Story of A Tea Family in Hangzhou

This novel is the second part of "e; Trilogy of Tea Men"e;, based on the Anti-Japanese War, reflects the sufferings of all characters of the Aristocratic Family-the Hangs running the business of tea and rooted in Hangzhou in the age of turbulence, as well as the reality; and stresses the perseverance and independence of the Hangs, just as the characters of pureness and nobleness of the tea. Meanwhile, the novel describes the rough development history of tea industry in that era. The magnificent historical narrative and the exquisite description of characters brings enjoyment to the reader. In the late 1930s, in the critical moment of Chinese nation, the Hangs and all kinds of people related with them had their own experiences during the war, among whom the female Hangs such as Shen Lvai, Hang Jiacao were killed by marauding Japanese troops; Jicao, Hang Yi, Hang Han and Wangyou, as a new generation of the Hangs, engaged in the Anti-Japanese War, some sacrificed and the survived insisted on the building of the tea industry. Hang Jiahe, as the successor of the tea family, suffered a unbelievable disaster in the long eight-year anti-Japanese war, and reflected the immortal spirits of the Chinese tea man.