1999

A scene from Lotus Lantern. [Photo/Mtime]

Lotus Lantern

Director: Chang Guangxi

Release date: July 30, 1999

Erlang Shen, or the second son of God, had a sister known as the Holy Mother of Mount Hua. She married a mortal scholar, Liu Yanchang, though it was forbidden for those in Heaven to marry mortals, and gave birth to a son named Chen Xiang. She was admonished by her brother for the human-deity union and imprisoned under a mountain. When Chen Xiang came of age, he split the mountain with an axe to free his mother under the guidance of the Monkey King.