Small Town Funeral Record

In 2020, there were heavy rains in Rongcheng, and 32-year-old Chen Yan fell from the bottom of the system - he was forced to resign due to an air gun incident, crashed while running a freight truck, was owed wages by an advertising company, broke his leg at a construction site, and finally became a food delivery rider, struggling to survive between mortgage and livelihood. One day when he was helping out in the rain, he accidentally ran into the funeral shop "Xiao'an Hall" and met Old Man Yang, who hid the orthodoxy of the Southwest Zhengyi sect. This old man, Duangong, who suffered from famine and the Cultural Revolution, had a broken finger on his left hand and lived alone for half his life, but he had the true ability to interpret the "Burial Sutra" and Duangong's rituals. From resisting the shroud and urn, to following Old Man Yang to learn how to fix acupoints with a compass, draw talismans to requiem souls, and preside over funeral ceremonies, Chen Yan transformed in each life and death farewell: he comforted grieving family members, reconciled family grudges, integrated the funeral customs of the Yi and Lisu people, and used folk customs and rules to protect the last dignity of the deceased. All the fantasy ghosts and gods are just birth, old age, sickness and death in the fireworks of the market. From a poor rider, he gradually became the most knowledgeable undertaker in Rongcheng about life and death. In the ritual of "death is like life", he found the confidence to fight against fate.