A 15 part film featuring scenes from Xianghe, running from the mundane to the surreal: people parade in opera costumes, slaughter pigs in public and dine on the fields; they bury the dead and get married, tickling the bride and groom, everything done without speech. Sitting somewhere between intimate personal reels and detached ethnographic records, the work creates a simultaneous sense of immersion and distance – of the type you might associate with end-of-life flashbacks. Yang gives nostalgia a fantastic, mystical bent, as if to suggest that to revel in memory is a creative act.
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Cast
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Tan Zhuo
Known for
The Long Night
Sheep Without a Shepherd
Lv Yulai
Wang Yang
Zhang Xinzhong
Huang Ailing
Also in
The Story of a Noble Family
The Wife's Secret
Li Bo
Also in
Slave of the Sword
Oh My Goddess!
Guo Jiawei
Also in
Pubescence
Guo Wanchao
Also in
Adventure Journey
The Battle of Life
Wang Xudong
Known for
Chinese Odyssey 2002
Wang Quanxi
Known for
Immortal Demon Slayer
Li Yan
Jin Rui
Yang Fudong Director · Chen Lin Editor Xie Jinqi Production designer
First release November 22, 2025 · Produced in China · Production Marian Goodman Gallery, Xu Wei
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ShanghART Gallery
Production
Marian Goodman Gallery
Production
Xu Wei
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Xu Weida
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8G Studio
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Soundink
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Lynn Lai Studio
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Y-Space
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China
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Original title
香河
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
China · November 22, 2025
Premiere · UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
No release date listed for United States.
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