Yesterday Whispers — 03

This photograph documents an amusement park in a small northern Chinese town, a place where I would spend weekends with my grandfather during my childhood. Now weathered by time, the park features faded statues of iconic characters from the classic tale Journey to the West in this frame. The scene evokes the concept of a metaphorical archaeological site — here I captured not just the physical remnants of a forgotten playground, but the fragmented warmth of memory itself. Like ancient artifacts, these crumbling cartoon figures have become vessels of nostalgia, their peeling paint and cracked surfaces mirroring how childhood recollections gradually erode. Through this image, I constructed a monument to memory’s fragility, where personal history and cultural ephemera intertwine, and sentiments crystallize upon these faded characters like morning dew on weathered stone.