The Peach Girl follows the relationship of King Teh-en (Jin Yan), the son of a wealthy landowner, and Miss Lim (Ruan Lingyu), the daughter of a poor herder.

The film is set in rural China, where Teh-en and Miss Lim share a close friendship during their childhood despite the social gap between their families.

It centres on forbidden romance and portrays the tragic consequences of defying social norms, including Miss Lim’s pregnancy, illness, and eventual death.

King Teh-en’s character represents the weakness and moral decay of the upper class, while his mother's eventual acceptance of Miss Lim's child offers a form of redemption.

The first VCD and DVD rereleases of the film in mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan all used the same battered, cropped, dark prints.

[4] The film was remade in 1957 into a Hokkien-language Singaporean-Hong Kong film, Peach Blossom Weeps Blood, which was directed by Chen Huanwen (陳煥文) and starring Kong Fan (江帆), Pai Yun (白雲), Lin Yanyan (林燕燕) and Ivy Ling Po (then using the stage name Xiaojuan 小娟).