A piece of red cloth reads: "May River Master protect us, keep the floods away, and grant our village a bounti…
A piece of red cloth reads: "May River Master protect us, keep the floods away, and grant our village a bountiful harvest next year."
On the highest hill of Qifeng Village stands its tallest tree, draped with countless red ribbons from the villagers, beneath which lie the bones of hundreds lost to the water.
Perhaps their wishes, bound with those bones, drift upward—toward the highest, most distant place.