本剧是由林语堂的《京华烟云》小说改编而来的民国剧。本剧讲述的是生活在北京的三家人在时代的潮流下由鼎盛到衰退的故事。其中有代表着清流的曾氏一家，有殷实爱国的姚氏一家，还有代表着腐败的牛氏一家，这三家人在大时代动荡的背景下，见证了国家从封建社会到民主社会的大转变。这三个家族的子孙后代也在这历史的洪流中上演着爱恨情仇，他们有的人被时代的洪流所吞没，有的人跟随时代与时俱进，成就了个人修为，时过境迁，当这一场将近四十年的经历再回首看去，一切都像是浮云一般，所有的不甘和困难都成了过眼云烟。本剧将爱情、亲情、家族、国家为主线，三个家族的年轻人们上演着爱恨纠葛，他们在欢乐和痛苦中生存，在争执和宽恕中成长，上演了一部史诗大剧。

This play is a Republic of China drama adapted from the novel "Moment in Peking" by Lin Yutang. This play tells the story of three families living in Beijing from prosperity to decline under the trend of the times. Among them are the Zeng family representing Qingliu, the wealthy and patriotic Yao family, and the Niu family representing corruption. These three families have witnessed the great transformation of the country from a feudal society to a democratic society under the background of the turbulent era. change. The descendants of these three families also staged love and hatred in the torrent of history. Some of them were swallowed by the torrent of the times, and some followed the times to keep pace with the times and achieved personal cultivation. Looking back at this nearly forty-year experience, everything is like floating clouds, and all unwillingness and difficulties have become a passing cloud. This play takes love, family, family, and country as the main lines. The young people of the three families staged love-hate entanglements. They survived in joy and pain, grew up in disputes and forgiveness, and staged an epic drama.