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Why?

Every single silk takes the price of the life of cocoon

The ideal temperature for the eggs is 25 to 30 degrees

Your body temperature will warm them

In another 7 to 15 days,

the eggs will become transparent

You'll see silhouettes of the silkworms inside

The first thing I heard was "a living creature"...

when I met Ma Rong

Be gentle!

There's a living creature inside each cocoon

A creature?

What?

A silkworm

A silkworm?

A silkworm that'll never become a moth

I understand now

To extract the cocoons silk

Tens of thousands of silkworms are killed everyday

Must Al the silkworms die?

When a silkworm hatches,

it destroys its own cocoon

All that's left is a few strands of torn silk,

which is of little value

For these cocoons, and the tiny creatures lnside,

would you play on elegy of mourning on your instrument

would you play on elegy of mourning on your instrument

would you play on elegy of mourning on your instrument

would you play on elegy of mourning on your instrument

would you play on elegy of mourning on your instrument

I am the younger brother of Ma Rong, JianMin

l'm the tottooist that you called yesterday

Was it my brother who told you about me?

Yes

It's my first time to find this kind of balcony in Paris

The whole roof is made of glass tiles

Beneath the tiles is the entrance

The glass roof is its ceiling

The glass roof is its ceiling

At night, when the lights are on,it's very beautiful

At night, when the lights are on,it's very beautiful

At night, when the lights are on,it's very beautiful

Do you rent or own the apartement?

I'm renting it

Where did you leam to tattoo?

Well... In Thailand, Laos and Vietnam

I used to travel all over before settling in France

Why did you choose France?

A French girlfriend

Then she left me

But it's in the past

What's that worm?

It's the larva of the Night Peacock

When I called you that day.

I wanted you to tattoo the image of the silkworm on my body

It's beautiful

Where do you want the tattoo?

On my left ankle

l'm a tattoo artist

I only use one kind of needle

It's made from the vine of a plant

It's made from the vine of a plant

It's made from the vine of a plant

from the tropics of Asia

I'm not like other tattoo

Nowadoys, they all use Iasers

l only use my needle

It's completely silent

Is this the ink?

It's a mixture of herbs and minerals

I crush them and then mix them

Does that hurt?

The original shakuhachi

A musical instrument that originated in the Song Dynasty

It is made with bamboo and has five holes

The instrument's length gives it its name

The instrument's length gives it its name

The instrument's length gives it its name

Is this it?

Is this it?

No, nor this one either

Let me show you

Mr. Ma, someone is here to see you!

Are you here to buy the eggs?

Samples are in the cupboard on the right

They look like sesame seeds?

For the convenience of the customers,

we provide special boxes to hatch the eggs

Sorry

l'm not here to buy the eggs

l'm a flute player

I'm the main flutist of the Chengdu Symphony Orchestra

I'm visiting from France

Do you speak French?

Yes

I'm Iiving in France

l'm quite happy to make a friend from there

Let me show you the souvenirs I brought from France

My wife died there, during childbirth, 19 years ago

I still have a younger brother in France now

He's a tattooist

I came here to find a teacher

This is made from a picture of the shakuhachi...

downloaded from the Internet

Shakuhachi?

You dare call it that?

You're not afraid to insult its sacred name?

In a bamboo forest, among ten thousand trees,

you won't find a single one suitabte for making one

And you talk about the Internet?

The shakuhachi is made from the root of the very best bamboo

You should take back what you said!

Don't pollute my office with your blasphemy

Don't think that you'll find the perfect bamboo so easily

Any instrument with five holes is called a shakuhachi?

The depth of each hole is completely different

It takes several months to build just one

Such subtle differences decide its sound quality

What do you think?

I like it very much

After the silkworm has completed its cocoon,

The moth that emerges must be very beautiful

It's called the Night Peacock

I want to tattoo a Night Peacock on your body.

across you back

Why?

I rarely find skin as perfect as yours

It's one in a million

Your skin is a tattoo artist's dream

Have you heard of the ailanthus tree?

When silkworms feed on the ailanthus tree.

the moth that emerges from its cocoon,

is called the Night Peacock

It is the most beautiful moth in the world

My favourite thing to do in Chengdu...

was riding a bicycle randomly around the city

I met an eminent monk who is a master of musical Instruments

I'm looking for a long lost instrument

What kind?

A shakuhachi

Follow me

Since the second year of Emperor Baoyuans reign

Scribes pricked their tongues witf needles,

Scribes pricked their tongues witf needles,

and mixed their blood with gold powder

and mixed their blood with gold powder

They spend three years copying Buddhist Sciptures

The parchment originates from the silkworms of the ailanthus tree

Since the sik can be extracted without kiling the silkworms,

It is used to make the sacred parchment

Do you know the ailanthus tree?

l've heard of it

In the countryside of Qijiang, they were everywhere

But after the building of the Three Gorges Dam,

they're now all buried underwater

When silkworms feed on the ailanthus three,

the moth that emerges from its cocoon,

is called the Night Peacock

is called the Night Peacock

It is the most beautiful moth in the world

When extracting silk from its cocoon,

there's no need to kill the sikworm within

So, in ancient Buddhist ceremonies

all the silk items are produced by sikworms...

that fed on the leaves of the ailanthus tree

I've been searching for decades

l've finally found what l've been looking for

Are you familiar with the ailonthus tree?

Can we find one nearby?

I don't know