Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War(1937-1945), the US army brings supplies to China by flying over the Himalayas. A love story then ensues between an American pilot and a Tibetan girl who saved his life when his airplane crashed.

A Tibetan girl, who’d be a bride, could sing the traditional folk song Ganglamedo magically and elegantly. Her name was the same as the name of the song. But she disappeared in the night of her wedding. 60 years later, An Yu, a singer of Han nationality, became hot for singing Ganglamedo. But she lost her voice in a performance and then she disappeared, too. Is Ganglamedo a beautiful curse?

叶兰（朱茵 饰）和路建国（王志飞 饰）结婚多年，最初的激情早已经被时间磨灭暗淡，夫妻两人之间常常因为鸡毛蒜皮的小事产生争吵。在二十周年结婚纪念日那天，叶兰和丈夫之间发生了一场前所未有的激烈争吵，叶兰忍不住提出了离婚，一气之下，路建国竟然选择了离家出走。 某日，一个年轻人敲响了叶兰家的门，他说自己叫路大民（杜天皓 饰），是路建国的侄子。路大民的出现改变了叶兰苍白无助的生活，他不仅和叶兰的儿子成为了朋友，还狠狠捉弄了一把企图追求叶兰的萧峰（黄征 饰）。随着时间的推移，叶兰渐渐开始对路大民的身份产生了怀疑，因为他实在是太像年轻时候的路建国了。

Based on the novel, “Love by the West Lake” by Wang Xufeng, “The Chanting Willows” is set against the backdrop of the Orioles in the Willows Garden, by Hangzhou’s West Lake, and tells of the emotional entanglement between a fan painter and two female Yue opera performers, Chuitiao and Yinxin. The two girls have performed together since they were children and are like sisters. Chuitiao is true to her nature and lives for the opera, whereas Yinxin appears naive, but knows how to work her way up by currying favour with the right people. ​The two are inseparable until the fan painter, Gong Yushan arrives on the scene. As the popularity of Yue Opera wanes, Chui Tiao and Yinxin’s relationship also deteriorates. It is only towards the end, when they are about to part, that they realise that the person they need the most is each other.