Ode to Tangerine

Ode to Tangerine is created for a rural revitalisation project. As is the case with many rural areas in China, the large number of younger generations in the village who have decided to work in cities has given rise to many problems such as children left behind. Divided into seven movements, the suite combines the story line of Bing Xin's essay "Little Orange Lantern" and the cultural symbol of the Shu Road, depicting the different moods of farmers from sowing to harvesting while mapping out the story of a child left behind in hardship but with a heart for light, waiting alone for his father to return from afar.

The visualisation concert was performed in January, 2022 at the launch of the Luojiang tangerine branding event, for which Star Reach Studio has also designed tangerine gift boxes, among other products, in the hope of helping local farmers to promote the delicious produce, so that they can gradually become self-sufficient and fundamentally solve problems for the rural areas.