Maeumui Gohyang plot
Do-Seong is a child and already a monk. He lives in a temple on a small mountain with the chief monk, who teaches him the teachings of Buddha. He becomes attached to a young widow, who comes to pray in the temple. The childless widow begs the head monk to let her raise Do-Seong as her own son. When Do-Seong's real mother appears, a conflict first arises. However, she leaves the temple for the sake of her son's future. On the day the widow is about to take the child, the head monk discovers that Do-seong has killed a bird and decides not to let the boy go to the secular world. When Do-Seong finds out that his real mother has been to the temple, he sets out to find her.