I am a freelance Cameraman and director graduated in 2010 from the National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA). Now, I am a photographer.
Interested in mystery and religious studies, I has met producer Wu Yu Ming, with whom he created this documentary about Dong-gang beliefs. With three years of experience in this field, I prefers having a shorter curriculum but deeper experience, thus he has followed over three years the preparations for the performing of the ritual of Yi-Wang. “The promise” is the result of these three years of hard work, and my first documentary feature, but for sure not my last one.
Dong-gang, a fishing village in the southern part of Taiwan, is a place where exceptional historical traces of a past mysterious ritual are still alive. One of the most important characteristic of being part of the Dong-gang community is joining a ritual that takes place every three year, They call the ritual as “Yi-Wang”. Performing this ritual, the people show…