Will this girl glance back at this boy? Will he be inspired to write poems from that glance? Will her name be Lucky?
Another scene, this one set in Tongli.
Other Pictures: Gardens, Water, Pagodas, Misc.
Pictures from China
Cao Xueqin's Story of the Stone is set in Suzhou. I'm walking in a garden in Suzhou now. Wait, look. There it is! The scene: A bright but penniless orphan named Yu-cun is staying at his host's house, when he looks out the window and sees a servant girl working in the garden. She happens to look up and see him. That glance inspires him to write poems of hope and desire. The poems convince Yu-cun's host to lend him money to take the examinations for Royal Service. Once Yu-cun enters the Palace and becomes a Magistrate, he searches for the servant girl named Lucky from the garden, to ask her to marry him.
Will this girl glance back at this boy? Will he be inspired to write poems from that glance? Will her name be Lucky?
Suzhou Garden
Another scene, this one set in Tongli.
Portico of Dreams
Other Pictures: Gardens, Water, Pagodas, Misc.
Will this girl glance back at this boy? Will he be inspired to write poems from that glance? Will her name be Lucky?
Another scene, this one set in Tongli.
Other Pictures: Gardens, Water, Pagodas, Misc.