
Awakening Age
During a turbulent time from 1915 to 1921, Chen Du Xiu and Li Da Zhao, along with other like-minded individuals, founded the Magazine La Jeunesse that started the New Culture Movement. The magazine promoted science and democracy and revolutionized the thinking of the masses and encouraged them to fight against imperialism that has been ingrained in everyone. The series follows a colorful cast with various well-known authors, politicians, and revolutionists as they all try in their own way to save their country.
Cast: Yu Hewei, Zhang Tong, Zhang Wanyi
Season 1
43 episodes
1. Li Dazhao's impassioned speech to save the countryNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 1, 2021
2. Chen Duxiu finally arrives in Shanghai, teased by his son, but rejoices insteadNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 1, 2021
3. Chen Duxiu went so far as to sell his words to raise money Li Dazhao was expelled and determined to revolutionizeNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 2, 2021
4. Li Dazhao pawned his clothes for the poor people Cai Yuanpei became the president of Peking University with the ambition to create a new styleNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 2, 2021
5. Cai Yuanpei wanted to invite Chen Duxiu to teach at Peking University Chen Duxiu could not leave the new youth newspaper and refused twiceNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 3, 2021
6. Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu finally meet in Beijing, but Chen Duxiu's appointment at Peking University is controversialNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 5, 2021
7. Huang Kan's misbehavior and words displease studentsNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 8, 2021
8. The royalist forces on campus remain strong, and the imperial system is restored again when the braid army enters the cityNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 8, 2021
9. BYU reform gains supportNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 9, 2021
10. Extended year obsession with anarchismNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 9, 2021
11. Koo Hongming's academic attainments were indeed profound, and Li Dazhao began to reflect on capital to save the countryNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 10, 2021
12. The dismissal of foreign professors at Peking University has led to a diplomatic controversy, and the university's senate is unanimous in defending national sovereignty.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 10, 2021
13. The British government was pressured to settle the matter, and Lu Xun joined the new youth as a tiger.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 15, 2021
14. Lu Xun's diary of a madman written with a penNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 15, 2021
15. Mao Zedong formally established the New People's Association, and the Madman's Diary was a hit when it was released.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 16, 2021
16. The restorationists even openly slandered Chen Duxiu, and the youth rehearsed a play to promote the new culture.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 16, 2021
17. Mao Zedong came to Peking University to observe and became Li Dazhao's assistantNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 27, 2021
18. Mao Zedong receives new ideas of communism Curmudgeons make trouble in front of Chen Duxiu's houseNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minFeb 28, 2021
19. Germany's defeat and the victory of the Allies, China will attend the Paris Peace ConferenceNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 1, 2021
20. Mao went to the grassroots to reach out to the working class in Yannian's experiment with anarchismNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 2, 2021
21. The establishment of the work-study mutual aid society but the problems continue to weak countries without diplomatic petition was returnedNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 3, 2021
22. Mutual aid societies were slandered and defamed, and Peking University was attacked by the groupNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 4, 2021
23. Cai Yuanpei was lectured and questioned, and Peking University launched a desperate counterattackNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 4, 2021
24. Zhang Fengzai's nasty deeds were exposed and he was finally fired Japan offered to take over all rights and interests in Shandong PeninsulaNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 5, 2021
25. Work-Study Mutual Aid Society officially closed its experiment and failed Mao thanked the people for their help and returned to HunanNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 5, 2021
26. The Paris Peace Conference assigned Shandong rights to Japan, and the delegation's good offices were unsuccessful in rejecting the agreement.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 8, 2021
27. The Treaty of Paris disgraced the rights of the people and aroused public anger.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 8, 2021
28. Universities unite to strike classes Arrested students finally releasedNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 9, 2021
29. Cai Yuanpei was forced to leave to protect the arrested students Beijing universities resigned to strike in solidarity with Peking UniversityNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 9, 2021
30. The influence of the May Fourth Movement spread throughout the country, and Chen Duxiu and Hu Shih had major disagreements.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 9, 2021
31. Chen Yannian was beaten unconscious at a street rally, but Wu Bingxiang designed an attempt to isolate Chen DuxiuNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 9, 2021
32. Yannian uses a trick to get Zhang Fengzai to confess his identity as a spy. The reactionary government sends troops to violently suppress the student movement.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 11, 2021
33. Students were forcibly detained school turned into a prison Chen family's undying desire to save the country father and son finally reconciledNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 11, 2021
34. The student movement won a big victory and the government was forced to dismiss Cao ZhangluNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 15, 2021
35. Chen Duxiu was arrested and imprisoned, and Li Dazhao was forced to leave Beijing.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 15, 2021
36. China refuses to sign the Paris Peace Treaty. The May Fourth Movement achieves full victory.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 16, 2021
37. Cai Yuanpei returns to Peking University and Chen Duxiu is finally released from prisonNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 16, 2021
38. Chen Duxiu resigned from Peking University and New Youth finally resumed publicationNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 17, 2021
39. Yannian Qiaonian went to France to study and eventually became a revolutionary martyr Chen Duxiu went to the south with the intention of organizing Southwest UniversityNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 17, 2021
40. Chen Duxiu returned to Shanghai to avoid the storm, and Chen and Li met on the road to build the party.No synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 18, 2021
41. Mao Zedong met Li Ta-Chao in Beijing and was inspired by the arrival of the Communist International's Vyshinsky in China to help build the PartyNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 18, 2021
42. Chen Duxiu formally established the Communist Party and Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai firmly believed in itNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 19, 2021
43. The Communist Party of China was formally established and the revolutionary martyrs pledged to defend their faith to the deathNo synopsis available yet.TV-14CC45minMar 19, 2021
Awakening Age
During a turbulent time from 1915 to 1921, Chen Du Xiu and Li Da Zhao, along with other like-minded individuals, founded the Magazine La Jeunesse that started the New Culture Movement. The magazine promoted science and democracy and revolutionized the thinking of the masses and encouraged them to fight against imperialism that has been ingrained in everyone. The series follows a colorful cast with various well-known authors, politicians, and revolutionists as they all try in their own way to save their country.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- Zhang Yongxin
- Cast
- Yu Hewei, Zhang Tong, Zhang Wanyi, Ma Shaohua, Cao Lei, Bi Yanjun
- Studio
- 北京广电影视传媒有限公司, 安徽广播电视台
Maturity rating
TV-14Check the rating before watching with younger viewers.
Audio languages
Mandarin
Where to watch
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