Both dramas are set in Kashgar City, and follow the daily lives and dramas of multiple local families, although the pacing and storytelling is quite different.
Both dramas take place in Xinjiang and follows the daily lives of multiple families as they work through challenges together.
Both take place in Xinjiang and follows a female main character as she works hard to overcome obstacles.
Both dramas follow a main character that moves into a region inhabited by minority groups and befriends the locals, learning to tolerate and embrace cultural differences in the process.
Both dramas depict take place in the same time period and are inspired by the same historical figure, Empress Feng of Northern Wei (although Li Weiyang is a mix of three different people).
Both contain Tangut characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Western Xia Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
Both dramas are set during the Song Dynasty and prominently feature Khitan characters from the Liao Dynasty.
Both dramas contain Khitan characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Liao Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
Both works contain Khitan characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Liao Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Western Xia Dynasty.
Both dramas contain Khitan characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Liao Dynasty and Song Dynasty.
Both dramas contain Khitan characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Liao Dynasty, Song Dynasty, and Western Xia Dynasty.
Both works contain Khitan characters and show ethnic conflicts/tensions between Liao Dynasty and Song Dynasty.

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