We name our home Qishuowu
“Qi” refers to birds returning to their nests
At sunset
“Shuo” refers to the new moon
It’s like living in a cave here
Like you’re being wrapped up
My name is Yang Wude and I was born and grew up in Chengdu
Now I’m a Didgeridoo player
My name is Jinzi and I grew up in Xiamen
Now I live in Chengdu
In 2016
We met each other in a modern dance class
The teacher told her
To jump onto me
That was the first time
Then we fell together and knew each other
I was totally bewildered
I had no idea that a woman would jump onto me
Like I was stricken by something falling from the sky
A meteorite?
5 days after we met, we became boyfriend and girlfriend
We felt we could get on with each other
Then we got married in 2020
We bought the apartment in 2020 and it was a second-hand apartment
It’s located in the south of Chengdu
The area is less than 100 m2
Jinzi was responsible for the designing
As you enter from the door
You’ll see the kitchen and the dining room on the right
And the living room on the left
At the end of the living room there’s a tatami
That’s our tea room
Yang Wude’s workspace is on the right
Then go further in it’s our master bedroom
And there’s a balcony outside the guest bedroom
The apartment is mainly painted earth tone with low saturation
The colors are not so bright
As for the walls
What I wanted to have was this mottled granular surface
A little like the Cun method in traditional Chinese landscape painting
To show the texture of rocks and bark
After weathered by the wind and rain
The painter really didn’t know how to do
We were at the site every day
Teaching him how to achieve the effect
The apartment is surrounded by plants
We removed the previous walls as many as possible
To make the apartment looking more spacious
The decoration is mainly composed of old objects
We are attracted to the traces of time on them
The mirror at the entrance and the small cabinet
They are all old objects from India
The big triangle at the back of the living room
It was actually the top of a building in an African tribe
The antler lamp is from Poland
It’s like you can travel around the world
Even when you’re lying at home
There’re some futuristic elements
Such as the disk lamp
I think maybe because we were majored in art
And we learned about lots of aesthetic ideas
So our home is what it looks like now
This is where I play my instrument and do music
It’s only as big as 7 m2
It’s a narrow square
Like a small case
I play Didgeridoo
Which should be the oldest instrument around the world
It’s a hollow tube
It’s played with vibrating lips
To produce a continuous drone
In the tube
I have a group of friends
Who often play music together
Including music teachers and musicians
Some of them play hang, drums
Jew’s harps and Bansuri flute
Everyone has really got something
We both don’t like being an office worker
So we are free-lancers now
We rely on our profession and ability
To make money
I cook light-flavored dishes
Generally when friends come to visit, they would ask me to cook
I think creating a home is choosing a lifestyle
Such a space makes us feel settled and wrapped up
It’s more relaxing staying at home
Just live in the moment