Spirit Above All  2016～2017（ 精神高于一切）

Spirit Above All is a large-scale installation located on Mountain Zenggaer, at Moye Temple in Baizha at Nangqian County, Yushu Tibetan autonomous prefecture, in China. The work is 116-meter long and 86-meter wide, which is a continuation and development of 2012 Spirit Above All. The 10, 000-square-meters work was fastened on top of Mt. Zenggaer with the help of more than 150 local villagers and lamas, alongside the existing Buddhist sutra streamers, white pagoda, and cliffside murals in the valley, echoing the local natural and cultural environment. The work was exposed to natural environment for a whole winter and then collected and displayed. The project aims to establish multiple cultural projects via local cooperation under the theme of “drying painting”. Meanwhile, various changes of the work was monitored and recorded, throughout which process the work welcomed visitors continuously.


Supplementary video records:
 A short documentary of going-up the mountains recorded by  VICE (8’23’)
Project location: The Moye Temple and its surrounding valleys in , China.
11/23/2016 From 9 am to 6 pm, with the whole-day effort of the locals of Kaze village and lamas from Moye Temple—150 people in total, the 10, 000- square- meters Spirit Above All was unfolded on Mountain Zenggaer.
11/23/2016 From 9 am to 6 pm, with the whole-day effort of the locals of Kaze village and lamas from Moye Temple—150 people in total, the 10, 000- square- meters Spirit Above All was unfolded on Mountain Zenggaer.
The work survived a winter in good shape, cared for by 100+ local villager guardians over a 6-month period of time. In the morning of May 1st 2017, Spirit Above All was successfully carried down from Mt. Zengerga with help from the whole village, after a simple ceremony performed by 35 Lamas.
11/18/2017 Villagers repaired the wear and tear with stitches on the Gesar steppe prior to the painting’s return journey to Beijing.
11/18/2017 Villagers repaired the wear and  tear with stitches on the Gesar steppe prior to the painting’s return journey to Beijing.