Xi Xi Butterfly Drawing
Xi Xi Butterfly Drawing

Xi Xi City

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Xi Xi passed away on 18 December 2022.

Xi Xi drawing (2020).

Xi Xi drawing at home.

Xi Xi donated her Georgian dollhouse and her handmade bears for the Water Margin series to the special collection of Hong Kong Literature, Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Xi Xi takes a nap

Xi Xi takes a nap with part of Ju Ming’s Living World series at the Hong Kong Museum of Art.

Xi Xi at Rembrandt’s house.

Xi Xi at Rembrandt’s house.

Xi Xi bear exhibit (2010).

Xi Xi began exhibiting her bears and other sewn creations, including dolls, apes, and more.

Xi Xi bear exhibit (2005).

Xi Xi, competing as Ellen Cheung, was the Designer’s Collection Champion at the 2nd Hong Kong Teddy Bear Awards.

Xi Xi and Fa Fa during SARS.

Xi Xi and Fa Fa during SARS.

Xi Xi in Iran.

Xi Xi travelled in the Middle East.

Xi Xi making a stuffed bear.

In 2000, Xi Xi began to study how to make puppets and teddy bears. This became a form of physical therapy for her right hand.

Xi Xi with Cheung Kee-tong (left) and Mo Yan (right) (1987).

Xi Xi was entrusted by Hung Fan Books to edit the book series “Selected Works of Mainland Chinese Novels in the 1980s”.

Xi Xi with Su Yeh friends in the 1980s

Su Yeh Publications was founded.

A map of To Kwa Wan drawn by Yu Wing-Yan.

Xi Xi moved her home to To Kwa Wan.

Due to an oversupply of teachers in Hong Kong, the Education Department allowed teachers to retire early. Xi Xi’s application for early retirement was granted. Since then, she has concentrated on reading and writing.

After writing for the Hong Kong Movie News Magazine, Xi Xi also began to work on some film scripts.

The Chinese Student Weekly.

Xi Xi began to work with literary magazines and newspapers, like The Chinese Student Weekly, where her short story “Maria” was first published in 1965.

Xi Xi playing guitar in the 1960's

Xi Xi in the 1960s.

Xixi Teachers Primary School

Xi Xi started her career as a teacher at Farm Road Government Primary School.

Xixi just entered the Normal University (late 1950s)

Xi Xi began studying at The Grantham Training College, which is now part of The Education University of Hong Kong.

Xi Xi at Heep Yunn Secondary School, 1950.

Xi Xi and her parents settled in Hong Kong. She began studying in Heep Yunn School a year later.