玉生 The Living Jade

Yù Shēng · a music video in four lines

玉生The Living Jade

Each character in the poem steps off the paper and turns into what it means. Press play with sound on, then reach into each scene.

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Reading the Poem

You don't need Chinese to follow it. Every character below appears on screen and transforms into its meaning. Two of them hide pictures inside: 阳 carries 日, the sun, and 阴 carries 月, the moon.