Snow Country: At the End of My Nineteenth-Year Tunnel
雪国：在十九岁的隧道尽头
A journey through Hokkaido at the beginning of 2026, tracing a childhood image of snow into the realities of studying abroad, solitude, movement and arrival.
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Writing
Selected essays on travel, music, memory and life between China and Japan.
These texts began as personal notes written in Chinese. This selection preserves the original voice while providing English titles and summaries for international readers.
Original languageChinese
Archive2024—2026
Back Again in Late Spring, in May
又回到春末的五月
A record shop in Osaka opens a path back to Chinese folk music, missed concerts, an unexpected conversation in Beijing and the promises carried by songs.
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2025年末总结
A year divided by departure: saying goodbye to university life in China, beginning again in Japan, and learning to accept uncertainty through travel, friendship and independence.
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再游京都
A second visit to Kyoto moves beyond familiar landmarks and becomes an observation of architecture, asymmetry, cultural exchange and the quieter texture of the city.
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始信记忆
A short reflection on stories as stones dropped into the pond of memory, written after leaving a familiar campus and photographing a once-in-sixty-thousand-years comet.
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一个平常的下午
A university band performance and the end of another national entrance examination season prompt a meditation on youth, release and the quiet way life changes.
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