In August 2026, a heartwarming story of cross-strait family reunion touched many people.
Following the traces of her bloodline, Nana Bee finally set foot in Changzhou, Jiangsu — her ancestral hometown. This land, familiar yet distant, had only existed in her family’s stories for decades, a spiritual homeland she had cherished since childhood.
To fulfill her parents’ lifelong wish and recover her family’s lost memories, she coordinated with local authorities. With the support of Jiangsu and Changzhou Taiwan Affairs Offices, she successfully reunited with her relatives and met her senior cousin after decades of separation.
During this homecoming trip, she visited her ancestral graves to pay tribute to her forefathers, completing a pilgrimage delayed by half a lifetime.
From fragmented childhood tales to real local landscapes and family warmth, this cross-strait journey carries no grand slogans — only pure sincerity and kinship.
In her writings and records, she conveys the simplest yet most powerful belief: people across the strait are one family, bound by the same bloodline and inseparable cultural roots.
Nineteen Years in Beijing: Bridging Youth and Art Across the Strait
As a “new Beijinger” who has lived and developed in Beijing for 19 years, Nana Bee is currently the Chinese Director of INGO ARTS and Convener of the cross-strait youth art project Metaverse Exploration Team. For years, she has used literature and contemporary art to break geographical barriers and build genuine dialogue between young creators on both sides of the strait.
Her cultural endeavors continued steadily throughout 2026.
Empowering Youth Creation and Curating Cross-Strait Art Exhibitions
In July, Nana Bee led and launched the 2026 Metaverse Exploration Team Cross-Strait Youth Art Residency Program. Centered on traditional Chinese culture and Eastern mythological aesthetics, the project gathered young artists from across the strait for co-creation and artistic exchange. The annual achievement exhibition was successfully held at Dodo Art Museum in Beijing.
She integrates traditional cultural heritage with contemporary art and metaverse innovation, encouraging the younger generation to interpret classic Chinese culture with creative artistic language — realizing sincere communication and cultural bonding through art.
Speaking at Cross-Strait Cultural Summit and Sharing Original Insights
In May, Nana Bee attended the 3rd Cross-Strait Chinese Culture Summit Literature Forum and was interviewed by multiple authoritative media outlets, including Chinanews and Beijing Daily.
With nearly two decades of experience in cross-strait cultural exchange, she has witnessed the deepening cultural resonance between both sides. In exclusive interviews, she shared that an increasing number of Taiwanese youth are actively exploring the mainland through study tours, creative residencies and exchange programs, experiencing mainland China’s urban development and cultural vitality firsthand.
For four consecutive years, she has organized joint creation projects and art exhibitions for cross-strait youth. She not only supports Taiwanese young artists in creating and developing in the mainland but also promotes outstanding mainland artworks and creators to Taiwan audiences, facilitating two-way cultural communication and mutual learning.
She also mentioned the vibrant cultural interaction among contemporary youth. Popular literature, film and television works circulate freely across the strait, connecting young people with shared aesthetic tastes and cultural identities — the most touching power of cultural integration.
Moving Forward: Continuing to Build a Sustainable Cross-Strait Cultural Bridge
Nana Bee firmly believes: culture has no boundaries, and communication eliminates estrangement.
Nineteen years of life in Beijing has immersed her in the warmth and ordinary kindness of mainland community life. These genuine life experiences have deepened her understanding of the “one family across the strait” bond and strengthened her original aspiration for cross-strait cultural work.
In the second half of 2026, Nana Bee will continue expanding her cultural undertakings:
- Operating the Metaverse Exploration Team project continuously to sustain long-term cross-strait artistic co-creation;
- Preparing for new original literary works and future film and television adaptation;
- Delivering university lectures on creative writing and narrative art to nurture young creators;
- Preparing for local art exhibitions in Taiwan to promote mainland artistic creations cross-strait.
From tracing ancestral roots to building cross-strait bridges, from writing cultural stories to empowering young creators, Nana Bee’s two-decade persistence conveys a simple truth:
Mountains and seas may separate lands, but never cultural heritage. Distance can never dilute kinship.
There are always persistent practitioners like her, spreading warmth with passion, crossing the strait with sincerity, keeping Chinese cultural lineage alive, and accompanying cross-strait youth grow together.Same cultural origin, one heart across the strait — this is the most beautiful bond between cross-strait communities.
