Cheng Yin & Sage
Open ending, Republican-era literary fiction
1. In Cheng Yin's old opera scripts, all that remains besides the flowing sleeves and graceful movements is the lingering warmth of her hometown's opera stage, and the curses hurled by foreigners. [Cheng Yin's Childhood]
2. On a grassland in Ireland, deep in the night, Cheng Yin is tormented by dreams of her native tongue. Sage sits beside her with a coat draped over their shoulders, fingertips gently touching her trembling shoulder, while she cannot even utter a complete sentence in her mother tongue. [Cheng Yin & Sage]
3. On the final leg of the journey home after the war, someone picks up broken porcelain from the ruins, while someone else sings an old opera beneath an ancient locust tree. The words "Peace and Safety" on the broken wall have been blurred by wind and rain. [To All Those We Once Knew]
The dew turns white tonight, and the moon shines brighter over my hometown.
Through years shrouded in dust and smoke, half a tattered opera script leads the way home. The Lingering Echoes of Homecoming recovers the old home and original aspirations that time had hidden away.
Core Theme: Taking opera as a boat, crossing toward home and one's original aspirations
