Centers around the legend of Princess Huanzhu during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

A delicate and insightful tale about love, career, and the meaning of life, Jade Guan-Yin details the difficult love life between a man and a woman who met at a Taekwondo training center. As their affair deepens, the man gradually becomes aware of her troubled relationships with men. Now the must comes to term with accepting her past and relying on time to cure the scars that still linger in her.