In the 34th year of Guangxu's reign, Shen He, an old kiln worker in Jingdezhen, spent three years trying to make the "Nine Dragon Sky Vase" with the ancestral red glaze, creating an unprecedented kiln revolution. When the kiln fire reached its peak, the thrilling "bloody red" finally appeared, and nine dark dragons writhed under the glaze - only to be shattered by a roaring train, along with his half-life obsession, shattered into powder.
The family was in decline, and father and son turned against each other. His son Shen Wenqing believed in foreign learning and regarded his father's craftsmanship as worn-out shoes; Shen He was trapped in the dilapidated Chengyun Kiln, fighting against the tide of the times with his blood, sweat and self-esteem. In order to raise money for the medicine, he was forced to make a contract with Harrison, a foreign merchant, to re-fire the bloody glaze within the limit of five kilns.
When he poured blood into the glaze and poured liquor into the kiln to create a demonic "bloody red", everyone thought he was making a lot of money, but they didn't know that beneath the magnificent glaze was a craftsman's sacrifice and betrayal of art. The moment he smashed his hard-earned work with his own hands, the kiln fire reflected his pale face - this was a confrontation between tradition and modernity, a tear between dignity and survival, and it was the last cry of grief carved by a craftsman in the cracks of the times with his life.
