Selling QR Codes in the Tang Dynasty

In a time of chaos, coded messages hide in talisman papers, and QR codes knock at the gates of the golden age of the Tang. A bronze talisman reflects the snow; plum blossoms weep blood. In the ghostly traces on a phone screen, the faces of countless people emerge. When the final talisman sinks into the dust, Chang’an’s lights are drawing the character for “person” into an everlasting new symbol.