A GIRL NAMED CHAO-TI

When a name becomes the starting point of fate, a girl sets out to rewrite the life that was predetermined for her.

In 1922, seven-year-old Chao-ti is sent away as a child bride, burdened with her family’s expectation of continuing the bloodline. At dawn, she feeds chickens, does laundry, and carries dye-soaked cloths—her childhood nearly consumed by labor. Only at school can she breathe, finding solace in books. Excelling in her studies, she dreams of further education, but her mother-in-law firmly refuses. When she reaches adulthood, she is forced to marry the frail Ah-chang, living under constant pressure to bear children. In 1945, air raids descend, reducing her home to ruins, as if everything has been buried in ashes. What choice will she make?