01 · 28 · 08 · 2026 · South of the Expo districtPINNED
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The platform outlined in red looks so fragile—like a footnote to walking on thin ice in life.
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ENGLISH EDITION
Let it be,without forcing it;
Memoirs of a Chinese restaurateur in Portugal, read through life’s changes and the I Ching.
HALF A LIFETIME OF NOTES
Let it be,without forcing it;
If you can make ‘creation’ as natural as breathing, it is not because intention is absent; it is because all intention has already dissolved into the breath.Sam Wang
Two parts, twelve moments.
A life told through choices, losses and changes rather than a résumé.
Necessity brings change.
From arriving in Lisbon to the Madrid expansion, family, and the pandemic.
Change opens the way.
A new digital beginning with XIAOXIONG®.
The city passes.
Memory remains.
Photographs and short texts about Lisbon, restaurants, architecture, and the moments that do not fit inside the chapters.
90 translated notes · English edition
02 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Oceanarium
Oceanarium II
“The oceanarium sheds the bustle of the day and returns to quiet;”
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03 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Beside the oceanarium
Little Stream
“In the lower-left corner, the shadow holds up a phone;”
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04 · 06 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Lisbon Oceanarium
Oceanarium
“In the distance, two cable cars glide towards the end of the line;”
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05 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Vasco da Gama Shopping Centre
Nightfall
“Beneath the streetlights, a family passes, seen from behind;”
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06 · 05 · 10 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverside
Low Tide II
“The sky, so blue;”
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28 · 09 · 2026 · Chinese Embassy in Portugal · National Day Celebration · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
National Day
This evening, I attended the embassy’s annual National Day celebration;
“Warmly celebrating the 77th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China”; “Comemoração do 77.º Aniversário da Fundação da República Popular da China”.
Dazzling lights, a hall full of guests; the atmosphere was solemn and warm.
As I moved around, clinking glasses, the question I heard most was; “So, where are we going for dinner afterwards?”
A few friends and I chose another round of “cuttlefish and pork rib soup” (we really were hungry😋;)
“Homeland; happy birthday🎂”
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Hexagram 45
Classic text · interpretive translationCui · Gathering
By observing what gathers, the dispositions of heaven, earth and all beings become visible. — Zhou Yi · Cui, Commentary on the Judgment
Cui concerns gathering; the Commentary on the Judgment invites attention to what gathers. People share a reason to celebrate in one hall, while also having familiar companions and different plans for later. One gathering can hold several forms of closeness.
“Where shall we eat?” carries the meeting into everyday life. The celebration provides the occasion; friends choosing to sit together make the later bowl of soup possible. This reading asks how a shared celebration becomes particular companionship, and which connections continue after the event ends.
Reading in briefCelebration brings people together; companionship carries the gathering on.I Love You, China · 我爱你，中国
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“I Love You, China” answers a birthday wish made far from home. The lights of the celebration and time among friends stay in the memory of this evening.
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RESTAURANTS · ARCHITECTURE · HISTORY · I CHING
Half a lifetime
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Hello, I’m Wang Sanxiong — Sam 🤝
The book’s epigraph is my motto, and the starting point for how I understand life, restaurants, and entrepreneurship.
I am a Chinese immigrant living in Portugal, originally from Qingtian, Zhejiang, and a restaurant owner. I love architecture and the history behind it; I love the I Ching, and use Eastern wisdom to interpret the stories hidden behind history.
A battle for small and medium-sized restaurants to reclaim their own customer channels;
The second half of life should be more exciting than the first — that is only reasonable;
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XIAOXIONG®; it is not an advertisement in this book. It is proof that, in the second half of life, I am still willing to change.
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