1. Fantasy – Jade

This trilogy is to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Mooncake Festival). Contrary to the conventional interpretation of Lady of the Moon, Chang’e 嫦娥, I am looking deeper into this mythical heroine by exhibiting her in various moods in the form of jade, ruby and sapphire, according to various events spanning her mortal life and eventual immortality.

The first episode is “Fantasy – Jade”. This portrays Chang’e in her prime before meeting her lover in the mortal world. She is full of happiness and hope. The moon is her oyster.

2. Anticipation – Ruby

This is the second episode of my “Flying to the Moon” trilogy. Here I portray Chang’e 嫦娥 on her wedding night, before she becomes the Lady on the Moon. Chang’e is preoccupied with self doubt, after her soon-to-be husband Houyi 后羿 has shot down nine of ten suns to curb the unbearable heat. She is very contented with what they have got on earth but is acutely aware of Houyi’s pursuit of immortality in heaven. Is it going to be “until death do us part” 白頭偕老 or “same bed, different dreams 同床異夢, she wonders?

3. Solitude – Sapphire

This is the finale of my “Flying to the Moon” series. Here I portray the wiser and more composed Lady of the Moon, Chang’e 嫦娥, after she flew off to the moon sipping the elixir of immortality made by her pet rabbit. She left behind her greedy drunken husband Houyi 后羿 on the earth. As she transcends time through immortality, she has transformed herself into a more contemporary slender look.

4. Pensiveness – Pearl

This is a follow-up addendum after I completed the above trilogy the prior year.

I am wondering what Chang’e is pondering right this second. I can only imagine the loneliness being trapped on the moon by herself.

10 fun facts about Chang’e

1. She has been voted by the Times the top 10 successful women CEOs in the universe, credit to her own online card company named after a moon and a pig.
2. She is the chief adviser on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic space programme.
3. Nowadays she keeps away from moon cake in order to fit into a qipao 旗袍 made during Qing dynasty. She leads an active lifestyle, running around the crescent twice a day, the full length equivalent to 10k x marathon.
4. She wrote a book 50 Shapes of Moon, followed by 50 Shapes Lighter and 50 Shapes Free. Her books inspired British author E L James.
5. To forget her husband Houyi, she sings “Let him go, let him go, the rain never bothered me anyway”. The song is a big hit and has been adopted by Disney’s Frozen.
6. She has signed a contract with Simon Cowell to be one of the X-Factor judges in 2020, replacing Nicole.
7. Her rabbit has entered Moonish Got Talent and won. His talent is eating 100 mooncakes in 15 minutes and turning to a pig.
8. You can watch Chang’e and her pig rabbit live on YouTube – The Only Way is Moon.
9. Like her mother, Chang’e hasn’t got a Facebook account as she does not trust men. According to her mother she has left Houyi bitter and twisted on earth.
10. Chang’e is the mentor of Chinese actress Liu Yifei 刘亦菲 who looks just like her. Rumour said Chang’e advised Yifei on her stage name which sounds like flying without wings.