Five Golden Flowers

The film opens with Ah Peng (Mo Zijiang), an ethnic Bai, on his way to a festival in Dali City, Yunnan. Along the way he meets Jinhua (played by the sixteen-year-old Yang Likun) who needs help to fix her wagon. Ah Peng helps her and later goes on to win the horse race at the festival. Impressed with his skill and kindness Jinhua falls in love with him. Ah Peng and Jinhua agree to meet one year thence, but when Ah Peng returns he cannot find her.