Rune Tea House in Sin Chew Old Lane

Hidden in an old alley in Chinatown, Singapore is an inconspicuous "Xingyuan Tea Shop". The wooden sign of the tea shop is engraved with light golden Chinese runes, but it also combines the patterns of Malay batik and the outline of Indian mandala - this is the cross-cultural imprint left by Lin Xingmian's grandfather. When the modern demolition plan approached this old alley that carried the memories of three generations of Chinese, Malay, and Indian immigrants, Lin Xingmian took over his grandfather's rune skills and tried to protect the tea shop and the old alley. She accidentally discovered that the runes in tea shops can awaken the common memories of different cultural groups: Aya's grandmother was associated with tea shops, and Vikram's grandfather once guarded the Bodhi tree with Lin Botang. The runes, batiks, and mandala patterns scattered in the old alleys are witnesses of the integration of three generations of immigrants. In the end, Lin Xingmian teamed up with Aya and Vikram to use cross-cultural techniques to awaken people's emotions for the old alley, halting the demolition plan and making Xingyuan Teahouse a new landmark of Chinatown's multicultural integration.