Dancing in Nanzhao

Modern dancer Su Yufan returns to Jianchuan in Dali with her mother's ashes and her own trauma: a cancer diagnosis, a devastating career setback, and emotional betrayal. With all hope lost, she only wants to carve a gravestone for her mother, lay her to rest, and quietly await the end of her own life. However, the sound of Xilibu Fa's carving knife and his divine-bird-like dancing allow her to touch the blazing vitality of Nanzhao culture. In Jianchuan, she fuses modern dance with Bawangbian dance, recreates the spirit of jiamas and ancient musical instruments through woodcarving, and breathes new life into intangible cultural heritage woodcarving through short videos. Dali's fertile artistic soil ignites her yearning. She resolves to pass on tradition through dance, and her planning of the dance drama The Girl Qing draws millions of viewers. She also directs and choreographs The Nanzhao Sacred Offering Music, lost for a thousand years, allowing an ancient masterpiece to reappear in the world. Through her efforts to revitalize the old town, her tears transform into the radiance of cultural confidence. When the melodies of Dabenqu resound across the international stage, Su Yufan is reborn. The warmth of intangible cultural heritage not only heals her body and soul, but also allows the thousand-year-old culture of Nanzhao to bloom brilliantly across the world. This is a healing story about life finding renewed blossoming in its cultural roots. Dali history and culture plus rural life in Yunnan, also known as The Wind Can Be Gentle and Nanzhao, Nanzhao