MY GOD

CHEN Shengsheng • 2023

In the south-northwest area, there is a custom in rural areas to worship ancestors, which is called "Ancestor God" locally. Every New Year's Eve, every family will bring incense to worship the Ancestor God. According to the ancestral rules, on the first three days of the New Year, the incense cannot stop offering. During the period of "breaking the Four Old Dynasties", Chen Shouyi, who moved in from out of town, claimed that the Ancestor God of Chenjia village had saved his life, so he desperately saved the Ancestor God of the village. And then Chen Shouyi settled in Chenjia village. During the new rural construction period, Chen Shouyi wanted to apply for a subsidy to build a new house for his Ancestor God, but he met many difficulties and was questioned by the whole village as a liar. Until a young man in the village had a car accident on the 30th day of the New Year, the attitude of the villagers towards Chen Shouyi also changed...