The artist depicts the street scenes of Wanhua on a city map devoid of any textual markings, using a dip pen to illustrate within the gridlines. This visual presentation captures the everyday life of the city, creating a snapshot of urban living. Through the division of grids, the work conveys the passage of time. The series began as an effort to gain a deeper understanding of an unfamiliar environment. For viewers familiar with the city, the artwork becomes a cognitive game, linking the audience's personal memories as they attempt to reconstruct familiar routes based on the streets.

As familiarity with the city grew, the work raised new questions: What constitutes a city? What is it made of? What breathes life into it? What defines its everyday essence? Consequently, this work explores the complex relationships between reality and representation, maps and lived experiences. The city map becomes a meta-representation of the city, reflecting our perceptions and collective memory.

Throughout art history and the history of urban planning, impending transformations in urban spaces often spur an abundance of documentation and image-making to capture what is about to emerge or disappear.