Ying-Ying's Trip To See The Moon Lady

In the novel, it describes Ying-Ying’s trip to see the Moon Lady. The scene described how Ying-Ying was at a festival with her family. There were lanterns and boats going across the water during evening time. She was dressed in well-made clothing, playing near the butcher. When the family was about to eat their festival feast, she had got into a mess. Consequently, her nursemaid took her bloody clothes off while the family ate. While sitting on the edge of the boat, she fell off of the ship and into the water. She was rescued by some fishermen and given food. They tried to help her find her mother but she was nowhere to be found. The fishermen then drop Ying-Ying off at the shore, so that when her parents arrive they find her. Ying-Ying sees a play beginning to start, and it’s about the Moon Lady. She remembers that if she makes a wish with good intentions and no selfish desires

In the beginning of the book It showed Lindo as teenager being married to a young boy named TyanYu. Her mother left her in a very emotional way which is why I thought this was a very important part of the storyline. TyanYu’s grandmother was very cruel towards her. She forced her to cook, clean, and treat TyanYu as if he was a god. After the night of the wedding, the matchmaker had two candles lit to represent the bride and groom. If one of the flames went out before the candle was gone then the marriage would be a failure. When the person watching the candles left the room Lindo went into the room and blew out TyanYu’s candle. Later on, she heard the matchmaker yelling and in the morning, they showed the candles as if they burned all night and the women watching the candles looking ashamed. This was key part of the plotline, because this allowed her to escape and still keep her mother’s promise, yet they forgot to include it in the story. They briefly went over it when Lindo was explaining her “dream” but, the imagery I imagined from the book would have been cool to see in the