dihua exchange

OK, so we're in kind of a good news/bad news situation here. We did not get enough sign ups to run an exchange. The good news is that we are still willing to run an event if people are interested in a non-exchange type of event.

This is where you come in!

Last chance to sign up... maybe?

There's only one more day to sign up, and we don't currently have enough people to run the exchange. If you'd like to sign up but haven't gotten a chance to, we're willing to hold sign-ups open for another day or two, but we can't do that forever.

Sign ups are open now through the 28th! Sign up through Ao3 to participate.

Want to participate but don’t write or draw? Don't worry, in addition to fanfiction and fanart we also accept edits/gifsets, fmvs, and any combination of the above. Whatever you can make, we want to see it!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

event graphics provided by @la-muerta !

Two days left to sign up!

There are two more days left in the sign up period. We won't be able to run the event without enough sign ups so don't forget!

Sign ups are open now through the 28th! Sign up through Ao3 to participate.

Want to participate but don’t write or draw? Don't worry, in addition to fanfiction and fanart we also accept edits/gifsets, fmvs, and any combination of the above. Whatever you can make, we want to see it!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

Halfway through sign ups!

We are now halfway through the sign up period. We won't be able to run the event without enough sign ups so don't forget!

Sign ups are open now through the 28th! Sign up through Ao3 to participate.

Want to participate but don’t write or draw? Don't worry, in addition to fanfiction and fanart we also accept edits/gifsets, fmvs, and any combination of the above. Whatever you can make, we want to see it!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

Sign ups open!

Sign ups are open now through the 28th! Sign up through Ao3 to participate.

Want to participate but don’t write or draw? Don't worry, in addition to fanfiction and fanart we also accept edits/gifsets, fmvs, and any combination of the above. Whatever you can make, we want to see it!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

Thank you for your question, @xiaogesword! We wanted to make the answer a bit more visible in case other people have the same question.

One of the most wonderful things about queer relationships is that many of them exist on an undefined spectrum that can range all over the map between platonic and romantic. So if you would like to request a gift that has Di Feisheng and Li Lianhua viewed in a platonic way, who are we to say you can't? By the same token, if someone requests a gift between them that views them in a platonic way, that's fine too. The key here is that it must be focused on the two of them and the relationship between them.

However, if your giftee would like a gift that views dihua in a romantic way, please do not give them a gift that presents them platonically. (This does not mean you need to have them kissing or making out "on screen" so to speak, just that the relationship should be presented as romantic in nature.)

Don't forget!

Sign ups open in a week, on February 15, 2026!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

Hello! That's a very good question. We've discussed it and feel like it would be difficult to include as a main option because transformative works of a transformative work require permission of both the fic author and the recipient (if they're not the same person).

We're back!

dihua exchange is back and will be running this year! We're a friendly ship-based gift exchange, now running on Ao3, created to celebrate our favorite pairing of Di Feisheng and Li Lianhua! Sign-ups open February 15th, 2026 and works will be due on April 4th, 2026.

Want to participate but don’t write or draw? Don't worry, in addition to fanfiction and fanart we also accept edits/gifsets, fmvs, and any combination of the above. Whatever you can make, we want to see it!

Check out the event collection, the FAQ, and the schedule to learn more about the event and don’t forget to follow @dihuaexchange for updates!

Interest check results indicated we have about 20 people who may want to participate in the exchange, which is enough to proceed for now! The event collection has been established, the FAQ updated, and here is the schedule:

Sign-ups Open: Feb 15th 2026, 12:00AM EST Sign-ups Close: Feb 28th 2026, 11:59PM EST Assignments Out By: Mar 3rd 2026 11:59PM EST Assignments Due: Apr 4th 2026 11:59PM EDT (time converter) (countdown) Pinch Hits Due: Apr 11th, 2026 011:59PM EDT Works Revealed: Sat Apr 14th 2026 08:00AM EDT Creators Revealed: Sat Apr 21st 2026 08:00AM EDT

While the exchange obviously didn't run last year for personal reasons, I'm looking at bringing it back for this year since I've had a potential co-mod step forward. It'll most likely be moved up earlier in the year (spring) and over to ao3 rather than hand matching.

with that in mind, what's the interest level for bringing dihua exchange back?

Please vote and reblog here.

A bit late, but if we ran the exchange this year: