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.
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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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01 · 09 · 2026 · Parque das Nações · Tagus riverfront · Sam Wang
LIFE NOTE
Dusk
Along the horizon, a band of warm pink-orange afterglow carries the tenderness and romance that belong to dusk.
The Vasco da Gama Bridge cuts across the boundary between water and sky; the Tagus seems very quiet.
On the embankment, the silhouettes of an elderly couple walking side by side bring to mind the promise of holding hands and growing old together.
“Quiet, warmth, and a sense of poetry reaching into the distance;”
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Classic text · interpretive translationXian · Influence
Xian means influence. The yielding is above and the firm below; the two forces respond and join. — Zhou Yi · Xian, Commentary on the Judgment
Xian places feeling in an encounter. Two figures side by side evoke growing old together; that poetry first records the viewer’s response without telling the older people’s whole relationship.
Acknowledging this limit preserves the scene’s tenderness. We can value a moment of companionship while leaving people a life the observer does not write for them.
Reading in briefCompanionship moves us; the untold life remains theirs.The Most Romantic Thing · 最浪漫的事
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At dusk, the two of them are still walking side by side. Taking it slowly is good too;
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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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