Part of the Series The Other Side of Mountains, 2025
Le Lin
2025
Intaglio Aquatint print on Somerset 250g paper
Paper: 28.5cm x 37cm (11.22” x 14.57”)
Printed Image: 23cm x 30cm (9.06” x 11.81”)
花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain is a place featured in the novel Journey to the West. According to folklore, when Guanyin Bodhisattva passed through 花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain, she meditated on a large rock. Imbued with divine essence, the stone miraculously gave birth to Sun Wukong (the Monkey King). In a folktale, the mother goddess Nüwa sacrificed herself, transforming into thousands of colorful crystals to repair the sky. One of these crystals fell onto 花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain, where it absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, eventually giving birth to a stone monkey.
Le Lin
2025
Intaglio Aquatint print on Somerset 250g paper
Paper: 28.5cm x 37cm (11.22” x 14.57”)
Printed Image: 23cm x 30cm (9.06” x 11.81”)
花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain is a place featured in the novel Journey to the West. According to folklore, when Guanyin Bodhisattva passed through 花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain, she meditated on a large rock. Imbued with divine essence, the stone miraculously gave birth to Sun Wukong (the Monkey King). In a folktale, the mother goddess Nüwa sacrificed herself, transforming into thousands of colorful crystals to repair the sky. One of these crystals fell onto 花果山 Flower Fruit Mountain, where it absorbed the essence of the sun and moon, eventually giving birth to a stone monkey.
