Young Monk

OUYANG Ruixiao • 2024

The Dai people are all religious people, and southern Buddhism is their spiritual conversion. For more than one thousand years, Buddhism has imperceptibly shaped the social life, thinking mode and behavior mode of the Dai people, and has become an indispensable part of the life of the Dai family. In traditional Dai society, boys are sent to a monastery for education at the age of six, and every man is expected to live as a monk for some time in his life, studying Buddhist scriptures and practicing Buddhist precepts to free himself from the troubles of life. This film follows and shoots the story of a Dai teenager who came out of his home to become a young monk.