Forty Chairs in Maixiang Courtyard
Fifteen-year-old Zhou Xiaoman returned to his village for summer vacation and learned that his father was about to convert the Maixiang Courtyard—which carries his grandfather's woodworking craftsmanship and the entire village's memories of wheat harvest—into a grain warehouse. He and his father agreed on a thirty-day deadline to fix up the courtyard, collect forty old chairs, and invite forty villager households to reunite for the Mid-Autumn Festival, moving away if they failed. Xiaoman united with partners to collect and restore old chairs, listened to the neighborhood past behind the seats, resolved each family's conflicts, refused commercial sponsorship, and relied on handmade work to raise money to fix the courtyard. In thirty days the youths harvested growth, and the father-son knot was untied. On a Mid-Autumn rainy night forty villager households gathered at the Maixiang Courtyard, and the courtyard was preserved, becoming a public space carrying the village's rustic warmth.
Main characters: Zhou Xiaoman, Zhou Xiaoman's father
Supporting characters: Old Zhao
Cast: Yang Haowen, Wu Ningning, Yuan Li, Ding Miaowen, Zhao Wenjing
Also known as: 麦香院的四十把椅子
Forty Chairs in Maixiang Courtyard (40 episodes)
Fifteen-year-old Zhou Xiaoman returned to his village for summer vacation and learned that his father was about to convert the Maixiang Courtyard—which…
Fifteen-year-old Zhou Xiaoman returned to his village for summer vacation and learned that his father was about to convert the Maixiang Courtyard—which carries his grandfather's woodworking craftsmanship and the entire village's memories of wheat harvest—into a grain warehouse. He and his father agreed on a thirty-day deadline to fix up the courtyard, collect forty old chairs, and invite forty villager households to reunite for the Mid-Autumn Festival, moving away if they failed. Xiaoman united with partners to collect and restore old chairs, listened to the neighborhood past behind the seats, resolved each family's conflicts, refused commercial sponsorship, and relied on handmade work to raise money to fix the courtyard. In thirty days the youths harvested growth, and the father-son knot was untied. On a Mid-Autumn rainy night forty villager households gathered at the Maixiang Courtyard, and the courtyard was preserved, becoming a public space carrying the village's rustic warmth.
Yang Haowen, Wu Ningning, Yuan Li, Ding Miaowen, Zhao Wenjing
麦香院的四十把椅子