Yushu at Dongshankou, Guangzhou: The Realm of Wabi-Sabi, the Light of Handcrafts🫖

Stepping into Yushu on Miaoqian Straight Street in Dongshankou, the noise suddenly fades away. It has two floors in total, plus a small balcony for tea drinking. The plain clay walls are mottled like rubbings of time, rough pottery flower vessels slanting with dry branches, moss marks spreading on the bluestone floor like a painting—there is no ostentation here, only the quiet beauty precipitated by time. Dim light pours over the long table, handcrafted objects lie quietly like poetry: an uncarved Hetian jade paperweight, retaining natural cracks that resemble frozen mountain veins; a beechwood tea tray joined entirely by mortise and tenon, the wood grain rippling like waves, warm and smooth to the touch like autumn sunlight. The most captivating is the plain brush washer, carved shallowly from blue-yellow jade, with water stains that emit a cold glow, perfectly embodying the wabi-sabi truth that "imperfection is true beauty." "Flaws are the natural seals of authenticity." At this moment, rain threads weave slantwise outside the eaves, and amid the swirling tea smoke, the objects and the human heart alike return to clarity. 📍Yushu (Dongshankou Branch)