CN27560125
HONG KONG STORIES 2009: PIECE BY PIECE
Interviews master paper-tied funerary object makers who tell how and why they entered the trade and how their kind of business was conducted in the old days. Shows a collection of old designs. One master who joined the vocation in the 70's says those were busy years for the trade but business started to decline in the 80's. Shows a big God of the Ghost figurine that he made for a religious ceremony. An academic shows how the funerary objects bring worldly consumerism to the underworld. Two young masters show paper-tied objects that they have designed and made.
DVD
30 minutes
2009
USD 500.00