Tong Hui

Curtain Up! follows elementary school kids in New York’s Chinatown as they prepare for a production and begin to discover themselves. Behind the scenes, they face families’ expectations and uncertainties post-graduation. Interestingly, it is through rehearsing for this American favorite that these kids come to grapple with their Chinese roots.

The ancient god of war, Chen Nan, who led the gods and demons in the battle against the Heavens, awakens from his tomb at the top of the snowy mountains after a ten-thousand-year slumber. With his divine powers and memories closed, and after a fierce fight with the guardians of the tomb, he inadvertently enters the land of Chu by mistake.

During the Tang Dynasty, Princess Taiping dreams of riding a "Silver Snow White Horse" in a "dreamland under the moon". Xuanji, a female diviner, interprets the dream, revealing that the white horse represents a "celestial horse", making the princess's dream a reality. Meanwhile, the renowned detective Di Renjie solves a "massacre case", which turns out to be a tragic event caused by the "celestial horse".

Mortal Tie Jian is an orphan with no sword soul in his body. Since childhood, he was adopted by sword refiner Chen Guang and grew up with each other. Tie Jian will acquire the supernatural power of a thousand-year sword master by chance.

In the Lantern Festival, the people pray for the blessing of the Empress Wu Zetian, but a strange beast with a full body of fire appears. It is said that eating the flesh and blood of the unicorn can cure all diseases, so Wu Zetian orders the Secretary of the Da Lisi, Xue Xin, to find out the truth within seven days. When the young Dee comes to Chang'an to be promoted to the position of "Chancellor" of the Da Lisi, he learns of a strange case at the Shang Yuan Festival and that he needs to wait until the case is solved before he can report to the court. Dee, who had wanted to wait for his job to be solved, is intrigued by this strange case and becomes involved in it by mistake.

After ten months of drought, Empress Wu orders to put up Dragon Balls as sacrifice to pray for rain. During the transportation of the Dragon Balls on sea, they get ambushed by "Shark people". Di Renjie is then called to solve this case.

Di Renjie's first appointment as the emperor of Dali Temple during Tang Gaozong's reign. During the period, many troll murders occurred in the imperial capital Chang'an. At the beginning, Di Renjie didn't believe it at all, but some people alive saw the trolls and caused a series of bizarre cases.