Coal City Fireworks

Datong, Shanxi Province, once prospered because of its reputation as the "Coal City", but then fell into trouble due to resource depletion. In this city, miners, laid-off workers, entrepreneurs, old residents of the ancient city... Their fates fluctuate with the times, but they always find a way out in the fireworks life. The decline of the coal economy, the pain of reconstruction of the ancient city, and the hope of the rise of cultural tourism show the transformation of a city. Here are the partings between life and death after the mining disaster, the rising smoke of the noodle shop, and the entrepreneurial dreams of young people in the new era. Finally, when the ancient city wall lights up, when the aroma of knife-cut noodles fills the streets, and when the Yungang Grottoes are visited by tourists in an endless stream, these ordinary people prove with their hands that flowers can bloom in cinders.