Strange Tales of Ancient Tree Village: A Taoist Apprentice's Journal

The story takes place in Gushu Village, deep in the mountains of southwest China. The village preserves traditional funeral customs, and its residents revere ghosts and gods but remain closed-minded. In recent years, young people have left to find work, bringing traditional and modern beliefs into conflict. Some have exploited superstition to swindle others. What seem to be supernatural incidents involving “exorcisms and ghost-hunting” are really a struggle between human greed and scientific reason. Every “ghost” is either a human fabrication or a natural phenomenon, and science ultimately reveals the truth.