七十年代初。昆仑军区来学校招兵了。袁鹰、丁浩天、吕强、方扬四个好朋友都报了名。袁鹰的父母袁有生（储智博 饰）和翠莲（徐松子 饰）反对袁鹰（殷桃 饰）当兵。袁鹰不甘心，搭车去追赶队伍，找到韦铁（李幼斌 饰）。韦铁和袁有生曾经是某边防连搭档，在一次消灭越境叛匪的战斗中，袁有生为在那遥远的地方掩护韦铁负伤失去生育能力，韦铁把刚出生的女儿送给转业回乡的袁有生，承诺和女儿永不相见。

　　十八年后，韦铁当上昆仑军区司令，爱人桂红云（顾燕 饰）当了医院科主任，女儿韦洁（宋汶霏 饰）也在医院当护理员。袁鹰的突然到来，让韦铁又惊又喜，但是他不敢收留袁鹰，他向袁有生保证会遵守当年的承诺。韦铁向桂红云隐瞒着袁鹰就是女儿的真相，而桂红云则一直在瞒着韦铁寻找女儿。

In That Distant Place is a 2009 Chinese drama television series. The TV series is set in the 1970s during and just after the Cultural Revolution. It follows four childhood friends - three males and one female - as they joined the Kunlun Division of the People's Liberation Army and are posted to Ürümqi and the Kunlun Mountains. The series chronicles their army and love lives as the two of the males become border guards and the female a combat medic.

The series debuted on CCTV-1 on 26 July 2009 and comprises 29 episodes.