Yan is the protagonist in the TV series Hero and its derivative works, born in 19 18, a native of Guandong Mountain, Jilin Province, and a young man with blood feuds.
Alone, he challenged the remnants of the Japanese puppet army, bandits, bullies and other evil forces entrenched in Guandong Mountain and Black Gobi (note: Black Gobi is among the desert gun gods, and the desert gun gods are remakes of heroes). After many hardships, he finally became the number one legendary hero of Guandong Mountain.