Welcome. Our host, award-winning Chinese American author J.J. Cheng, invites you on a cosmic journey through myth, memory, ancestry, and self-transformation. Centering on Cheng’s timely creation of the PHOENIXA : The Nest, the first volume of PHOENIXA Saga – A Mystical Quest for Peace, this 60-minute in-depth interview was filmed on her birthday in 2024 by her longtime friend, photographer Steven Speliotis, and is now presented in segments for your viewing convenience.
These invaluable moments capture Cheng’s East–West cross-cultural life experience over three decades—from China to America—tracing her transformative journey from a pioneering journalist in China to a New York–based independent filmmaker and associate professor of Cinema and TV, and to a mystical realism novelist in search of deepest roots today.

Cheng eloquently articulates a living philosophy inherited from her trailblazing Chinese ancestors, particularly her grandfather, Cheng Zhen Jun (1888–1932)—one of China’s early pioneers of modernization at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her reflections on her childhood under Mao, her personal growth between cultures, and her lifelong spiritual inquiry connect us to a timeless wisdom that bridges traditions of ancestors, Buddha, God, and the cosmos.

Today, in the spring of 2026, as global tensions intensify, Cheng’s reflections remain as relevant as ever—an enduring call for human introspection, moral cultivation, inner serenity, and harmony across the world. Come and embrace a new voice in peace literature here and now.

欢迎光临！ 获奖华裔作家 程一若（J.J. Cheng） 邀请您踏上一段穿越神话、记忆、祖源与自我蜕变的宇宙之旅。围绕《鳳程-问道和平》第一卷《鳳巢》展开的这场 60分钟深度访谈，于2024年程一若生日当天拍摄，由她的多年好友、摄影师 Steven Speliotis 执导与记录，如今以分段形式呈现，方便观众观看。

这些珍贵的影像记录了程君跨越东西方的生命历程——追溯她三十多年来从中国走向美国的人生轨迹：从中国中央电视台首批英文记者，到纽约独立电影人及教育者，再到神秘现实主义小说家 再重新回歸根的蜕变之路。

程君娓娓道来一种源自先祖的生命哲学——开拓进取、坚韧不拔、勇于创造的精神，尤其承自她的祖父 程振钧（1888–1932）——二十世纪初中国现代化进程中的早期先驱之一。从生长于毛泽东时代的童年记忆，到在东西多重文化之间淬炼成长的人生体验，程君将我们引向一种跨越时空的智慧——连接着祖先、佛陀、上帝与宇宙的精神传统。

在 2026年春天，当全球局势日益紧张之际，程君的深度思考愈发触及时代的伤痛与脉搏——这是对人类 内省自觉、道德修养、内心宁静，以及世界和谐共生 的一次持久而深切的呼唤。