It is a familiar lament, one that has become a bitter joke for singles. During Chinese New Year, parents and extended family interrogate unmarried persons, then offer romantic advice of the kind that went out of date around the mid-1970s.
In the documentary The Silk And The Flame, director Jordan Schiele follows Yao, a single man in his late 30s living in Beijing, over several days spent with his parents in rural Henan province during the festive period.
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