A Winter Mirage

Dōng Shèn Shì

In Chinese, ‘golden-age’ and ‘mirage’ share the same sound. Amid the 2024 economic decoupling, a single mother struggling to keep accessories business afloat in Yiwu, China’s largest export hub, must come to terms with memories of her late father's orchid on the Winter Solstice and reclaim her opera job to fund her son's overseas study. It’s my mother’s story, one day of her life.