PROJECT CONCEPT

In Chinese myths, the Red thread, a Chinese symbol, connects men and women in traditional matrimony. It is believe that people can meet and fall in love as if there is a red line leading them to each other in the dark. In the myth, the key role Yue Lao, much like cupid, controls all marriages through the use of this red thread to tie people together. Through my final work, I hope to reflect on the cognitive attitude on love and marriage in this Tang Dynasty myth of – “previously destined to this life” or Yan Yuen.