Where Rivers and Mountains Have Spirits: Cang Mang Search

A young scholar, Lin Feng, sets out on an academic field trip because his mentor is deeply concerned about the endangered culture of the tusi chieftain system in the Bashu region. In Lingxi Town, deep in the Wuling Mountains, a historic town where Tujia, Miao, Han, and other ethnic cultures blend together, he is immersed in a folkloric atmosphere full of myths: people tell stories of the White Tiger Lord, Nuogong and Nuomu, the Meishan Hunting God, and the Mountain Ghost Yunniang.

These legends permeate the patterns on brocade, the masks used in Nuo opera, and the ancient mountain songs.