In 1931, Shen Baizhi was eighteen and Jiang Yanxing was twenty-three. They met in an era torn apart by war, when the chaos of the times left no room for their love. Shen Baizhi went to England, while Jiang Yanxing stayed in Yanjing.
Six years later, Shen Baizhi was twenty-four and Jiang Yanxing was twenty-nine. Shen Baizhi returned home after completing her studies, only to find Yanjing fallen. The two set out south for Kunming.
In 1945, Shen Baizhi was thirty-two and Jiang Yanxing was thirty-seven. Japan had been defeated, and the two returned to Yanjing. Revisiting places from their past, they stood together in the endless snow at Wuxiang Temple, as if their hair had turned white at the same time.
