Where to watch · United States
Not on any service here yet.
The Passing of the Mountain God (1992)
Directed by Sun Zengtian
Documentary · 40m
The 62-year-old Meng Jinfu is the last shaman of the Orogen ethnic group in China. He and his wife Ding Quiqin live in the deep forest of the Greater Xing'an Mountains all year round and live a primitive life. In the 1950s, the Chinese government helped Orogen people relocate from the forest to settlements. However, Meng Jingfu who had lived in the forest since childhood, eventually returned there with his wife and made a living by hunting. Though his life is difficult, he has been happy since childhood in the forest. But since then area has been deforested and the animal population has decreased, Meng Jinfu has been worried. The resettlement under the mountain has fundamentally changed the customs of the Orogen people.
Crew
- Director
- Sun Zengtian
Details
- Original title
- 最后的山神
- Release date
- 1992-04-04
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin