Xu Lixia, an actor, once played the role of Zijuan in 1987 TV series A Dream of Red Mansions, then went to sea to do business, and now lives in the United States and runs a jewelry chain store.

The CCTV version of A Dream of Red Mansions premiered on 1987. It is a costume series produced by CCTV and China TV Drama Production Center based on the Chinese classic Dream of Red Mansions. Directed by Mr. Wang Fulin, Zhou, Wang Meng, Ling Zhou, Cao Yu and Shen Congwen participated in the production. The first 29 episodes of this drama are basically faithful to the first 80 episodes of Cao Xueqin's original work, while the last 7 episodes of this drama still adopt the last 40 episodes of Cheng Gaoben, abandoning the little reunion ending of Baoyu Zhongju, Gui Lan Qifang and Jia Fosun. According to the research results of Zhi Pi and A Dream of Red Mansions, the plots of Xiangling's death, Chunchang's marriage, Jia Mu's death and Qiaojie's rescue were revised, and the plots of visiting the prison in the temple, Xifeng's death in prison, Xiangyun's falling and Jia Fu's death were recreated. After the broadcast, the play was well received by the public and replayed more than a thousand times. Known as "a wonderful chapter in the history of China TV" and "an insurmountable classic".