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I’ve lived in China for 22 years since it is my homeland. Although these two decades seem to be safe and sound, there are plenty of doubts that come up in my mind. I frequently take trips to different sorts of metropolis in China, while sometimes I travel to undeveloped areas. Skyscrapers, various shops, and luxury cars show a prosperous view that is totally opposite to shabby buildings, muddy paths, and inconvenient transportation in most small cities and countrysides. All of the scenes illustrate a huge gap that we can’t ignore.

Being through these things, I decide to explore the sense of contradiction and avulsion.
To start with, I communicated with people of different ages and careers, and the answers they gave shocked me quite a lot. I not only realized some specific events, but also searched particular references that could explain all of the events and support my ideas.
Finally, I figured out there are a number of truths that we’ve neglected for a long time.
It is painful to accept all the scars in this region, but the most important thing is facing them.

Part of the inspiration comes from Fei Xiaotong’s From the Soil, which reflects on the structure of local societies and the order of human relationships in traditional China.