Faced with the invasion of advanced lung cancer, Zhou Jie's life has entered the countdown. Even in a foreign land, she knows that everything seems to have turned nowhere. However, in the despair of dying, a thought suddenly appeared in Zhou Jie's heart - I want to go home again. 
Yes, the embrace of her homeland, the fields of her hometown, and the campus of her childhood, all of these are far more important to her than life itself. So, Zhou Jie solemnly proposed to her family that she wanted to set foot on Chinese soil again at the last moment of her life. This is a traveler who is about to finish the last journey of his life, and his most sincere and deep thoughts about his hometown. The mountains and waters of the homeland have witnessed every footprint of her growth;The hot land of the motherland has given birth to every nourishment of her artist's soul. Just going home, for Zhou Jie, is the grandest wish in this life. So, he resolutely started the last way home. Perhaps deep down, she is also faintly looking forward to a miracle;Or perhaps, she just wants to see things and think about people before her life is gone, and she is satisfied. 
No matter what the reason, the way back will always be so good. Zhou Jie was born in an ordinary family, her parents were laid off, and her life was poor. However, this little girl is different - she fell in love with dance, in the words of dancer Wei Yu, "she was simply born to dance". Since she was 5 years old, Zhou Jie has been learning to dance with the teacher in her class, and during recess exercises, every ballet movement she dances is so standard and brilliant. Later, a professional dance teacher discovered her dance seedling and generously funded her systematic training. Soon, Zhou Jie won one dance competition award after another. At the age of 12, she was admitted to the Shanghai Opera House Dance School, becoming the youngest student in the school's history. 
Under the careful guidance of her mentor, Zhou Jie is like a fish in water, and after half a year, she has been able to play the main roles in the important plays in the hospital. At the age of 20, Zhou Jie was already a star actor in the opera house. She has played many dance drama heroines who are deeply loved by the audience and are known as one of the four famous dancers of contemporary times. During a strenuous dance training, Zhou Jie accidentally fell from a height and was seriously injured. Doctors diagnosed that her ribs had broken and could not dance for the rest of her life if they were not repaired in time. The verdict of "unable to dance" is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Zhou Jie. She felt that the whole world was spinning, and her life was falling from the peak to the bottom. 
Zhou Jie fell into unprecedented despair and depression. She locked herself in her dormitory all day, without eating or drinking, and allowed her wounds to fester. Friends urged her to have surgery to repair it, but she refused all of them because she no longer believed that she could return to the stage. Just when she was completely losing confidence, Zhou Jie received a letter. It was sent by her Initiation teacher when she was 6 years old. "Please give me a chance, I will definitely be able to live the style of Yang Guifei!In 1992, Zhou Jie moved director Chen Jialin with a self-made dance**, and successfully won the heroine of the large-scale historical drama "Yang Guifei". This is the opportunity for Zhou Jie to leap from the stage to the big screen. In order to perfectly interpret this role, she consulted a large number of historical documents about Yang Guifei, and at the same time exercised her figure, gained weight and shaped, and ensured that she fit the character's temperament. 
After the release of the movie, Zhou Jie's wonderful performance won unanimous praise from all walks of life. She is dressed in gorgeous clothes, and her colorful dancing posture is eye-catching. , a dancer who has never acted before, perfectly interprets the beauty and tragedy of Yang Guifei. In the end, Zhou Jie won the Best Actress at the 24th Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award for this role. This marked the first peak of her acting career, completing the successful transition from stage to screen. After starring in "Yang Guifei", Zhou Jie could have soared into the sky and mixed like a fish in water in the film and television industry. However, deep down, she still loves dance itself. So she resolutely gave up the film contract, flew abroad, and founded a school specializing in teaching Chinese classical dance. "I hope that more people can understand the charm of Chinese dance. Zhou Jie said. On this new platform, she vigorously promoted Chinese classical dance, and opened a variety of traditional Chinese folk dance courses such as "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon", "Jincheng Spring", "South of Colorful Clouds", etc., which were well received by overseas students. 
Five years later, Zhou Jie's school is one of the top Chinese dance education institutions in Asia. In 1997, she was awarded the title of "Outstanding Person of the World". At the same time, the first expatriate dancers emerged and succeeded on the international stage. The influence of classical Chinese dance around the world is increasing day by day. In 2007, the Shanghai Opera House suffered a once-in-a-century operational crisis. This dance mecca that raised Zhou Jie is on the verge of bankruptcy. "I have to find a way to save my alma mater. Zhou Jie was determined to take a desperate gamble and create a masterpiece that would regain the prestige of the opera house. 
However, Zhou Jie understands that to accomplish such a grand goal, it is far from enough to do it alone. At this time, she thought of the top dancer Chen Weiya - five years ago, it was he who compiled the exquisite dance code for the movie "Yang Guifei". So Zhou Jie worked tirelessly and flew to Beijing several times to ask for cooperation, and finally got Chen Weiya's consent. After five years of joint efforts, they have completed a classic work that combines the essence of Chinese and Western dance, "Circling the Circle". This masterpiece not only saved the Shanghai Opera House, but also pushed the dance art of the two people to a higher peak. In 2009, when Zhou Jie's career was in full swing, she accidentally found out that she had advanced lung cancer during a physical examination. This is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for the top dancer, who has never been in a state of panic and despair. 
Subsequently, Zhou Jie rushed to the United States to accept **. However, the cancer had spread and doctors had only 6 months left. For the imminent death, Zhou Jie showed amazing courage and strength. She refused to accept her fate and told the doctor: "It is important to save your life, but you still have to dance!"In the following days, Zhou Jie took time to recuperate during the day, and returned to the dance studio in the evening to train and rehearse with the students. After the final desperate battle against cancer, Zhou Jie realized that she had come to the end of her life. She remembered her home in China and the land where she was raised. "I want to go home. She said to her family. So, the family desperately took a group photo in front of her hospital bed, customized the dress, and chartered a plane overnight - they wanted Zhou Jie to wear the most beautiful Chinese dress in the last time, and complete this last trip back to her hometown with dignity and integrity. 
The plane glides through the clouds, and the land of China slowly unfolds in front of Zhou Jie. The mountains, fields, and streets of my hometown are all so familiar and kind. With the support of her family, she raised her head with great difficulty, and the scene in front of her made her satisfied. In the end, Zhou Jie still did not survive the eternal separation. Five days later, in the company of her family and old friends, she gently closed her eyes. For this legendary dancer, it was a happy curtain call and a final homecoming – true to himself, to his homeland, to the greatest love of his life.