The Three Gorges Dam, the largest ever built on earth, is under construction in China. It is expected to be completed in 2009. Until then, millions of local residents will have been relocated, because hundreds of towns and large areas of land will be under water, as well as countless natural monuments and historically important places. The film documents the relocation of Fengjie in 2002, a move that greatly changed the lives of many people and caused them worry and strife.