In 2016, the inflatable installation “The Comic Character - Ying” more than six meters in height, stood on the main square in front of the National Agricultural Exhibition Center near the East 3rd Ring Road of Beijing.

The National Agricultural Exhibition Center, the Great Hall of the People and Diaoyutai State Guesthouse are listed as “Ten Landmark Buildings” after the founding of People’s Republic of China in 1949. The architectural style is of distinct characteristics of the time. For its social function, the design of the exhibition hall is very solemn and serious. Comparatively, the work “The Comic Character - Ying” is full of the “post-1975” aesthetics. The “post 75’s” was called the new generation, compared with those born before 1975. In the history, 1975 is a watershed, and in the next year, China developed to a new structure. The “post 75’s” generation grew up in a relatively open environment. Their vision and emotional expression are different from that of the older generation. They are exposed to various trends from all over the world. A peaceful environment helps them focus on areas outside of politics. The artists didn’t choose the conventional black, white and red for the “The Comic Character - Ying” to emphasize its existence, but instead used pinky red and green that commonly found in anime. This style should have been incompatible with the Agricultural Exhibition Center, but any significance of public art is contextualized by the public space. Unserious works are placed in a serious architectural site. Any communication barrier is deliberately broken in this scenario. One is led to note the stark generational differences revealed in this scenario, making it impossible to ignore but to inspire thoughts. The contradiction is also reflected in the character itself “Ying”, meaning hard, yet it was represented by the soft, inflatable material. It was erected and filled with the softest and intangible matter in the world – “air”. The complementarity of hardness and softness also conveys a holistic oriental philosophy.