The Legend of Ziwucun

An ancient temple deep in the mountains, a beautiful Taoist priestess, and thousand-year-old pines and cypresses. Chen Musheng, a young man from the countryside, has spent years traveling around doing carpentry work with his master, Zhang Shuanhou. Rumors spread after his wife, Guihua, has an affair with his adoptive father, Chen Kangzhu. In a fit of fury, Chen Musheng commits murder, and the bloodstained axe vanishes without a trace. His childhood friend Gouwa's mother, Zhang Fenhua, gives birth to a baby with a tail. Gouwa marries the foolish daughter of a butcher, and strange things keep happening in Ziwucun...