Our second video story comes from the village of the Ming Tombs , a big thank you to Han Chao for his tree story.
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Han Chao’s words:
Hello everyone, I’m Han Chao . This is the tree story I want to share.
This is a pomegranate tree, in a village of the Ming Tombs area in Changping, Beijing.
Last year during the pandemic, I moved into this yard.
At that time the whole world was talking about life and death, however, the tree flourished.
In autumn, there were several large pomegranates.
A year later, I’m preparing to leave this yard, but the tree didn’t survive.
Because it isn’t coming into leaf, its without any buds.
The world revives, yet the tree has died.
Perhaps that’s why it makes me feel a certain way.
It’s the tree that reminds me of world’s uncertainties and constant changing between life and death.
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Open Call for your tree story on video
Memory Palace of Tree Stories is a socio-ecological art practice which invites you to tell a story or share information about trees . It is a creative-led social enquiry of how we can live well for both personal and collective wellbeing. Your story can be any kind of tree story , a personal tree story, an ecological tree story , an environmental tree story, an historical tree story or even a botanical tree story. I do hope you can contribute a comment on how we can live better with the greater community of life.
The year 2023 we continue to gather your stories in the form of one minute videos and we are really looking forward to hearing your tree story . I can be contacted directly on this platform or on the contact page on this website.
Niamh Cunningham