Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.

Set against the backdrop of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the film tells a poignant cross-border love story through the ballet romance of its two protagonists amid the flames of war. It exposes the brutality, hypocrisy, stubbornness, and betrayal associated with Japanese militarism, while highlighting the solidarity and shared struggle between Chinese and Soviet soldiers and civilians in their joint resistance against fascist aggression.

On September 12, 1945, twenty-eight days after Japan announced its acceptance of the terms of surrender, more than 300 Japanese soldiers hiding in the forests of a border town in Heilongjiang refused to lay down their arms. They launched a brutal attack on local villagers and Soviet Red Army troops. In response, forces of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army joined with Soviet troops to eliminate the remaining Japanese forces.

Because this battle took place after the official surrender, it is remembered as the ‘last battle’ fought on the black soil of Northeast China during the war.

Co-organised by China Cultural Centre in Sydney, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (Suzhou, China), Sydney Conservatorium of Music, China Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, and Suzhou Traditional Chinese Opera Museum, the exhibition is built around ‘immersion’, and explores Suzhou’s cultural ecology through documentary film, graphic design, and photography to create an experiential space.

Voices Without Borders follows a single sound as it travels between cultures. Rather than observing from a distance, visitors are invited to step inside. The plucked strings and the rhythmic clappers, together with echoes of Suzhou’s past and present, come alive around visitors, evoking the sounds that have resonated through teahouses for centuries.

Hear, here. We welcome you to the world of Pingtan and the rich Jiangnan culture of Suzhou.