Plot Summary:Eight-year-old Li Tong from Beijing loses her bus pass one day after school. She decides to walk home. On her way, she encounters a warm-hearted old lady, a security guard, a young woman, a man wearing a panda costume, and even a little thief. She soon finds herself hopelessly lost. Only a boy her age, who doesn't go to school but really knows his way around Beijing, offers her a helping hand.
Combining a touching childhood tale with slice-of-life scenes from one day in Beijing, Li Tong tells the story of the eponymous girl's journey home through the realities of a city and country in transition.