The film is based on the creation and birth of the Shaanbei folk song "Driving the Sacrificial Spirit", telling the pure yet tortuous love story betwe[Expand All]
The film is based on the creation and birth of the Shaanbei folk song "Driving the Sacrificial Spirit", telling the pure yet tortuous love story between the protagonist Zhang Deyi and Ma Cuicui. Zhang Deyi, who drove the sacrificial animals, was loyal and affectionate towards his brothers. Ma Cuicui, the daughter of the downplayed local official Ma Guixiang, was dexterous and virtuous. This couple, who had been inseparable since childhood, vowed on the Loess Plateau, facing the blue sky and white clouds, to "live and die together" for the rest of their lives. The sweetness of first love soon mingled with the bitterness of reality. Ma Guixiang became a guarantor for his uncle who was in business, but unexpectedly, his uncle vanished without a trace. Creditors came to his door to force him, and the prison door was already open to Ma Guixiang, even affecting Cuicui's younger sister, Ma Yanyan. To save Cui Cui's father, Ma Guixiang, Zhang Deyi, with all the property his mother had kept in her chest as capital, traveled day and night, leaving his footprints all over Shanxi, Shaanxi and Inner Mongolia. However, the gambly-addicted Kou Mingbao, lured by the owner of the noodle factory, Ai Youcai, stole De Yi's money bag and fled. Helplessly, with the financial support of the owner of the cart shop and the camel caravan driver Zhang Chong, Zhang Deyi once again set out on the journey to drive the sacrificial animals. However, misfortunes never come alone. The camel caravan encountered a gang led by the bandits Sha Lifei. Master Zhang Chong was killed, and Zhang Deyi, seriously injured, was carried back to Yulan's home at the cart shop by his brother Hu Wo to recuperate. Meanwhile, the due date for repaying the debt had come... Ai Wenbao, the son of Ai Youcai, helped Ma Cuicui's family repay the money owed to their creditors. Desperate, Ma Cuicui thought that De Yi had lost his life and was on her way to deliver the animal. Eventually, she chose to marry Ai Wenbao as a way to repay him. On the wedding day, Cuicui's father, Ma Guixiang, was crying like a child... After their marriage, Cui Cui and Ai Wenbao visited the seriously ill mother of De Yi, but they ran into De Yi who had returned in a hurry... De Yi and Hu Wa once again embarked on the path of herding animals. In those days, the land of northern Shaanxi witnessed a most beautiful emotion, and this unique beauty has always been immersed in the ocean of music.[Collapse]
