Song of Old Things

Su Wan is an antique restorer who can "hear" the words of old objects. The old objects under her fingertips are never silent - the pipa of the Republic of China can hum "Wenzhao Pass", the broken xun can play unfinished music, and even the pottery figurines with missing corners hide the sighs of a hundred years ago. The master said she was "too soft-hearted", but she knew that hidden in these sounds were obsessions crushed by time, waiting to be picked up by tenderness. Until that day, a pipa with "Wenzhaoguan" engraved on it broke. During the restoration, the body of the instrument oozed tears smelling like rust, and she even hummed the voice of her mother, Lin Zhaozhao. The antique scholar who disappeared mysteriously three years ago, the past that Master Chen Yan avoided talking about, the twisted shadows of old objects on the ancient shelves... All clues point to "Guixu" - a place where the secrets of the spirits of old objects are hidden. In order to find her mother, Su Wan went to the forgotten "Guixi Archives" and dug out her mother's research notes: "The spirits of old things are not ghosts, but unfinished obsessions. If they are forcibly sealed, the spirit will break into resentment." And her pipa was made by her mother using her own piano to seal the soul that was on the verge of collapse. When the forces coveting the old objects and spirits tore open the seal, and black mist rushed in with resentment, Su Wan tightened her grip on the pipa. This time, she is no longer just repairing artifacts - she wants to hold on to her last obsession for her mother and all the forgotten old things. "What is repaired is not the wood and silk strings, but the concerns that have been torn apart by time." Under Su Wan's repair knife, every crack was telling: Some stories never really disappear; some love will turn into the aftertaste on the strings, waiting for someone who understands to listen.