Scripted series · CCTV-8
Our Dazzling Days
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Johnny Huang
Zhang Xiaoman
30 eps
Guan Xiaotong
Yan Xiaodan
30 eps
Xu Ruohan
Ye Chunchun
30 eps
Wang Tianchen
Xia Lei
30 eps
Guo Jinglin
Yan Wenyuan
30 eps
Jia Bing
Ding Guoqiang
30 eps
Zhao Shuzhen
He Yuexiang
30 eps
Wu Qianying
Meng Ge
30 eps
Zhu Junlin
Zhuang Sen
30 eps
Ye Liu
Fan Weijie
30 eps
Xiao Bochen
1 eps
Xie Haoting
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Our Dazzling Days actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Our Dazzling Days reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In the 1990s, orphan Zhang Xiaoman grows up in the industrial city of Tiexicheng, earning the title “Son of Tiexicheng” for his loyalty and integrity. Alongside the steady Xia Lei and the brave Yan Xiaodan, he experiences a passionate youth. As economic changes force them to leave their hometown to search for new opportunities, they eventually return, weaving a touching story of unwavering loyalty and finding their way back home.
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