The play is adapted from Li Juan's collection of essays of the same name, excerpting the chapter about the marriage between Han and Kazakh people. The film also incorporates nomadic migration and horse racing into the film, recreating the scenery of northern Xinjiang in an original way.Li Wenxiu (played by Zhou Yili), a Han girl who grew up in Altay, is determined to pursue her literary dream in the big city, but she repeatedly encounters obstacles and is forced to return to her hometown to live with her mother (played by Ma Yili) who runs a canteen.After getting acquainted with the Kazakh boy Batai (played by Yu Shi), Wenxiu gradually discovered the beauty of the place.