"Crossing the Sea" tells the story of the journey home across the sea through a true story
The short drama "Crossing the Sea" focuses on family searches across the Taiwan Strait and escorting remains home, telling a heartfelt story of crossing the sea to escort a veteran's soul back to his hometown. After its release, it struck a chord with audiences, evoking the shared longing for returning to one's roots and for reunion with loved ones.
Beijing, October 2, China News Service — The shortform drama "Crossing the Sea" takes as its starting point the real stories of family searches across the Taiwan Strait and the repatriation of remains, telling the moving experience of crossing the strait to escort veterans’ souls back to their hometowns.
The inspiration for the series came from the actual actions of Liu Dewen, a neighborhood chief in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and others. After encountering these stories, executive producer Cai Heyang was deeply moved and began traveling between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to collect more real cases about returning home and reunion.
The article noted that "Crossing the Sea" has attracted considerable attention since going online. The creators said the reason the work resonated is that "falling leaves return to the roots, and flesh and blood reunite" carries the shared emotional expectations of people on both sides of the strait.