2009 · Jingang Road, Dalian Free Trade Zone, Dalian Painted Stainless Steel and Steel · Landmark Sculpture Height: 19 m Created in 2009, Streaming In is a large-scale landmark sculpture installed on Jingang Road, at the junction of the Dalian Free Trade Zone, the bonded port area, and the Dayaowan port district. The work was developed in connection with China Maritime Day activities held in Dalian that year.
The sculpture is constructed from sixty brightly coloured container forms bearing the markings of international shipping companies. The containers are stacked, tilted, and interlocked into a rising circular structure, transforming standardised units of maritime transport into a dynamic sculptural mass.
Rather than arranging the containers in the orderly manner of a port yard, the work releases them from the horizontal grid. They rotate, gather, and surge upward like a continuous stream—or a school of fish entering the harbour one after another—giving visual form to the Chinese title Yu Guan Er Ru.
A monumental anchor and heavy chain stand beside the colourful structure. The dark, weathered industrial forms contrast with the vivid containers: one side suggests weight, stability, and maritime tradition, while the other conveys circulation, speed, and the expanding movement of global trade.
The sixty container units refer to the sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Through the combination of port machinery, commercial symbols, and abstract movement, the sculpture records a period when container transport and international logistics were rapidly reshaping Dalian’s coastal landscape.
《鱼贯而入》创作于2009年，设置于大连保税区金港路，位于保税区、保税港区与大窑湾港区交汇地带，是结合当年在大连举行的中国航海日活动创作的大型城市地标雕塑。
作品由六十个色彩鲜明的集装箱形构件组成，箱体表面保留国际航运企业的识别标志。原本标准化、规则排列的运输单元，在这里被倾斜、穿插并层层叠合，形成不断回旋和向上聚集的巨大结构。
作品没有沿用港区堆场中横平竖直的集装箱排列方式，而是使箱体脱离水平网格，在空间中旋转、汇聚并连续涌入。整体既像川流不息的物流，也近似成群游鱼依次进入港湾，从而将“鱼贯而入”这一成语转化为可以直接观看的空间形态。
彩色箱体一侧设置巨大的船锚与粗重锁链。深色、做旧的工业构件与明亮的集装箱形成强烈对比：锚链代表重量、稳定与航海传统，旋转上升的箱体则表现流通、速度以及国际贸易不断扩展的动势。
六十个集装箱对应新中国成立六十周年这一时间节点。作品通过港口器物、商业标志与抽象运动结构的结合，记录了集装箱运输和国际物流迅速改变大连滨海城市景观的时代阶段。