Fifty years of modern Chinese history (1900-1950), including wars, revolutions and corrupt politics, as seen through the life and times of a simple Beijing policeman and his family.
Da Xiang, a girl whose father died early, was deceived and sold to a brothel, and her desperate mother chose to commit suicide. Now a prostitute, she faces a tortuous life.
A ballet film. An ancient Chinese legend tells of the love between the brave young man Yanchang Liu and the fairy Shengmu San, guardian of the unquenchable magic lantern.
