Chants de Chu 楚辞·观 by Chen Siyu 陈思宇The Songs of Chu are an anthology of seventeen poems, originating from the kingdom of Chu during the Warring States period. A work of great historical importance for China, it contains the name of one of the very first known Chinese poets, Qu Yuan, and the beginning of personal poetry. This is the first time that a Chinese poet expresses his feelings, linked to love, to the pain linked to exile. The artist Chen Siyu, who took two years to complete