A geological prospector died of thirst in the desert, his wife sets up an inn there to help all prospectors. A young man comes and helps the lady to dig a well. They fall in love but he is actually a escaped prisoner.
A young foreign couple commissions a carpet factory in Urumqi to make a specific rose pattern. The factory director sends three young men into Hotan to look for the right carpet.
The lives and loves of 5 young people of the Uighur minority in Xinjiang set in a musical that reflects the upsurge of disco and breakdancing in late 80s China.