Is "Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" adapted from a novel?

Is the TV series "Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" adapted from a novel?

This drama mainly tells the emotional story of the turbulent era between Taiwan and mainland China, where blood is thicker than water and they were closely dependent on each other. So which novel is this drama adapted from?

The play tells the story of the high-spirited youth of Taiwan's young generation in modern times, as well as the epic story of joining the national war of resistance and supporting the liberation of the motherland.

The play uses Taiwanese youth as the main characters, depicts a touching chapter of the revolutionary and anti-Japanese war era from a novel perspective, and interprets the close interdependence between the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, and the close interdependence between people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait in different eras.

The unchanging feelings of economic and spiritual connection.

"Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" revolves around the background of the survival, growth, and struggle of Taiwanese youth from 1928 to 1950. It spans a large time span and has a unique and novel historical perspective.

In addition to the ups and downs of the plot, the addition of outstanding actors from both sides of the Taiwan Strait such as Zuo Xiaoqing, Liu Yihao, Zhang Shuhao, Jian Manshu, and Cheng Yuxi also fully satisfied the audience's expectations for high-level looks and acting skills.

"Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" adheres to the principle of "details create quality products" and is both ornamental and artistic. The producers aim to convey positive values ????with high-quality production and allow the audience to touch history immersively.

Plot synopsis of the TV series version: During the Japanese occupation period, three young men from Taiwan's Hsinchu Middle School, Zhou Shaoxing, Zhuang Shigeng, and Lin Qingwen, were attacked and persecuted by the colonial authorities during the "Royalization Movement" and were forced to leave the campus.

Their thoughts gradually grew as they struggled for a living, and their nationalist consciousness gradually awakened after experiencing the brutal control imposed by the Japanese colonial authorities on Taiwan's lower class people during the war. They separated and headed for different paths under the wash of the times.

Zhou Shaozhen went deep into the mainland to fight the war, and was displaced and almost died. Later, he joined the Taiwanese Volunteer Corps and devoted his all to the national war of resistance.

Zhuang Shigeng was admitted to the Imperial University, but was forcibly recruited and sent to the battlefield by the Japanese army, and later escaped from the Japanese army.

Lin Qingwen runs underground schools and teaches Chinese studies on the island, preserving the fire of the traditional Chinese culture in his hometown.

"Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" is the original novel "Once Upon a Time in Taiwan" (a novel written by Lu Han [Taiwan]). This book is based on the historical facts of the decades before and after the establishment of Taiwan as a province. It tells the story of a young man named Zheng Kangnian who left his hometown in western Fujian and went to Taiwan to reclaim wasteland and start a business.

He made great contributions to the ethnic integration of the early Han Chinese, new immigrants and Taiwanese aborigines who entered Taiwan.

He cooperated with the contemporary Qing government's promising officials in Taiwan to devote themselves to local construction and jointly resist the plunder of Taiwan's land and products by foreign careerists.

After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War in 1894, the Japanese invaders seized Taiwan. Because they "swore not to die as slaves to the country," the Zheng family abandoned their family business and moved back to their former home in southern Fujian. They returned to Taiwan in 1945 when Japan surrendered and returned to China. This is a touching story.

"Taiwan's Past" provides more current cross-strait youth with positive guidance and practical significance, allowing contemporary youth to remember history while inheriting the fine traditions of patriotic pioneers, and calling on young people to use ideals as the driving force for progress.

In order to better express the span of the characters, this drama chose young front-line Taiwanese actors such as Liu Yihao, Jian Manshu, and Zhang Shuhao to participate in the young protagonists.