"The Great Event of Life and Death" is considered the pioneering work of Chinese funeral movies. The level of classicism and soul touch range are naturally not as good as foreign works such as "The Devourer" and "The White Sugar Rabbit".

Chinese people have always been secretive about "life and death", and there are fewer related films and TV shows, let alone classics. "The Great Event of Life and Death" is considered the pioneering work of Chinese funeral movies. The level of classicism and soul touch range are naturally not as good as foreign works such as "The Devourer" and "The White Sugar Rabbit". But this does not affect our view of local funeral movies from our own cultural perspective, especially the noisy urban atmosphere, including the second-hand rose suona , the summer street slings , the red tassel thorn gun and square dance, etc. These rituals have been used by the Chinese to eliminate the "pain of death", as if they were a unique life process, and by the way they played the role of "life education". In addition, the funeral tradition in Chinese history is rich. " Life Events " only finds a small part of it. To be more precise, some ancient and meaningful traditions have been broken in the "Ten Years of Culture", so that the Chinese people have not dared to "gaze at death" for a long time.

Only life and death are worthy of? Obviously, in different stages of life, this question has different answers. Moreover, in today's ill-fated era, we should pay more attention to the meaning of life. The epidemic has continued for three years, and coupled with the China Eastern Airlines crash, it makes people feel that life is precious. If humans are going toward funeral homes, how should the meaning of life be measured? Maybe it’s a process, life is just a process.

"The Great Events in Life", a qualified pioneering work

As the pioneering work of Chinese funeral films, "The Great Events in Life" is in a proper manner and has many highlights. The whole movie is smooth and compact, and there is no lack of romance in the noisy and urban atmosphere. It is a complete and clean story without any mystery. Some film critics say that "The Great Events in Life" did not bring the pattern to a higher level. Obviously, this is first determined by the skills of the production team, and it is more like a microcosm of the entire Chinese society. In fact, China's absurdity in funeral ceremonies is due to the ten-year gap in culture. If you are lucky enough to see the elderly in Taipei and Hong Kong, they will face funerals and death devoutly, and peace will always appear on their faces. The main theme of the

video is probably: Don’t avoid death, death is just the beginning. In fact, such a theme is already very new to Chinese society today, and it is a bit like the ideological system of Western religions, that is, the struggle in real life is all about preparing for "life after death".

Let’s not talk about whether the theme of the film is healthy and correct, or whether it is adapted to Chinese society. If “The Great Events of Life” can make people start thinking about life, it will be of great merit. Perhaps considering the taboos of Chinese people towards death, the director added a lot of comedy factors to the heavy process. Although the density of jokes and memes is suspected of being overwhelming, it is a major breakthrough in films of the same type, and some even call it "happiness and funeral". From some details in the movie, it can be inferred that there must be a family in the production team engaged in the industry, otherwise, there would not be such rich elements: the core is the exploration of death and the struggle against life; the externalization is the hot secular world of Wuhan, the sharp dialect, the funeral supplies of Nezha and Sun Wuzi, etc.

In short, the grand and noisy ceremony will empathize with relatives, friends and neighbors , which also means: the relationship without blood ties is still firm. In fact, if you only go to rural China and watch the scene of "people carry coffins, filial sons and grandsons kneel down to worship their neighbors", you will empathize and understand the meaning of major events in life again.

Life education, funeral will make people stare at death

As mentioned above, "The Great Events of Life" may be just a movie of passing the exam, and because Chinese people have been avoiding life and death for a long time, the box office will probably not soar. But I still believe that it will become a milestone work, and it will even slowly uncover the mystery of Chinese people about life and death, and it will also make people gradually understand the "funeral industry". In fact, one of the main points of the film is that the funeralist Mo Sanmei and the orphan Wu Xiaowen meet, influence and fulfill each other, and eventually change their attitude towards career and life.In short, any profession has its own value and can reach the top of the pyramid, and any life has its own benefits and is worthy of being loved.

Many people say that Zhu Yilong is the potential stock of young actors at present, combining appearance and strength. This time, he played a funeralist, not only breaking through himself, but also bringing a new image to the funeral profession.

The young funeral team led by Mo Sanmei loves red oil sauce cakes, carnivals at the Strawberry Music Festival, and breezes and drinks by the beach. They handle death, but live very much. They also bring new thinking to the funeral industry through their love. So, they arranged a state funeral for the "living old man". At the parent meeting, they "made a bowl of filial sons" for their relatives, trying to play new tricks in the ancient and secret profession, and using calm, cheerful, and sarcastic methods to face the topic of life and death. Such creative courage is unique in China, and it is quite pioneering and milestone. In fact, the funeral industry is also a high-income industry in China. The author knows a rural funeral couple who are engaged in the funeral industry with a calm mind and gradually develops into a comprehensive business, including makeup for the deceased, sewing underwear, funeral arrangements, etc. These costs are non-standardized, and families in grief rarely care about it. If they encounter a car accident person and need to clean up blood, the costs will rise. In just two years, the rural funeral couple bought two houses in the county town, and their son also entered the local public office to work, with an entrance fee of 300,000 yuan.

In fact, in a country like China that attaches importance to etiquette and ceremonies, the funeral tradition has not been weakened, but instead has a tendency to be "carnival". Especially in rural areas, the elderly must be even more glorious. Including the 2 person transfer in the Northeast, lion dance in Guangdong, and card games in Sichuan are all high-frequency programs at Chinese funerals. Chinese people always taboo talking about death and try to use these etiquettes to eliminate grief, which is also a manifestation of fear of death. Based on this, any funeral will inevitably cause a grand event. I really hope that "The Great Events in Life" will become a beginning of China's life education. If so, this movie will reach a new artistic height. (Science Fiction Galaxy Constantine/text)