金瓶少女

"Golden Vase Girl" is a Chinese drama film released in 2005, starring Yan Qingyu, Tong Ruixin and He Saifei. The film unfolds with the story of the queen of the bridal chamber, telling the fate of a woman involved in the vortex of desire

On the morning of the second day when the story begins, the bride Sanqiaoer is entrusted by the groom's officer Jiang Xingge to keep an ancestral pearl shirt. Jiang Xingge, on the other hand, left home for Guangdong to collect the outstanding debts. At this time, the couple Liu and Yi are experiencing their own difficulties. Liu decided to leave his hometown and go north to do business. Before leaving, he presented Yi with a silver hairpin, hoping that his family would be safe. However, Liu's trip to the north became long and silent, and the war in the north worried Yi day and night.

Yi gradually fell into the abyss of loneliness and longing. One day, when she went to the Buddhist hall to pay her vows and returned home, she was insulted by bourgeois hooligans. She was seriously injured and returned home, crying all day long. However, this sadness did not stop her from seeking pleasure, and she was entangled with many men. Among these men, the one who moved Yi most was a wealthy businessman. In order to express her love, Yi gave him the silver hairpin.

However, a wealthy businessman passed by a post station on his way to do business in the north and saw a group of poor refugees. After drinking, he talked about his affairs with women, and proudly displayed the silver hairpin. However, due to a trick of fate, Liu who escaped from the war happened to be among the refugees. In anger, Liu grabbed the silver hairpin, rode on a fast horse, and quickly disappeared into the dark night.

"The Girl in the Gold Bottle" reveals the complexity of human nature and the impermanence of fate by showing the intertwining of the protagonists' desires and fates. While guarding the ancestral belongings, Sanqiaoer also guards the longing and hope for her husband. Yi's loneliness and desire were released in the war-torn era, but it also led to an unfortunate ending.