See

★A famous poem by Xi Xi (1937-2022), a renowned writer and poet in the Chinese-speaking world, transformed into a picture book.
★The debut picture book by Stephen Wong Chun Hei, an internationally acclaimed painter known for his Hong Kong landscape art.
★A fantastic artwork interweaving the real and the imaginary, combining mountains and cities, engaging in a dialogue with Xi Xi's famous poem, offering profound meaning through both poetry and illustration.
★Readers of all ages will find unique enjoyment and profound meaning in this book.
★Full-color hardcover printing, beautiful and durable for long-term preservation.
This book is jointly recommended by celebrities from various fields.

★Literary consultant and recommended guide: Chen Chih-te (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Literature, National Tsing Hua University)

★Joint recommendations (in order of stroke count of surnames)
Ho Fuk Yan (Writer, Poet)
Chow Yiu Fai (Lyricist)
Lam Kin Choi (Picture Book Illustrator)
Sampson Wong (Urban Researcher and Artist)
Yip Hiu Man (Nature and Ecology Writer)
Liu Ke-xiang (Writer, Nature and Ecology Observer)
Hsieh Chih-Te (Visual Arts Worker)
Law Lok Man (Poet, Editor)



Now taking the MTR
After getting a seat on the train, I
Sleep. At this moment
Coleus spreads along the MacLehose Trail
A few lingering clouds dock on the ridge of Tung Ping Chau
Clouds float, flowers bloom. Emerging from the MTR station
I raise my hand to shield my tired eyes
And see the zebra crossing, see the traffic light, see

"Seeing" is a renowned poem by Xi Xi (1937-2022), a famous writer and poet in the Chinese-speaking world. It depicts the protagonist on their way to work early in the morning, "seeing" the mundane home and bustling city, but also "seeing" the longed-for mountains, wilderness, and leisurely freedom deep within. Stephen Wong Chun Hei, a painter internationally renowned for his Hong Kong mountain landscapes, captures the true inner world of urban office workers through scenes that shuttle between reality and imagination, bursting forth with the carefree joy of mountains and wilderness amidst the dull city.
Living in a busy city, we are easily crushed by the mundane and repetitive daily grind, thereby ignoring the call of nature and our ideals. "Seeing" reminds children living in modern civilization not to forget their longing for pastoral life and an ideal environment, and not to forget the relationship between humans and nature. Entering the world of this book, immerse yourself in the encounter of two artistic minds—mountains and clouds, poetry and painting—which will bring continuous comfort and transcendence to modern urbanites, no matter where we are.
Stephen Wong Chun Hei is renowned for his paintings of Hong Kong's natural landscapes. The MacLehose Trail, Lion Rock, and Pat Sin Leng are transformed under his brush into vibrant and ever-changing forest and mountain scenes, grand in scale and rich in detail, collected by numerous museums and private collectors.
"Seeing" was originally included in "Xi Xi's Poetry Collection" published by Hong Fan Bookstore. The "Xi Xi Poetry Collection Picture Book Series" invites a group of famous artists and picture book illustrators to reinterpret some of these poems into picture books, offering a different kind of reading pleasure.

Text / Xi Xi (1937–2022)
Born Zhang Yan in Zhongshan, Guangdong, in 1937 in Shanghai, she settled in Hong Kong in 1950. A graduate of Grantham College of Education in Hong Kong, she once taught and was a member of Hong Kong's "Pillow Literary Magazine". In 1983, her short story "A Woman Like Me" received a recommended award in the United Daily News Fiction Prize, officially beginning her literary connection with Taiwan. She is a prolific writer with approximately fifty works, including poetry collections, essays, and long and short novels. Her innovative forms and content have had a profound and lasting impact. In 2005, she received the "Flowerbud World Chinese Literary Award" from Sin Chew Daily. In 2011, she was named the "Annual Literary Writer" at the Hong Kong Book Fair, and in 2018, she received the "Newman Prize for Chinese Literature".

Illustrations / Stephen Wong Chun Hei
Stephen Wong Chun Hei was born in 1986 and graduated from the Fine Arts Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2008. In the summer of 2023, he was invited to be an Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Arts Scholar at Jesus College, University of Oxford. "Landscape" has always been the central theme of Stephen Wong Chun Hei's paintings. His early works drew inspiration from landscape scenes in video games, highlighting the visual impact of virtual worlds. In recent years, he frequently hikes and paints outdoors in various natural areas across Hong Kong, drawing inspiration from sketches and memories, combined with his personal imagination, to create paintings with a sense of journey, depicting the relationship between humans and nature. Stephen Wong Chun Hei's works are collected by local and international private collectors, and are also part of the collections of institutions such as the Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hongkong Land, UBS, and the Swire Group.