Yulong Lli 李豫陇

"This series of illustrations is about the double meaning of food expressions in the Shanghainese local language. Growing up in a small immigrant industrial town in Northwest China without dialect, my experience of studying in Shanghai and the UK made me pay attention to the identity attributes of "food" and "dialect." It launched a series of personal explorations on related topics. 

From the perspective of the language of food and Shanghai culture, the series of works "Food Words of Shanghainese" discusses the relationship between current popular culture, food, dialect, and identity with the entry point of food puns in Shanghai dialect. It explains the story behind each of them by personification characters, filled details, and express some exciting stories I found during the research process in Shanghai's regional culture and history.

As well known, the Bund is very famous by its iconic international architecture group, a milestone of regional culture in Shanghai, which starts from the Swatch Art Peace Hotel. All of the building's decorations are a perfect blend of Eastern and Western styles."
(Lli Yulong, 2021)