During a troubled time in China in the late 1800s, the corrupt Empress Dowager and her favorite eunuch Li Hung Cheung decided to hold a Lion Dance Competition. But the Lion Dance (martial arts) schools see the competition as an opportunity to boost their strength, causing much chaos and fighting. Wong Fey Hong, the best martial artist in China, travels to Peking to visit his father, a lion-head manufacturer and is forced
