ANOTHER SEASON

The eastern section of ancient Silk Road, from Xi'an to Dunhuang, I'd like to walk alone thoroughly. It's the road of Buddhism coming to China, where I find my enthusiasm for the grand desert. Moreover, it's my encounter with the unknown landscape.

There are silences, with fountain in the woods and cloudy haze. There are traces from the ancient civilization, and the most important is exploration for a seer. There are also natural creatures, which persistently and simply exist everywhere regardless of the dynasty or nation changes over time, with the primitive strength born from basic instinct. One season after one season, it resembles the circle of life. Like a pilgrim, I position myself into landscape, villages, and temples, exploring the spirituality of the inner self, to embrace ineffable adventures, and to update various statements of the Silk Road in the books.

I try to remove as many as possible historical and time traces in my photographs. I hope to place current time in a relatively distant position, so I can use photograph to connect the past of ancient Silk Road and its future.

[Chinese Version]

又一季
我需要详尽地走一遍古丝绸之路的东段，从长安到阳关。不仅因为这一段是中国佛教的传入之路，还有自己对大荒大漠的热衷，还有同未知山水的际遇等等。

这里有静寂无声，有林泉烟霞，有旧时文明痕迹，有一个通灵者需要的诸多探索；还有穿透所有文明不可灭绝地活着的自然生命，一季接一季，循环往复。像一个朝圣者那样，我把自己置身于山水、村落、庙堂道观，融入它们的淡然和缓慢中，融入土地灵气的奇迹里，去遇见未知，去关照它物，去更新典籍中对丝绸之路的种种陈述。

我尽可能多地剥除掉照片中的时间和历史痕迹，把当前的现实置于一个相对遥远的位置，藉此让图像连接着古丝绸之路的过去与将来。