Jinxi is an important silk and satin town in the south. Shen Molin, a tapestry craftsman, was expelled from his job for resisting cutting corners in the factory. He passed away with regret, leaving behind his unfinished swan song "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" and a huge debt. Granddaughter Shen Yunxi was forced to drop out of school and took over the blood-stained ebony shuttle.
In an abandoned silkworm breeding farm, she learned how to peel cocoons and pull warps, and only then did she realize the bitterness of "opening the warp and cutting the weft" by rubbing out the blood blisters with her fingertips. When the foreign trade company wanted to take away her grandfather's legacy at a low price, this seemingly gentle girl showed amazing tenacity and vowed to complete Fengwei's missing "child-mother scripture". The color inspiration brought by students from the Academy of Fine Arts and the sky-high price temptations offered by foreign trade orders did not make her bow in the face of "efficiency".
From the demise of large state-owned factories to the rise of individual workshops, Shen Yunxi spent six years weaving a beautiful landscape. She refused to be fooled by chemical pastes and insisted on the purity of plant dyes. In the wave of roaring machines, she maintained the golden sign of "Shen's Kesi" with her craftsmanship of every inch of Kesi. This is a true record of craftsmanship, dignity and perseverance in the tide of the times.
Purpose: This is a film about craftsmanship, dignity, and the growth process of little people in the torrent of the times.