With Lin Hwai-min's demands on quality, Lin Ching-ju barely slept or ate for seven or eight days to create the costumes for Cloud Gate's 1982 production of Nirvana. She would stand beside the 220 oC dye pot trying to create just the right unique shade of glittery blue.
在林懷民高品質要求下，為了雲門 1982 年的舞作《涅槃》，她七、八天不吃不睡，站在 220 度高溫的鍋爐邊盯著染鍋，就為了染出獨特的「藍色金蔥」。