Introduction to the work "Ghost Tomb"
Shen Zhou, a boy from Xiangxi, has been managing a junk shop with his uncle Jiu since he was a child. A bronze ghost lamp engraved with "The South Dipper brings life, the Big Dipper brings death" breaks the ordinary life of the two people. The lamp body is hot and the red beads on the wick are moving, which indicates that an adventure spanning the four realms of earth, water, Gu and heaven is about to begin.
From the faceless lantern owner of the "Ghost Lantern Tomb" in Heisongling, to the rotten soul ship and underwater ghosts in the "Bone Crossing" of Yuanjiang River; from the soul-eating Gu mother in the "Gu God Cave" in Basha Miao Village, to the sky lantern guarded by the "Ice Corpse" in Nyenchen Tanglha Snow Mountain, Shen Zhou and Uncle Jiu followed the guidance of the bronze lantern and gradually uncovered the secret of the four interlocking lanterns of the "Heaven and Earth Water Gu". But when the three-lamp "World-Suppressing Lamp" appeared in the world, it attracted the "Lamp Demon" who specializes in devouring lanterns. The museum was stolen, the lantern spirit was taken away, and the Dengsha Prison was unsealed. The ultimate showdown involving the evil spirits in the world suddenly started in the Qinling Lamp Valley.
The story uses the "bronze lantern" as a clue to connect regional cultural elements such as Xiangxi folk customs, Miao village magic, snow mountain secrets, etc. In the thrilling narrative of the tomb robbing adventure, it integrates the core of family obsession and self-redemption - Uncle Jiu went through life and death in search of his mother's soul, Shen Zhou grew from an ignorant boy to a lantern keeper, and the secrets hidden in the shadows of the lanterns eventually became the interpretation of the word "guarding". Weird mechanisms, difficult evil spirits, and unsolved lights not only outline an adventure world full of oriental fantasy, but also hide the game of human nature and desire, making every exploration into dangerous situations a journey of questioning the original intention.
