Sculpted Suicide: Elders’ Suffering in Rural China
The artist, Xu Shenglun, took the hidden reality of rural Chinese elderly suicide and carved it out, raw and unflinching, in the country’s top art school. Their pain lay there, undressed, impossible to look away from.
joyceelephantroom
60 minutes ago6 min read
Chinese Do Have Beliefs
This is a long-deferred piece. Last December, I traveled to Chaoshan, a coastal region that mainly consists of three cities (Chaozhou, Shantou, and Jieyang, but someone would include Shanwei City as well) in eastern Guangdong, southeast of China, to trace the intricate tapestries of local faith and the folk customs woven into them. In Chaozhou, one of the region’s ancient seaside cities, I met a local woman who goes by the online nickname “Tide Red.” She chose the name becaus
Kat
3 days ago13 min read
Coffee in Left Hand, Tea in Right: The Pursuit of Pure Pu’er
Another cozy area in Yunnan, China, with many things to be discovered.
Kat
Mar 2520 min read
Why Are Northeastern Chinese Everywhere in the Southwestern Tourist Hotspot of Xishuangbanna?
"As a Yunnan native, I can’t believe I’m feeling like an outsider in my own hometown right now."
joyceelephantroom
Mar 105 min read
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