A middle-aged man sets out to find a new career when he learns he's picked the wrong time to retire in this gentle comedy-drama from China. Wang Kangmei (Fan Wei) is a good-humored working stuff who after four decades as an engineer for the Chinese railway has taken early retirement. Wang's timing was less than ideal, as his wife (Cheng Shubo) falls ill and ends up in the hospital shortly after Wang's leaves his job. But Wang is a cheerful and quietly patriotic man who believes that the government will do the right thing for him and that he'll be able to find work if he tries. Wang's father (Cheng Shubo) isn't so confident, but that doesn't stop Wang from spending the day pursuing various sorts of employment, from operating a bicycle-cab to auditioning for an opera company.

春耕、夏耘、秋收、冬藏，天人合一的东方哲学让中国饮食依时而变，智慧灵动，中医营养摄生学说创造了食材运用的新天地，儒家人伦道德则把心意和家的味道端上我们的餐桌。淘洗历史，糅合时光，一代又一代的中国人在天地间升起烟火，用至精至诚的心意烹制食物，一餐一食之间，中国人展示个性，确认归属，构建文明，理解和把握着世界的奥妙。中国饮食生长于传统文化的沃土，在宽广的时空中，以感恩之心去领悟食物给予我们珍贵的滋养，《舌尖上的中国》第三季继续近观饮食之美，远眺中华文化的魂魄。