The Teochew Family
| The Teochew Family (潮州家族） |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Historical, Family Drama |
| Created by | Cheng Jieyin (程洁茵) |
| Written by | Koh Teng Liang (许声亮) |
| Starring |
Kenneth Tsang Zeng Huifen Zoe Tay Chew Chor Meng Chen Shucheng |
| Opening theme | 潮水的诺言 by Jacky Cheung |
| Ending theme | 爱和承诺 by Jacky Cheung and Priscilla Chan |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin, Teochew |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Chua Swan (蔡萱) Zeng Haowen (曾皓文） |
| Location(s) | Singapore, Chaozhou, China |
| Running time | 45－48 min |
| Release | |
| Original release | 8 August – 18 September 1995 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Dragons Five 飞龙五将 |
| Followed by | Sparks of Life 生命火花 |
The Teochew Family (Chinese: 潮州家族)is a 1995 Singaporean Drama Series produced by Television Corporation of Singapore (now Mediacorp) and Fujian TV. Starring veteran Hong Kong actor Kenneth Tsang and Singaporean stars Zoe Tay, Chew Chor Meng and Zeng Huifen, this drama describes the trials and tribulations the teochew Cai Family under the patriarch Cai Qingyang (Kenneth Tsang) from the late 1940s to the 1990s.
Written by Hong Kong veteran storyteller Cheng Jieyin (程洁茵) and Singaporean writer Koh Teng Liang (许声亮), The Teochew Family tells the story of Chaozhou rice merchant Cai Qingyang (Kenneth Tsang), owns Tai Feng Zhan (泰丰栈). Cai has two brothers, one of them who died early. Another is the useless playboy Cai Qingan (Wang Changli). Cai also has a sister, Cai Chuning (Zeng Huifen), who is a female scholar and a teacher. Cai Qingyang decides to arrange a marriage between his second brother's widow (Hong Huifang) with a poor scholar Xiao Denglong (Chen Shucheng), who turns out to be Chuning's lover. Chuning tries to get Denglong to leave Chaozhou with her, but Denglong declines. Chuning then argues with her brother, and leaves Chaozhou alone.
In the late 1940s, the Chinese Civil War was about to break out, rice prices were going up, and there was severe flooding in Chaozhou. Cai Qingyang realises that his business might collapse soon and for his own family's sake. Cai leaves for Nanyang (Later known as Singapore) and would later reunite with his sister. Chuning has a new fiancee, the Hainanese Sailor Fu Yongbing (Zhu Houren). Qingyang decides to work with Yongbing to smuggle goods during the Korean War. Qingyang succeeds and manages to get some money to reopen his rice business. Great successes need great sacrifices, Yongbing was killed by the pirates in one trip. This causes Chuning to be furious at Qingyang, and she vows to never forgive him for his death. Chuning also adopted Yongbing's godson Hong San (Chew Chor Meng). Hong San however has a brain tumour that causes him to collapse, Chuning knowing that she would never have enough money to pay for Hong San's condition begs Qingyang to help Hong San. Qingyang, who had felt guilty over Yongbing's death agrees. Soon, Qingyang manages to bring the whole family down to Singapore except for his wife Zhang Yalan (Li Yinzhu) who stayed to protect the ancestral home.
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