Girls at a Beijing High School in 1952 have dreams for China.

A coming of age story. A rich and spoiled youth comes home from studying abroad. After night of drunkenness, him and his friend wake up in the past in the middle of a war.

The film tells the story about the daughter of a Nationalist general who revisits the famous summer resort Lushan Mountain in Jiangxi province in 1980 and falls in love with the son of a senior general of the Chinese Communist Party.

Yi Ru is falsely accused of being a rightist in the People's Republic of China and severs all connections with his family.

In 1949, as the country celebrates liberation, KMT agents are ploting.

When schoolboy Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious classmates. When the gourd proves more of a burden than a blessing and the boy decides to get rid of it, he quickly discovers that's easier said than done.

The film is a powerful condemnation of the political radicalism of the Cultural Revolution and shows how ordinary people were victimized during a decade of turmoil.