Eastward Go
In traditional Chinese culture, the Chinese are not afraid of death, but they do care a lot about the world which the deceased would be living in. The Chinese hold the belief that the deceased world functions same as the real word, you still need to make a living and money is the basic necessity. Hence each year the Chinese would burn fake money, a kind of notes that filled with borderless imagination. Burning the ghost money, calling their names, the money would go with the wind and be delivered to the deceased. Then they won’t suffer in that world. Meanwhile the path that bonding these two worlds is not easy to go. Not to mention burning your ghost money in Europe, how can it travel all the way to China and what adventures would it encounter?
Authors:
- Yimeng Zhang
Yimeng Zhang, graduated from Communication University of China in 2014 with a master degree, majored in International Journalism.
2014-2016, worked as a journalist in People's Daily.
In 2016, she was enrolled by DocNomads, the Documentary Film Directing master program under Erasmus Mundus.
Filmography
2018 The Zhengs
2018 Eastward Go
2018 Igen, Era
Screenings:
- 26.10.2018, 17:30 - 19:30, Kino Zamek, European Competition - block I