Oriental Beauty

The production team of La Grande Chaumière Violette brings you back to the colonial times of Taiwan and presents to you its beauty and glamour.

In 1860, WEI Zhi-yun, a tea taster since the age of nine, made a name for herself in a tea tasting competition. She crosses the Taiwan Strait and arrives at Tamsui Wharf to plant, harvest and make tea. Every leaf turns into cups of golden sweet aftertaste through WEI Zhi-yun’s artistry. WEI Zhi-yun’s childhood sweetheart, GAO Qing-hua, falls head over heels for her; the Scottish adventurer, Dodd, has big dreams and deems her the tea fairy; LI Chun-sheng, who has great ambition, is willing to break his vow and take her as his concubine. Three love lines intertwine and weave a 19th century cross-nation love story. And it all starts from that cup of Oriental Beauty Queen Victoria longed for the most…