Xiqu

“Roaming the Lake” from Legend of the White Snake
During the Song dynasty, scholar Xu Xian meets Bai Suzhen, a personified thousand-year old white snake, while visiting the West Lake. They fall in love at first sight, but for the sake of social propriety, they are unable to express their love. Xiao Qing then uses magic to conjure up a storm to bring the two lovers together.

Mu Guiying’s Marriage Proposal
General Yang Zongbao needs the “Dragon Slaying Wood” to defeat the Heaven’s Gate Formation of Liao’s army. Brigand leader Mu Guiying is seeking a husband and announces that the “Dragon Slaying Wood” would be her dowry. Zongbao loathes such arrangement and refuses the marriage. However, Guiying knows that they are pre-destined and she enslaves him. Finally Zongbao succumbs, and along with his beautiful wife, they save the country.

“Roaming the Garden” and “Chasing after the Husband” from Di Qing and Princess Shuangyang
The Liao army invades and Di Qing leads a troop to reinforce the border. Duped by a traitor, he mistakenly enters the Kingdom of Shan Shan and is captured by Princess Shuangyang. The princess admires Di’s talents, and their love quickly develops into a happy marriage. One day, Di Qing is devastated upon learning of his mother’s imprisonment back at his home country. Determined to save his mother, he deceives the princess and flees home. The princess then leads a chase after her husband.