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“Mountain Spirit Contract”
1. Pawnshop on a rainy night Song Weilan, an editor of a folklore magazine, mistakenly entered an old pawnshop with a bronze bell hanging from the eaves while collecting folk songs in western Hunan. The shopkeeper wearing a silver mask behind the counter pushed a paulownia box and said, “Made with mountain ghost coins from Chu, dare you wear it?” The bracelet in the box was as dark as night, and seven copper coins with mountain ghost patterns from the Warring States Period were strung together with cinnabar ropes, with dark red tassels hanging like blood.
2. The copper bell startled her dream On the night she wore it, Song Weilan dreamed that she was running barefoot on a foggy mountain path. The copper bell on her waist rang wildly, and there seemed to be thousands of whispers behind her: “The soul of Chu has returned——” When she woke up, the bracelet was burning on her wrist, and cinnabar oozed from the copper coin pattern, leaving half of the “Mountain Ghost” picture on her skin.
3. Meeting at an ancient temple Following her dream, she found a collapsed Chu witch temple in the mountains. A young man in a dark blue tie-dyed shirt stood beside the broken monument, wearing the same mountain ghost coin string on his wrist. “This is a spirit-suppressing rope.” He stroked the totem that appeared on her wrist with his fingertips, “You have been marked by the mountain spirit.”
4. Using literature to communicate with gods In order to break the curse, Song Weilan began to sort out the Chu Wu Nuo archives. Every time she found a clue in the ancient books, a copper coin would light up. On the seventh night, when she translated the last spell, the whole string of copper coins suddenly floated and formed the shape of the Big Dipper. The silver-masked shopkeeper sighed in the dark: “After three hundred years, we finally waited for someone who can understand us.”
5. New Fire and Old Talisman Now her magazine column “New Mountain Ghost Chronicles” is popular all over the Internet. In each issue of the illustrations, the copper coin patterns are transformed into modern clothing: mountain ghosts ride shared bicycles through neon streets and alleys, and Madam Xiang uses drones to sow lotus seeds. And the editorial department always receives mysterious submissions-on the yellowed rice paper, the house-suppressing talismans of the editorial building are painted with cinnabar.
Meaning of bracelets •
Mountain ghost money: a dialogue between ancient witch culture and contemporary life •
Cinnabar rope: a contemporary continuation of traditional bloodline •
Tassel pendant: let old souls dwell in new stories
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