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Sorrowful Deer Calls in the Hollow Mountain

share time: 2025-12-24 06:02:04

Photographer Lin Xia ventures into the Qinling Mountains to capture the legendary "sad deer calls in the empty mountain", only to be stopped by Chen Mo, a forester who has guarded the deer herd for a decade. This "odd man" hides the secret of the herd's collective mourning every autumn night: ten years ago, during a mine disaster, Chen's father accidentally killed the deer king while blasting a path through the forest to save workers—since then, the herd has mourned on the anniversary. Now the former mine owner is back to destroy the forest for a resort. As Lin Xia uses her camera to expose the scheme and helps Chen let go of his guilt towards the deer, they begin to understand the "forgiveness" in the deer calls—but the mine owner's blasting countdown has already started...

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