A young man from a poor mountain village struggles to survive in a glittering metropolis, relying on the little carving skill he learned from a carpenter back home. With such an ordinary background, perhaps his life would have amounted to nothing more. But an unexpected Buddhist relic changed his destiny.
Paintings in a dizzying range of styles, exquisite ceramics, and stately, antique bronzeware come one after another, each with its own twists and turns.
Sunken ships, Sun Dianying's hidden treasure, the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, temple treasures, the City of Gold, and many more treasures all come to light through his hands.
From then on, his life changed completely.
