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  1. Deep Time: From Fish to Human — Notes After the Exhibition
    Notes after Shanghai’s From Fish to Human exhibition: notochords, jaws, fins, our ties to fish, and the discovery of a living coelacanth in 1938.

    Essay上海12 min

  1. Two Days in Anshun: Huangguoshu and Longgong
    Four of us traveled from Gui'an to Anshun on a weekend break from training, exploring Huangguoshu's waterfalls and the caves of Longgong, the Dragon Palace.

    Essay安顺19 min

  2. Notes From Qingcheng Back Mountain
    A hike through Qingcheng Back Mountain with classmates, covering the ride, the trail, and the small scenes along the way.

    Essay成都19 min

  3. Wangjiang Pavilion, Remembered
    I toured Wangjiang Pavilion on June 12, but the write-up dragged; weeks later I scraped together what details I could recall and set them down for later.

    Essay成都16 min

  4. From Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, Part 2: Inside the Park
    Following Lu You's old route from Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, through birdsong, lotus flowers, Sichuan opera, and a legend behind the park's name.

    Essay成都8 min

  5. From Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, Part 1: A Chengdu Riverside Afternoon and Local Lore
    A walk from Qingyang Palace to Baihuatan, with a tabby cat, bird perches, sluice gates, Canglang Bridge, and old stories of Du Fu, Li Bai, and Chengdu.

    Essay成都15 min

  6. Huanhua Creek Notes: Sichuan Museum and Du Fu Thatched Cottage
    A late Chengdu afternoon from Sichuan Museum to Huanhua Creek and Du Fu Thatched Cottage, tying a loose walk to Du Fu's brief peace in the city.

    Essay成都20 min

  7. Two Days at Dujiangyan and Mount Qingcheng
    A northwest Chengdu trip through missed tickets, scenic buses, Anlan Bridge, Feishayan, Baopingkou, Guanxian Ancient City, and sleepless Mount Qingcheng.

    Essay成都16 min

  1. Spring Day at the Chengdu Botanical Garden
    Notes from an afternoon at the Chengdu Botanical Garden, right after my mid-term defense on April 1st.

    Essay成都12 min

  2. Chengdu Natural History Museum
    An excellent natural history museum with rich dinosaur fossils and mammal specimens, thoughtful exhibit design and animal mounts — well worth a visit.

    Essay成都9 min

  3. Langya Terrace Travel Notes
    Standing alone and prominent above all other hills, with a circumference of over twenty li at its base, overlooking the great sea

    Essay青岛11 min

  4. Sea World & Panda Base
    February 28 at Qingdao Underwater World, then March 5 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

    Essay成都青岛3 min

  1. Beneath the Wheel
    Reading notes on Hermann Hesse's Beneath the Wheel, and how Hans's story mirrors my own years of exam-driven schooling and burnout.

    EssayBook11 min

  2. Zhushan Xiugu Travel Notes: A Famous Mountain by the Sea
    With my mother, from Zhushan Xiugu to Stone Gate Temple

    Essay青岛10 min

  3. Blog Changes in 2025
    A running review of 2025 blog changes, covering Markdown rendering, images, themes, fonts, responsive design, and performance work.

    EssayBlog3 min

  4. Web Log. 2026
    Just a running log of 2026.

    Essay4 min

  1. Jinji Lake, Suzhou
    Notes from an evening stroll at Jinji Lake on July 1st

    Essay苏州2 min

  2. Lingering Garden, Suzhou
    After picking up lychees, an afternoon photo walk through the Lingering Garden

    Essay苏州园林3 min

  1. Night Tour of the Master of the Nets Garden, Suzhou
    May 18th

    Essay苏州园林2 min

  2. Humble Administrator's Garden
    Thus I observe the measure of contentment, forsaking ambitions like drifting clouds, building a house and planting trees, free and self-possessed. The ponds suffice for fishing, the harvested grain for farming. Watering the garden and selling vegetables provides for daily meals; tending sheep and brewing cheese awaits the seasons' needs. Filial in devotion, brotherly in bonds — this too is the governance of the unskilled.

    Essay苏州园林3 min

  3. Tiger Hill
    Visiting Tiger Hill on May 2nd

    Essay苏州园林5 min

  1. Xiaohongshu Spring Festival Temple Fair - Yiyi Ruyi New Year's Eve
    Xiaohongshu temple fair; collect Spring Festival Shu stickers and redeem a Spring Festival Little Red Box

    Essay1 min

  1. UESTC to Momenta
    December 21, 2024: a travel day from Chengdu to Shanghai and Suzhou before reporting to Momenta.

    Essay苏州5 min

  1. Tangdao Bay & May Fourth Square
    A travel note from Tangdao Bay and May Fourth Square in Qingdao, with stops at Yumingzui Village, the Olympic Sailing Center, and Zhanqiao.

    Essay青岛4 min

  2. A Visit to Qingdao's New Zhanqiao and Deep Blue Light
    July 29, 2024, Qingdao's new Zhanqiao and Deep Blue Light.

    Essay青岛3 min