Hai Yan's Golden Earrings, originally named Rivers Like Blood, had a total of 38 episodes. The novel was first released in 2006 and was written and directed by Hai Yan. It was a novel about the social unrest in China in the 1930s. It told the story of a woman's life from the revolutionary era to the reform and opening up. The film was a huge success in China and Hong Kong and was hailed as a classic of Chinese TV series.