HAN SHAN SCRIPT 00:00:08 -00:00:16 There was once a young ethnic Miao man from a mountainous area. He grew up in a traditional Miao village in Guizhou province. 00:01:03 -00:01:11 And the mountains and rivers witnessed his growth from childhood. 00:00:16 -00:00:29 His mother was a weaver. She could weave, dye, make clothes and even embroider them all herself. 00:00:29 -00:00:35 Many people wore the clothes made by her in the village. 00:01:16-00:01:29 As he grew up and studied he went to cities like Chengdu where he lived, grew up and learned things there. Cut? 00:01:29 -00:01:32 He did many jobs. 00:01:32 -00:01:41 He worked as a cook, a teacher, a waiter in a pub and set up a stall on the streets. End Cut 00:01:48 -00:01:58 One day he thought, he shouldn’t live in a city anymore and thought of his hometown. He remembered that he had come from the mountains. 00:01:59 -00:02:15 So he walked out of the city and set out from Sichuan, walking across Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Ningxia, Yunnan until finally he came back to Guizhou. 00:02:15 -00:02:22 He walked on the most ordinary roads, mountain paths and valleys ceaselessly. 00:08:59 -00:09:08 Over 15 years, he saw mountains, rivers and all the creatures during as his walk. 00:09:08 -00:09:12 He believed everything has a soul and deserves awe. •• 00:02:43 -00:02:48 Finally, he came back to Guizhou province, his hometown, and arrived in the Miao village. 00:02:48 -00:02:55 He saw his mother and aunts still dyeing clothes. 00:02:56 -00:03:20 While most people were wearing fashionable, manufactured clothes, people in his hometown still made new clothes in the New Year. He thought he must do this as well, like his mother. •• 00:05:48 -00:05:56 He chose to dye cloth and be a simple craftsman. •• 00:00:08 -00:00:14 He believed that every plant has a soul. 00:00:14 -00:00:17 And he would use the plants to dye clothes. •• 00:10:41 -00:10:44 I am the dyer, Han Shan PLANT QUOTES HAN SHAN_0083 00:00:20 -00:00:23 This plant can be used as amaranthine (purple red紫红色) dye. 00:00:27 -00:00:34 After being extracted, the color will be dark purple and red. 00:00:41 -00:00:42 Its flower is also awesome. HAN SHAN_0064 00:00:57 -00:01:01 This flower can be used as a red dye. 00:01:13 -00:01:16 It can dye things in pink - the color of spring. HAN SHAN_0105 00:00:37 -00:00:41 This blue is more like the sky blue. HAN SHAN_0105 00:01:15 -00:01:22 This blue is more close to ultramarine, purple and blue. 00:01:23 -00:01:26 It is a very common type of wild flower in the spring. 00:01:28 -00:01:38 But it is too small to gather massively. 00:01:39 -00:01:41 It is close to violet blue. 00:01:44 -00:01:48 Because its flowers look like stars, we call it “Lanxingcao” (Blue Star Herb).  walking away - 00:07:03 -00:07:07 To put it simply, I started walking because I felt bored. 00:09:48 -00:09:51 With civilization, we began to build cities. 00:09:53 -00:09:58 But we are developing so fast, we have forgotten where we came from. 00:13:05 -00:13:07 Human relationships have become indifferent. 00:14:20 -00:14:23 It is definitely alarming. 00:12:28 -00:12:36 Materialism is one of the core things that keeps people away from nature. This is the answer. 00:00:26 -00:00:32 Our ancestors dyed from ancient times. 00:10:37 -00:10:47 Our ancestors lived in the mountains, so we should go back to the countryside, because this lifestyle is the most natural way of living. 00:00:52 -00:00:55 Dyeing means life for Miao people. 00:00:32 -00:00:39 Dyeing is very simple and it means life. It is what we are doing every day in life. 00:15:14 -00:15:17 Civilization is bound to be destroyed when it reaches a certain level. A young man from the Miao ethnic minority retreats back to nature and an ancient tradition after becoming disillusioned with modern Chinese urban society. 00:06:03 -00:06:11 The Chinese character for dyeing “Ran” is composed of three drops of water, the number nine and wood. 00:06:11 -00:06:17 It means dyeing is putting water, grass and wood together to dye clothes nine times. 00:02:18 -00:02:26 So each time when I add dye into the vat, I will treat it like treating a life with a devout and patient heart. 00:02:26 -00:02:33 I dye cloth with sincerity every day. 00:11:20 -00:11:29 Blue dye can produce the color of the ocean, the sky and mist, so it is the Miao people’s favorite color. 00:02:18 -00:02:26 So each time when I add dye into the vat, I will treat it like treating a life with a devout and patient heart. 00:02:26 -00:02:33 I dye cloth with sincerity every day. 00:14:34 -00:14:35 We have to let nature to take its course. 00:15:14 -00:15:17 Civilization is bound to be destroyed when it reaches a high level. 00:15:17 -00:15:20 A new thing will be born. 00:12:41 -00:13:04 Desire has existed since ancient times, but when the industrial civilization came and our tools became more advanced, in our conquest and occupation we damaged nature and our interpersonal relationships. The result has been the destruction of thousands of years of culture.