The Dance of Passion

The draught had been going on for three months already on the Loess Plateau. Village girl KAR Chun-fun knelt beside a parched well and prayed for rain. Up on the hills, at the YIMs...

When the YIMs see SING, they chase him away. Luckily, SING’s good friend and also the eldest son of the SUNGs, SUNG TUNG-YEUNG, rescues him. SING is determined to place his father’...

YEUNG refuses to marry FUN, saying that she is not born on a good date. YUK, however, argues that they are meant to be a couple and forces them to get married. YEUNG discloses to S...

FUNG and FUN return to the YIMs safely. TIN ask about her getting lost and she blames him for his distrust. FUN injures herself so that YUK will not suspect the blood on her leg. H...

FUNG marches into HEI’s study and demands a divorce so that she can have her freedom and dignity back. HEI is furious and tells her he controls her life and death. YUK asks FUN to...

CHO rescues HIU, but HEI keeps him imprisoned in his home. YIP is upset about that. HEI believes it is a good opportunity to get rid of YEUNG. FUNG runs into HEI’s study and releas...

HEI learns that TIN has given FUNG a silver locket as a gift of love and decides to force TIN to get married. He asks TIN where he has put the silver locket, as it is a gift passed...

FUNG seizes HEI’s gun and shoots at him. Suddenly, a group of bandits appear. HEI pulls FUNG away and hides in a cave. HEI is badly hurt and passes out. FUNG drags him along as she...

YEUNG is being laughed at by his people for his impotency. He knows KWAI is spreading rumors about him to take revenge. YEUNG gets himself drunk and FUN takes him back to his room....

YEUNG is very attentive to FUN and she is glad. TO and his daughter are bullied by the YIMs. SING confronts HEI when he tries to help them. Suddenly, a horse gets out of control an...

When YUET helps massage LAN, LAN takes the opportunity to create conflict between YUET and FUN. YUK scolds her but she mocks her back. Rumors have it that YUK and HEI are having an...

SING congratulates YEUNG for having a son. He wonders why LAN will do something like that to hurt YEUNG without benefiting herself. SING goes to the YIMs to help clean up horse dun...

FUNG is suspicious of LAN’s death. YUK denies she is responsible and asks her to help her say a few good words in front of HEI, so that YEUNG will not be affected. FUNG tells her t...

FUNG visits YUK at night and tells her about MAN’s pretence and conspiracy. YEUNG and SING go to look for MAN and find him being attacked. He passes out and YUK desperately seeks t...

FUN blames herself for the miscarriage and is sorry that the family is disappointed. FUNG comforts her. SING goes to visit TO and sees FUN returning to her home. He hides outside h...

KEI is discontented with HEI lending money to YUK to pay for FUN’s ransom. He believes that FUN is raped by the bandits and not worth the money. FUNG is angry and argues with him....

The SUNGs and the YIMs are fighting over the issue of water shortage. HEI tries to calm everyone down by saying that he has sent people to the neighboring town to dig wells and bri...

It is HUNG’s birthday and FUNG helps dress her up beautifully. YIP is furious. FUN is not angry with KAM, since she has been told by her mother from when she was small that she alw...

Suddenly, it rains and FUN is saved. KWAI suspects that SING and FUN are having an affair. Luckily, HEI arrives and clarifies the issue for them. HEI then imprisons YIP and tricks...

FUNG tells FUN to elope with SING and start a new life. She is willing to help them. YUK is angry that FUNG has told FUN the truth and admits that she will do anything to ensure YE...

YUK feels hopeless and tells FUN that it is her idea to make her pregnant and SING has nothing to do with it. She is willing to set her free. HEI is sad to have killed CHI KWAN. He...

In order to stop SING from taking revenge, TO threatens to tell HEI his plan. SING then tells TO that HEI has once raped CHEUK and TO is shocked. YUET asks YUK if FUN is to stay or...

When FUNG learns that HEI brings YUK bear’s gallbladder and musk to help cure her deafness, she is upset. When SING passes by the punishment site, he sees KEI’s mother and also FUN...

YEUNG blames YUET for not looking for FUN when she disappears for two days. YUET tells him that FUN has decided to leave, but YEUNG argues that FUN has nowhere to go. He believes t...

YUET increases the land rent, but the tenant refuses to negotiate with her. He requests to talk to YUK instead. YUET is angry. TIN appears to help her and YUET is grateful. All of...

CHO imprisons HEI and HEI is surprised to find that SING is captured as well. FUNG asks YIP to rescue HEI, but YIP hints she must leave HEI in return. CHO suddenly releases HEI and...

YUK believes YUET need not get pregnant by another man to secure YEUNG’s position as the Superintendent. YUET does not agree with her and blames her for ruining the name of the SUN...

YUET faints and is still worried about the baby even in her sleep. FUN asks YEUNG to try to understand YUET’s intentions and selflessness. When YUET comes round, she is touched to...

FUNG arrives at the SUNGs and accuses YUK of having cruel intentions on HEI. FUNG asks YUK to leave the YIMs, but she refuses. The new Superintendent of the SUNGs, KWAI, gets hold...

KWAI leads his men to the SUNGs to look for HEI, but he is nowhere in sight. It turns out that YUK has let him leave. She cannot bear to have him caught. SING and FUN arrive at the...

YIP suddenly faints. HEI thinks FUNG tries to kill YIP, but the doctor tells him that YIP has been sick for a very long time and will die soon. TO bears FUN uphill and on his way,...

FUNG, FUN and CHUI are hurrying to the punishment site when they come face to face with the bandits. FUNG is taken away. The bandits try to rape FUN and CHUI. FUN runs for her life...