Princess of Funan River is a semi-documentary project based on the observations of my hometown, Chengdu, a place in which I struggled to find a sense of belonging.

Chengdu permeates its complex cultural texture, embraced and incubated by the Funan River. My experience growing up in Chengdu led to the realization of my sexual orientation, and thus a consciousness of queer identity.

In this project, I document the young women around me who possess different sexualities and self-identities, in various location settings.

From places that have been forgotten, and abandoned; places that are called homes, to homes for a short term. It gives birth to fluid identity construction in the process of socialization, just like the water in the Funan River. Tides and floods, where the river crosses and flows; dynamic waterways are engaged by natural and manmade interference. People come and go as buildings are built and torn down. The man-made river, Funan, will eventually converge with the Yangtze River and to the ocean. No water remains the same.