A bit of housekeeping. In “Langkou Homecoming: Art Sprouts, the P+V Gallery and Future Shenzheners,” Zhang Kaiqin and I reflect on our practice at Qianzhen Girls’ School, 2016-2018. The Chinese citation is “乐把他乡变故乡——“艺术童萌”与虔贞⼥校艺展馆的未来深圳⼈”, 发表于《鹤湖⽂史辑刊》（第⼀辑），⽂物出版社，2022年11⽉。
Today is Grave Sweeping Day, so I thought I’d publish something about an historic cemetery–Holy Hill (圣山), which is located in Buji.
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Inquiring minds want to know: what is minjian (民间)?
On Sunday, I became part of the scholarly committee (学术委员会) of the Devout and Chaste Girls’ School (虔贞女校)–a minjian organization. Other members in the group included architects, an archaeologist, an editor at a history journal of Bao’an District, an artist, and the Director of the Dalang Culture Office. The Dalang Vice Secretary of Culture also attended the meeting, but left early. In addition, clerical workers from the Department of Culture served tea and insured that the meeting ran smoothly. So what made us a minjian organization? Continue reading
Shenzhen Noted 