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山有木兮木有枝
心悅君兮君不知
- 節選自：春秋《越人歌》（漢語譯文）


Woods on a hill,
each wood branches
into small twigs;
You in my thoughts,
each thought reaches
oblivion


- Yue Ren Ge (Song of the Yue Boatman),
originated from the Chunqiu (Spring and Autumn) Period.
Translated by Eric Chengyang.

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团花
月華

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Flora,
Luna-
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CHENGYANG 橙陽:
I filled the seed that you gifted
with stories picked from centuries.
The wind brushes against the leaves
whispering tales of memories.
🌕 🌗 🌑 🌓

An online archive,
reshaped by the Moon.
See the garden grows,
as Eastern Time flows

Alaina Shah: “The rose is woven into the very fabric of Pakistani culture today. It perfumes the streets, desserts, and adorns necklines...”

گلاب • Gulab - the ancient pedigree of the rose in Pakistani culture →

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English Name

Dogwood (Zhuyu)

Chinese Name

山茱萸

English

Wu Zhou - High Tang
Early 8th century
Tang dynasty of China

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五周 - 盛唐
唐制圆领袍、半臂、汗衫、幞头（内衬巾子）

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Poem citation + Source + Context | 诗词文献、背景信息

《九月九日憶山東兄弟》

唐·王維

獨在異鄉爲異客每逢佳節倍思親
遙知兄弟登高處遍插茱萸少一人

On the Double Ninth, Remembering My Brothers to the East of the Mountains

By Wang, Wei

Being a lone foreign
guest in this foreign town,
as each festive season passes,
the homesick atmosphere thickens.

From here, I think of the
brothers in the distance
ascending the mountains;
over there, they think of
a lone dogwood pin which
is absent from the crowd.

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English Name

Nefertem

Chinese Name

奈夫顿

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Egyptian deity

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埃及神祇

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Nefertem, crowned with the blue lotus at dawn, mirrors the sun's rise, symbolizing rebirth and healing in sacred bloom. Egyptians, in nature's embrace, revered the lotus as life's pure awakening.

于破晓之际，柰夫顿头戴蓝莲花，与升起的朝阳遥相呼应，在花开之时，展现出万物复苏与疗愈之神迹。 埃及的百姓在自然之光的笼罩中，将莲花视为生命中纯粹的觉醒。

Nefertem, the Egyptian deity crowned with the blue lotus, dances with the dawn. This sacred bloom, opening at daybreak and closing at twilight, mirrors the sun’s gentle arc across the sky. Adorning Nefertem’s head, the lotus whispers of rebirth and creation, embodying beauty and healing with each petal’s unfurling. In the floral fashion of ancient Egypt, this adornment is more than an ornament—it’s a symbol of life’s eternal cycle, purity, and spiritual awakening. In their deep connection to nature, the Egyptians revered the lotus as a divine emblem, bridging the realms of the aesthetic and the sacred in harmonious bloom.

Flora is defined as all the plants of a particular place or time. Initially inspired by the gender-fluid Chinese fashion of zanhua (簪花) or flower-adorning, “Flora, Luna-Corona 团花•月華” explores how floras function as cultural knowledge transcending the boundaries of binary, gender, geography, and time.

“Flora, Luna-Corona 团花•月華” was initiated as a site-specific exhibition during Toronto History Museums’ Artist Mentorship Showcase: Pride. The first physical project was shown at the Gibson House Museum, North York from Jun. 2023 to Feb. 2024.

Envisioned as an online archive, a library of fashion history, a digital garden, and a cultural gathering, “Flora, Luna-Corona 团花•月華” is developed between Eric Chengyang and collaborating educators & storytellers overtime.

Lead + llustrations + Coding + Photo/Video: Eric Chengyang (unless stated otherwise)

Featuring texts & IRL lectures by:
2023 Alaina Shah
2023 Ange Loft (Gibson House IRL iteration)

We would like to acknowledge funding support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for their support.

Eric Chengyang
© Eric Chengyang 2024