2 thoughts on “Brief introduction to the plot of Du Shiniang”
Angela
Although the famous prostitute Du Shiniang is humble, she believes that there is still true love in the world. In the brothel, she is waiting for the man who is willing to redeem her and take her away. In the performance one night, she fell in love with the scholar Li Jia at first sight after Li Jia was a famous and prosperous family, although he lived a prosperous life, he could not afford Du Shiniang's expensive status. Facing this situation, Li Jia began to escape. Du Shiniang took advantage of the opportunity to bet with the brothel owner Yaksha and set a ransom price for herself -- thousand taels of gold. She repeatedly encouraged Li Jia to face up and give her savings to Li Jia, so that he could redeem himself. Du Shiniang, who has become a good girl, is full of hope for the future. However, in order to test Li Jia's feelings for herself, she still asks her maid to go to test Li Jia, but Li Jia muddles through Du Shiniang happily goes home by boat with Li Jia. However, the Li family is still worried about Du Shiniang's status as a prostitute and refuses to accept them. Li Jia is upset and uses wine to relieve her worries. She meets her classmate Sun Fu. Sun Fu has long coveted Du Shiniang's beauty and proposed to buy Du Shiniang at a high price. Li Jia has no money and accepts Sun Fu's terms when Du Shiniang learned about this, she was heartbroken. Her original hopes for love and future life were shattered by the cruel reality. She dressed herself in a wedding dress, and faced Sun Fu's sedan chair, she showed Li Jia the jewels she had accumulated all her life. These jewels were enough for her and Li Jia to live in. Li Jia was very sorry at the moment. When she tried to recover, Du Shiniang had already jumped into the river with the treasure chest in her arms and committed suicide
Although the famous prostitute Du Shiniang is humble, she believes that there is still true love in the world. In the brothel, she is waiting for the man who is willing to redeem her and take her away. In the performance one night, she fell in love with the scholar Li Jia at first sight
after Li Jia was a famous and prosperous family, although he lived a prosperous life, he could not afford Du Shiniang's expensive status. Facing this situation, Li Jia began to escape. Du Shiniang took advantage of the opportunity to bet with the brothel owner Yaksha and set a ransom price for herself -- thousand taels of gold. She repeatedly encouraged Li Jia to face up and give her savings to Li Jia, so that he could redeem himself. Du Shiniang, who has become a good girl, is full of hope for the future. However, in order to test Li Jia's feelings for herself, she still asks her maid to go to test Li Jia, but Li Jia muddles through
Du Shiniang happily goes home by boat with Li Jia. However, the Li family is still worried about Du Shiniang's status as a prostitute and refuses to accept them. Li Jia is upset and uses wine to relieve her worries. She meets her classmate Sun Fu. Sun Fu has long coveted Du Shiniang's beauty and proposed to buy Du Shiniang at a high price. Li Jia has no money and accepts Sun Fu's terms
when Du Shiniang learned about this, she was heartbroken. Her original hopes for love and future life were shattered by the cruel reality. She dressed herself in a wedding dress, and faced Sun Fu's sedan chair, she showed Li Jia the jewels she had accumulated all her life. These jewels were enough for her and Li Jia to live in. Li Jia was very sorry at the moment. When she tried to recover, Du Shiniang had already jumped into the river with the treasure chest in her arms and committed suicide
The film tells the story of Du Shiniang, a gorgeous beauty, who wants to escape from the past but is abandoned because she knows no one