The Spirit of Herding

This film (drama)Also known as赶牲灵，is aMainland ChinaProducerwomen sex，At2017Released in year 。The dialogue language isMandarin Chinese，Current Douban rating0.0(For reference only)。

The film is based on the creation and birth of the Shaanbei folk song "The Spirit of Herding," telling the pure and tortuous love story between the protagonist Zhang Deyi and Ma Cuicui. Zhang Deyi, the character from "The Spirit of Herding," is loyal to his brothers, while Ma Cuicui, the daughter of the fallen local official Ma Guixiang, is clever and virtuous. This pair of innocent lovers vows to "stick together for life" under the blue sky and white clouds on the Loess Plateau. The sweetness of first love quickly mixes with the bitterness of reality as Ma Guixiang becomes a guarantor for his uncle's business loan, only to find that his uncle has disappeared, leaving debts and threatening imprisonment, which also endangers Cuicui's sister Ma Yanyan. To save Cuicui's father Ma Guixiang, Zhang Deyi takes all his mother's savings and travels tirelessly across Shanxi and Shaanxi. However, the gambling addict Kou Mingbao, under the temptation of noodle factory owner Ai Youcai, steals Deyi's money bag and escapes. Helpless, Zhang Deyi, with the support of the big cart shop owner and caravan master Zhang Chong, sets out on the road of herding again. However, misfortune does not come alone; the caravan is attacked by bandits led by Sha Lfei, and master Zhang Chong is killed. Severely injured, Zhang Deyi is carried back by his brother Huwawa to the big cart shop’s Yulan family for recuperation, but the debt repayment deadline has arrived... Ai Youcai's son Ai Wenbao helps Ma Cuicui's family pay off the creditors, and in despair, Cuicui believes Deyi has perished on the herding journey and ultimately chooses to marry Ai Wenbao as repayment. On the day of the wedding, Cuicui's father Ma Guixiang cries like a child... After marriage, Cuicui and Ai Wenbao visit the ailing mother of Deyi but unexpectedly run into a hurriedly returning Deyi... Deyi and Huwawa step back onto the path of herding life. In that era, the land of Shaanbei represented a beautiful emotional narrative, and this unique beauty continuously lingered in the ocean of music.