Those wowed by Chinese-Korean helmer Zhang Lu's minimalist debut feature "Tang Poetry" will no doubt warm to his equally minimal follow-up "Grain in Ear." Others will fault Zhang's need to belabor ...

This year's Grain in Ear, the 9th solar term, begins on June 5 and ends on June 20. It heralds the ripening of crops such as barley and wheat, marking an important phase in agricultural cycles. The ...

In ancient China, on the second day of the second lunar month, people welcome the arrival of the Flower Goddess. During Grain in Ear people hold sacrificial ceremonies to bid farewell to the flora and ...

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Cui, a young Korean mother living on the outskirts of Chinese society, has a husband in jail and a son to support. She barely makes a living selling kimchi to workers along the side of a bleak, ...