China Daily/Asia News Network
When director Yi Xiaoxing went to a public bathhouse with his friends, he had a novel experience of the "scrub-dirt" service, a prevailing type of service in northern China, for the first time.
Typically, in "scrub-dirt" service a worker wraps a towel on one hand, and scrubs the customer's body before giving a massage. For most locals in northern China, it is complete relaxation.
Rejuvenated by the experience, Yi did more research and discovered this service could date back to hundreds of years ago, which inspired him to write the script of his latest comedy, Bath Buddy.