The Mashi Village in western Hunan hints at the special funeral culture here with its stilted buildings, ancient tea groves and the earthen bun graves in the wild bamboo forest behind the village where corpses are said to be expelled.
The unearthed rhombus-shaped bronze mirror hides the Sanskrit curse of "opening your eyes will lead to death". Its casting process combines elements of Tang Dynasty bronze mirrors and Tubo Tantric Buddhism, and the mirror surface hides strange water ripples.
Through the story of Grandpa Yongfa's tomb robbery and retribution when he was young, future generations will repeatedly step into the same cursed fate, and the love and hatred between generations of the Song family and the Tang family will be revealed.
