In the last years of the Tang Dynasty a beautiful girl is born in a fort alongthe Great Wall of China and is set to become the most famous and celebratedcourtes... » 

In the last years of the Tang Dynasty a beautiful girl is born in a fort alongthe Great Wall of China and is set to become the most famous and celebratedcourtesan of her age. Set in the 9th century Passing Under Heaven tells thetragic love story of Lily and documents a time when Chinese women enjoyed awindow of unprecedented personal freedomincluding the freedom to fall inlove. But when Lily pushes that freedom to its limits disaster ensues leavingher child and husband to forever mourn her loss. Based on historical factPassing Under Heaven is more than the story of the end of a love affair butalso a chronicle of the passing of the Chinese golden age into civil war andruin. «