1994: South China

A young girl from the city is sent out to work in a village of Dai people in China's cultural revolution. Here she learns to enjoy being young and gains a new outlook on life.

The story of three generations of a family in Shanghai against the backdrop of tumultuous times.

A Beijing bus driver is in love with a ticket-taker, but she becomes pregnant by a Singapore student.

Raised in occupied Manchuria during World War II, young Shuzi is left behind when her father's regiment suddenly retreats. When she is captured on the Great Wall, she is protected by a Chinese officer whom she marries and accompanies to his village in Yunnan. Shortly after they arrive, he dies and leaves her with his compassionate mother and younger brother, who claims to be her husband now.

Sha Ou is a volleyball player and works hard against her injuries resulting from training. In spite of her defeat in an international competition and the the death of her boyfriend, she insists on her training.

The biography of famous Chinese geologist Li Siguang.