Soul on a String (Tibetan: à ½¢à ¾Âà ¾±à ½´à ½Âà ¼Âà ½¦à ¾Âà ½´à ½Âà ¼Âà ½¦à ¾Âà ½ºà ½Âà ¼Âà ½Âà ½²à ¼Âà ½¢à ¾£à ½Âà ¼Âà ½¤à ½ºà ½¦) is a 2016 Chinese Tibetan-language adventure film directed by Zhang Yang and co-written by Zhang Yang and Tashi Dawa, based on Tashi Dawa's short stories "Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord" and "On the Road to Lhasa" (). It stars Kimba, Choenyi Tsering, Siano Dudiom Zahi, and Yixi Danzeng. The film premiered at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, and opened in China on August 18, 2017.
Tabei () is a hunter who had killed countless animals. While hunting a deer, he is killed by lightning. But it isn't long before that he is saved by the Gautama Buddha, who orders him to escort a treasure to a holy land of Tibetan place named "Zhangwendi" ().
Madeng Film Limited Company and Lichenguang International Cultural Media Limited Company purchased the film rights. The script for the film was finished in 2007 written by Tashi Dawa. The film was wrapped in 2014.
Most of the film was shot on location in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
The film premiered in 19th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 15, 2016, with wide-release in China on August 18, 2017.