Fen Shi Ren
- 2012
- 1h 30m
In some rural communities in northern China, the "ghost wife" trade has become an unusual accompaniment to customary funerary rites: rather than allowing them to pass into the afterlife unwe... Read allIn some rural communities in northern China, the "ghost wife" trade has become an unusual accompaniment to customary funerary rites: rather than allowing them to pass into the afterlife unwed, deceased bachelors are posthumously married off to dead unmarried women. This unique an... Read allIn some rural communities in northern China, the "ghost wife" trade has become an unusual accompaniment to customary funerary rites: rather than allowing them to pass into the afterlife unwed, deceased bachelors are posthumously married off to dead unmarried women. This unique and sometimes controversial custom provides the narrative engine for Peng Taos The Cremator,... Read all