Yang Yun 2025 Annual Art and Life Festival

🐢 In the Turtle's segments, there will be: the first ray of morning sunlight passing through the leaves of ancient trees, the innocent water lilies in the pond of the old mansion; listening to Kunqu artist Zhang Jun's "Music Without Corners" on the opposite bank of the water stage, watching dancer Fan Jingyue spin rhythmically to the music; stepping into Courtyard 18 to see artist Gu Wenda's "Simplified Words," feeling the fine gravel underfoot; exploring artist Wu Guanzhen's "I Observe and Return" at night, witnessing the magnificent scenes portrayed through lacquer and ramie fabric…. · 🐢 The Yang Yun 2025 Annual Art and Life Festival brings the Turtle from the Eastern philosophical concept of "The great form is formless," to a tangible, rooted, and "greatly shocking" reality. True "greatness" is not confined to specific forms, just like flowers bloom, leaves turn green, and time silently nourishes all things, with the changing seasons fostering vitality. What you experience at Yang Yun also nurtures a cloud of your own in your heart. · 🐢 Where there is "great," there is also "small." In the ancient mansion hall of the Northern Teahouse, the lively and interesting presentation of the "Lovely Wan" miniature tea set breaks the paradigm of "tea, fairness, cup." It is unrelated to function, yet the tiny vibrant set contains a universe within. · 🐢 Suitable for both "stillness" and "movement," beyond the exhibition, the performances on the Yang Yun water stage made the Turtle exclaim in amazement, witnessing the collision of Pingtan pipa and Western violin, laser engraving intertwined with water surface light and shadow, where the charm and flow fully reveal the artistic conception and negative space of Eastern aesthetics. · 🐢 The Art and Life Festival lasts only two days, but the exhibitions are still open and can be visited by appointment: "Where the Clouds Rise with the West Wind" at Rouyun Workshop until 03.01.26, "Unknown Territories" at AC Courtyard until 01.11.26, "Spiritual Light and Dwelling" at Courtyard 83 until 01.10.26, Dong Qichang & Shang Yang: "Dong Qichang Project" at Courtyard 81 until 01.10.26, "Migration" at Courtyard 63 until 12.19.25, "I Observe and Return" at Courtyard 59 until 01.11.26, "Simplified Words" at Courtyard 18 until 03.11.26, and "Calligraphy Can Be Called" at Courtyard 17 until 04.10.26. · 🐢 The goodness of Yang Yun is hard to express in words; the Turtle offers these words with some trepidation to delight the readers.