''Gold Leaf'' () is a 2021 Taiwanese

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based on the eponymous novel written by Huang Kuo-hua. Set in the 1950s, ''Gold Leaf'' is Taiwan's first Hailu Hakka language drama. Directed by Lin Chun-yang, the series stars Cindy Lien,

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, Hsu An-chi, Hsueh Shih-ling, Li Hsing, and

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. It received 16 nominations at the 57th Golden Bell Awards and went on to win the Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series (Sophia Li) and the Best Editing for a Drama Series.

Synopsis

''Gold Leaf'' depicts the booming tea trade in Taiwan during the 1950s, following the travails of Chang Yi-hsin and her family owned tea exporting company.

Cast

* Cindy Lien as Chang Yi-hsin *

as Liu Kun-kai *

as Chang Fu-chi * Hsu An-chi as Luo Shan-mei * Hsueh Shih-ling as Fan Wen-gui * Sophia Li as Hsia Mu-hsueh *

as Chin Yuan-kai

Controversy

The drama drew controversy for misrepresenting the creation of the

New Taiwan dollar The New Taiwan dollar ( code: TWD; symbol: NT$, also abbreviated as NT) is the official currency of Taiwan. The New Taiwan dollar has been the currency of Taiwan since 1949, when it replaced the Old Taiwan dollar, at a rate of 40,000 old dol ...

(NTD), by incorrectly depicting a scene in which American advisors recommended that Taiwanese officials adopt the NTD to address hyper-inflation in the country, when in reality, the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

-led government adopted the currency of their own volition. The drama's production team issued a joint statement for misrepresenting these historical facts.

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* * * {{netflix title 2021 Taiwanese television series debuts 2021 Taiwanese television series endings Taiwanese drama television series Chinese-language television shows Mandarin-language television shows Hokkien-language television shows Television series set in the 1950s Television shows filmed in Taiwan Hakka-language television shows Shanghainese-language television shows Works about agriculture Agriculture in Taiwan Works about tea Taiwanese tea Hsinchu County