CHANGYU ZOU | REDISCOVERING THE BEAUTY OF LIFE FOR CHINESE CAMPUS LITERATURE
February 20, 2026 Changyu Zou
Gorgeous new piece by #lcmartist Changyu Zou for Chinese Campus Literature. A young engineer is stressed and tired from work. One day, a stone from his hometown pulls him into a magical world created by his childhood imagination. There, he meets a small creature he once invented and watches the moon fall three thousand times. Through this journey, he slowly remembers his childhood dreams, imagination, and happiness. In the end, he returns to real life and decides to reconnect with his family and rediscover the beauty of life.
The illustration shows the protagonist quietly gazing at the sky, where countless moons of different shapes and colors rise and fall at once. These moons symbolize the passage of time, the return of memory, and the revival of childhood imagination. Surrounding him like fragments of forgotten dreams, they mark a moment of stillness and reflection. This scene captures the emotional core of watching the moon fall three thousand times — a journey of waiting, rediscovery, and reconnecting with one’s inner world.
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