" A Thousand Mountains in the Afterglow of Snow " was a story about the heroine, Mo Yu, who lived and worked in a small town in the mainland of China in the 1980s. Mo Yu was a young and beautiful girl. Her father was a doctor and her mother was a teacher. Mo Yu was the only daughter in the family and was doted on. However, Mo Yu's life began to change when she found out that her father's lover was actually her cousin. Mo Yu tried to escape from this family, but in the end, she found that she could not escape from this network. Between family and love, Mo Yu chose her family and decided to marry her cousin. After the marriage, Mo Yu began to realize that her husband did not love her as much as she had imagined. Instead, he had a deeper relationship with her cousin. She tried to escape from this marriage, but in the end, she found that she could no longer leave her husband and cousin. In her despair, Mo Yu decided to give up everything and leave this town for Beijing to find a new life. On her journey, Mo Yu met many different people, including a young doctor, a mysterious one, and a good friend she had lost contact with. She experienced many difficulties and challenges, but finally she found her own direction and found the meaning of life again.