The Legend of the Purple Hairpin

Based in Chinese opera the film tells the story of a young scholar in the Tang Dynasty Li Yi who travels to the capital Changan to take the national civil examination During the Lantern Festival he encounters Huo Xiaoyu in the night market and picks up the purple hairpin she leaves behind by chance Using the hairpin as a token of love Li proposes to her on that same night However the course of true love never did run smooth With the assistance of a mysterious man in the yellow robe Huangshanke together they have to fight against the wicked plot of Official Lu