A boy is kidnapped but it is a case of mistaken identity.

An ancient curse falls on a young ginseng-gatherer in the remote mountains.

A taxi driver is ready to raise an infant abandoned in his cab in Beijing.

Zhang Ziyi plays the youngest of three generations of women who leads lives in Shanghai. Joan Chen plays the great-grandmother, grandmother, and mother. The film recounts this family, the mistakes they make, and a cycle that the granddaughter breaks out of.

Wei takes the girl he slept with for his long missing daughter and kills her to keep the scandal in secret. But finally Wei dies because of his crime.

On his way to Mecca for his pilgrimage, a young Orphan goes to Beijing, where is starts to learn about the art of jade crafting.

During the Chinese-Japanese war, an archaelogist finds the treasury of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, attracting the attention of the Kuomintang, the Japanese and the Green Dragon gang.