Dream of the Orchid Pavilion

Bao, Hongwei

Abstract

Informed by his life experience as a queer Chinese migrant living in the UK, Hongwei Bao’s book ruminates upon love, intimacy, memory, heritage and identity.

On a late spring day of 353 CE, to celebrate the Spring Purification Festival, a group of forty-two Chinese literati gathered by a zigzagging brook playing a social game. Small cups filled with rice wine flew downstream. If a cup stopped in front of a person, they must either compose a poem or drink the wine. Thirty-seven poems were composed on that day, and a lot of rice wine were consumed. What if we could travel in time and join them in the party?

Citation

Bao, H. (2024). Dream of the Orchid Pavilion. Big White Shed Press

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: Apr 24, 2024
• Deposit Date: Apr 24, 2024
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/34104082
• Publisher URL: https://www.bigwhiteshed.co.uk/dream-of-the-orchid-pavilion