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Romantic film uses Yueju Opera to bring a sense of tradition to a modern love story, Xu Fan reports. Ancient Chinese poets used the willow tree as a metaphor to eulogize women. While the slim leaves portrayed a woman’s thin eyebrows, the resilient branches often inspired writers to use them to symbolize a woman who looks fragile but perseveres with what she believes in. Continue reading “The Chanting Willows”


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