④ Crimson Mane Deity Rite | Lunar Zenith Solar Term
digital media \ festival design \ storytelling \ individual work
In response to the frequent intrusion of wild boars into residential areas for food and the unsustainable, costly, and violent nature of current hunting methods, this project aims to establish a gentle defense system for human-wild boar coexistence. Inspired by historical practices where communities collaboratively deterred "monster-like" threats through festivals, the design proposes Crimson Mane Deity Rite | Lunar Zenith Solar Term—a ritual festival to resolve conflicts.
On the fifteenth day of the ninth lunar month each year, residents provide surplus grains from the autumn harvest to local authorities, who disperse the food via drones along forest boundary zones frequented by wild boars. This intervention aims to reduce boar aggression, fostering peaceful coexistence. I produce a storytelling-driven promotional video visualizes the festival’s narrative, reinforcing the cultural and ecological logic of collaborative, non-violent conflict resolution.
Key Segments
I've analyzed key video segments showing a wild boar's transformation from harmful to a benevolent deity after a food pact with humans.
Equivalent Exchange
People transform from anger to kindness, offering food to the wild boar and conducting a solemn transaction across species.
People transform from anger to kindness, offering food to the wild boar and conducting a solemn transaction across species.
Divine Transformation
The wild boar's body is engulfed in flames. As it gradually fades away in the light and then reassembles, it transforms into a majestic and kind-hearted pig deity, like a mysterious hymn to life
The wild boar's body is engulfed in flames. As it gradually fades away in the light and then reassembles, it transforms into a majestic and kind-hearted pig deity, like a mysterious hymn to life