Take this piece for example—it actually depicts Zhongshan Park as ruins after demolition, a fallen landscape. It incorporates all the typical park elements—you'll see familiar features like archways, fountains, and rocking animals scattered about. As the opening piece, my intention was to use Zhongshan Park's final life cycle stage as the chronological starting point.

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The second chapter transitions into a grand urban landscape. This particular segment features many buildings that previously appeared in Too Rich City. After compiling them together, I present the city in a sweeping panoramic view - it feels like you're standing on top of a skyscraper.

The reason this is the second chapter is because the first showed the park's demolition phase. Why was it demolished? Because the city is developing, progressing forward, with new skyscrapers under construction - including one topped with the traditional "Capping the roof" banner. This city is evolving, so older elements of the past must make way for progress. That's why the previous scene showed the park's demolition - it's all part of this reverse chronology.

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This chapter actually features the main building I photographed when visiting a revolving restaurant with my parents. Around this rotating dining space, I captured various architectural elements. Notice how the perspective comes from a rooftop vantage point - when I reached the building's summit, I discovered numerous pavilions. Hence you'll see these small structures throughout.

Those objects appearing to fall from the sky? Actually debris - during my visit, the central atrium kept raining down flakes of peeling paint and construction fragments. This scene conveyed to me the visceral experience of a world - or rather this building - in gradual decay. That's why I incorporated it into this sequence.

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This scene showcases our Too Rich City audience participation project. They submitted photographs of their human likenesses as samples, which I've incorporated here so everyone can truly visually participate in Too Rich City - sliding down slides, kicking about... This itself is part of Too Rich City's construction process.

Take this elephant slide - it's appeared many times throughout Too Rich City. I originally photographed it in my hometown's residential complex walkway. Originally there were three elephants, but two had already been demolished, leaving just this last one. I find its design exceptional - the color choices, craftsmanship, and sculptural form are all remarkably well-executed. To me, it represents perfection.

This elephant holds memories for both children and adults from that community. In this exhibition, behind those columns, there's another elephant sculpture covered with small advertisements - a time capsule preserving the living traces of this neighborhood's history.

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This scene depicts the encounter between the Old White Swan and the New White Swan. To me, these vessels represent two distinct timelines - and when these timelines collide, they create a remarkable temporal dislocation. The passengers aboard the Old White Swan and the New White Swan could be the same person. This sense of temporal paradox is central to the Too Rich City experience, as it merges past, present and future into a single moment.

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This final scene shows the Old White Swan returning to Zhongshan Park's grand opening day. The park appears in its inaugural splendor - decorated with flowers, festooned with balloon banners, and filled with operating amusement rides. As the conclusion, this creates a deliberate contrast with the opening ruins. The Old White Swan's temporal journey moves from present backward to a specific moment - this glorious return to the park's most vibrant heyday.

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