Curator Selection / 2024 / /

The Still Point

  • Photographer
    Zifan Zhang, China
  • Category
    Asia

Many young people in Hangzhou, China, are increasingly visiting the Lingyin Temple, one of the earliest Buddhist monasteries in China, to seek empowerment and increase inner certainty in the face of anxiety and concern for the future. This trend has been linked to the city’s industrial characteristics, which have given rise to countless industries such as e-commerce, live-streaming, and TikTok, which all have a common traffic feature and considerable uncertainty.