yu Shui Ge — Liu Yun En

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-12-02; final listed air date 2018-12-24; episode order: 40.

Source and licence

Adapted from The City of the Family on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.