Morning broke, and Chongqing once again became a canvas. From heights where the mountain city stretched beneath their eyes, to hillside alleys climbing between old walls, to bridges sweeping across the rivers, every angle carried its own rhythm.

Today, the creators stepped into those rhythms not only as wanderers, but as storytellers. Inspired and energized, they were ready to channel the city’s pulse into creation, painting its vibrant energy with the colors of WeConnect. Now, let’s dive in and see what stories await.

The Colors of Chongqing

In this 8D city, the creators sought different ways to tell Chongqing’s story. Some let it move to a musical rhythm, treating the streets as if they were notes in a melody. Others leaned on cinematic language, chasing depth and atmosphere across spaces. Still others looked at the dialogue between past and present, setting tradition and modernity within the same frame. Different as these paths seemed, they all turned toward the same theme: using the lens to reinterpret the city’s rhythm and character.

Rhythm, Play & Time

Through the creators’ lenses, Chongqing could unfold like a piece of music. At Liziba Station, the train threading straight through a high-rise struck the opening note, while the markets shifted the rhythm—sometimes brisk, sometimes lingering. By night, the lights of Hongyadong carried the melody to its crescendo. Some frames held the quick pulse of the city, others lingered on atmosphere, until the cuts came together like a score composed in motion.

Or it could take the shape of an improvised street performance. Laughter rippled through Guanyinqiao, the noise of Bayi Road merged with passing interactions, and sudden ideas dissolved small disagreements. The mood stayed light, playful, full of surprise. As night fell, the city itself became the stage, its glow closing the act with energy still in the air.

Or perhaps it was a dialogue between past and present. The stone alleys and vendor cries of Ciqikou carried the weight of memory; the neon of Jiefangbei Monument and the steep stairways of White Elephant Residence pressed forward with today’s pace. The river cableway pulled both worlds into the same frame, and in Hongyadong, where stilted houses met the shimmer of neon, the city seemed to leave a line of commentary in its own hand.

Or, simply, the daily life of Chongqing

Life, Encounters & WeConnect

In Chongqing, time rarely keeps a single beat—it rushes forward in crowded alleys, then lingers in the echo of temple bells. Inspiration often came from ordinary places. In Laojun Cave, a camera was quietly raised to capture calm beneath the weight of the bells; on the stairways of White Elephant Residence, breath and footsteps overlapped, revealing the immediacy of everyday life. The creators searched for stories in these fragments, using their lenses to hold the city’s most authentic pulse.

Not every plan went as expected. At a teahouse in Ciqikou, the scheduled face-changing performance nearly slipped away due to timing. After a quick exchange, the team adapted, and the stage came alive again. Masks flew, the crowd gasped, and the cameras caught it all. What could have been a setback became an unexpected highlight, giving the story an immediacy no script could design. The mood stayed light, yet each quick decision drew the group closer and added sparks to the film.

They also caught moments of cultural encounter. At Huguang Guild Hall, a traveler from abroad sat quietly among locals, listening to stories carried through the hall; at Nanbin Road’s Clock Tower Square, he laughed with strangers and shared a snack. The camera didn’t search for a central character—it let these unscripted gestures guide the story. In those fleeting exchanges, what stayed with them was not the backdrop but the sense of connection—the very spirit of WeConnect.

The footage began to weave into layered narratives. From subway exits to riversides, from brief pauses on street corners to passing glances, each moment seemed separate at first, yet they crossed again and again, as if inevitably drawn together.

The encounters captured through their lenses moved in step with the city’s rhythm, at once dynamic and composed, like the very symphony they set out to create. With Hollyland supporting these moments behind the scenes, the day’s canvas of Chongqing had been etched with culture and stories, just as the night prepared another spectacle above the river: a sky soon to be painted by drones.

When Culture Took Flight

Over the river, light formations unfolded into symbols of Chinese heritage: the Thousand-Armed Guanyin (千手观音), serene and expansive, and the striking mask of Sichuan opera’s Face-Changing (变脸). Against Chongqing’s layered skyline of bridges and towers, these images felt at once timeless and newly reborn—not on temple walls or theatre stages, but drawn in light across the sky.

For the creators, it felt less like a show, and more like a dialogue—proof that technology, when guided by imagination, can carry culture upward, translating tradition into light and letting it speak again in the language of the future.

Hollyland: A Bridge for Co-Creation

Through different perspectives, the city revealed its rhythm, each lens offering a distinct way of seeing Chongqing. Hollyland is not only a tool, but a bridge for co-creation. It allows creators to find resonance within the same frame, and in that connection, to complete the vision of WeConnect.

Today, the creators carved their stories into the city. Tomorrow, everything will converge in the finale, closing this journey with its final chapter.