The costume TV series Nirvana in Fire is adapted from Haiyan's online novel of the same name. The original work is an online novel with an overhead history. The TV series Nirvana in Fire is set in the dynasty with Nanliang as the background.

Nanliang (502 -557) was the third dynasty in the Southern Dynasties in the history of China, and was later replaced by the Southern Qi Imperial Clan, which proclaimed itself emperor and built health (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). The national name Liang, in the county, has a fief, hence the name Liang. Because the royal family name is Xiao, also known as Xiao.