The Old Man is one of the masterpieces of Jia Zhangke,which has rich folk customs’images,including Nanshun Tower,Wenfeng Pagoda,Yangko,Gong and drum,Fen wine,flowery steamed bun,wheat ear jiaozi and the worshiping for Guan Yu.These images have four aspects’culture connotations,the predicament and insistence of small town people,a culture space of countryside feeling and recognition,a change of folk people’s daily life and a combination of carnival with everyday life,and profound traditional culture performed by a series of rites and regulati...
