Wu Qijiang

On a dark and stormy night, Liu Ling (Tao Hui) finds three corpses suspected of being murdered in a hut. She becomes terrified and wants to escape, but a black phantom slowly climbed up behind her, never to be seen again. Many years later, Liu Tian (Wang Cheng) brings friends Fang Wenqing (Wu Qijiang) and Ye Zi (Zhao Shijin) and others came to the ghost village again to find the whereabouts of his sister Liu Ling. There is an unnamed monument at the entrance of the village. At nightfall, a series of horrible things happened. The next day, everyone saw Liu Tian in front of the stele. It turned out that he suspected whether his sister was buried under the stele. Liu Tian came to the haunted house where his sister had an accident and found her sister's skeleton. That night Liu Tian kept having nightmares and his spirit collapsed. From then on, every night in the dead of night, a ghost with only a head, a face, and no body would appear next to their pillows. Can they still leave here?

Inspired by Haining shadow puppetry, one of China’s first designated Intangible Cultural Heritage arts, the film follows Da Jiang, a humble performer in the Kunqu opera troupe "Wufeng Ban," secretly in love with his fellow performer Tianyin, who is betrothed to their senior, Changhong. Gifted with a sensitivity to light and shadow, Da Jiang discovers an old box containing shadow puppets and a script of The Tale of Hibiscus, which ignites his artistic passion. When Changhong loses his voice before a major farewell performance, Da Jiang steps in, winning Tianyin's gratitude. But rumors spread after she is seen attending his shadow puppet show, and Da Jiang leaves in silence to avoid conflict. Tianyin and Changhong go to Shanghai, while Da Jiang retreats to Yanguan Town, living aboard an abandoned boat and vowing to revive the once-glorious art of Haining shadow puppetry. There, he founds his own troupe: “Jianghai Ban.”

In the 1990s, teenagers Chen Yi and Miao Jing met due to their parents, initially getting off to a rocky start. However, Miao Jing's kindness eventually softens Chen Yi's attitude towards her. Chen Yi and Miao Jing's relationship deepens after Chen Yi's father dies and Miao Jing's mother disappears, leaving the two to rely only on each other. Miao Jing eventually confesses her feelings for Chen Yi, but he pushes her away after he gets tangled up as a crime witness, urging her to leave their city. Years later, Chen Yi runs a billiards hall in their hometown, while Miao Jing returns for a work assignment. But when Chen Yi suspects that Miao Jing's boss is involved in smuggling, he vows to protect her – and stay by her side.

The story of Song Yunhui, Lei Dongbao, and Yang Xun as they take part in China’s economic reform from the 1980s to the 1990s.

The story revolves around several boys and girls who grew up together along the canal, after leaving to make their own growth, reunite after many years. After experiencing competition and the pressures of life, they rediscover the hope for a new life.

Chen Jianghe is an orphan, picked up and taken home by Chen Jinshui. While growing up, he picked up various business strategies from the adults around him. Now an adult, he nurtures this business acumen by travelling throughout China. It is during these travels where he meets Lu Yuzhu who shares a similar situation in life, as well as Yang Shiu, a wealthy girl who just returned from living abroad.