Gua Shu Shijie - Melon Harvest In China, the modern meets the traditional and personal relationships are still very traditional and there are many social obstacles keeping young men and women apart. Melon Harvest is the story of a couple of young Chinese lovers that have been too shy to get together. The beautiful Meilin plays her traditional guzheng musical instrument at an elite party of modern Shanghainese and a mix of expatriate foreigners. Charged with the excitement of performance and the insistence of her friends, she asks the young man, Jiang Lu whom she likes to carry home her instrument for her. Due to a rather comical miscommunication their relationship starts off on the wrong foot. A vulgar Chinese saying for taking a girl’s virginity can be to say “split her melon” — which is about equivalent to saying “pop her cherry” in English. This crude saying combined with some persistent melon images leads to clumsy and comical misunderstandings that are common in first love.