"Juying's Marriage" is a rural literary work written by Wang Luyan, which shows the custom of ghost marriage in rural areas of eastern Zhejiang. The novel depicts the story of Juying who was married off ten years after her death through a mother's longing for her daughter who died young. The article describes that Juying's mother prepared a generous dowry for her and held a lively wedding, but in fact it was a ghost marriage, revealing the ignorant and backward primitive beliefs and criticism of backward customs.
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It's scary to think about it, a kind of morbid love
Juying's life is undoubtedly tragic. It seems that she fell into the destined destiny under the ethics of feudal society. In fact, it is the reality of a generation of women being oppressed.
Mother, her love is undoubtedly dedicated, great but ignorant. After all, she loves her daughter, but she is destroyed by conservative ideas, which is the direct root cause of the tragedy.
It's a sad story... I read it on the recommendation of my university Chinese teacher. Wang Luyan is the representative of rural novels. Perhaps for Juying's mother, organizing a beautiful, lively and luxurious wedding for Juying was the reason for her to live for so many years after Juying's death, even if she had to use self-mutilation to torture her body and sacrifice her own life to achieve her own redemption. Therefore, it can be seen how much the decadent folk customs in the old society have corroded people. It is not known whether they are saving people or eating them! I really understood the teacher's introduction in the class on rural novels: love and pity are both evils.
The writing style of this book is concise and vivid, and the emotions are sincere and deep. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the mother's longing and concern for her daughter, making people feel for her. Among them, "There is a smile on Juying's lips? Are there tears on Juying's eyes?" This sentence, a few simple questions, vividly shows the mother's concern for her daughter, which impressed me deeply. I highly recommend everyone to read this book.
Living in the feudal era, the mother, who had been influenced by the ideas of the time, married off her daughter who had been dead for ten years. It was precisely because of ignorance that she had a secret marriage, but there was no doubt about her motherly love for her daughter. As a mother, she was relieved to have support for her body and soul.
Under the absurd ghost marriage, there is either ignorance or profound love of a mother in feudal society.
It's scary to think about it, a kind of morbid love
Juying's life is undoubtedly tragic. It seems that she fell into the destined destiny under the ethics of feudal society. In fact, it is the reality of a generation of women being oppressed. Mother, her love is undoubtedly dedicated, great but ignorant. After all, she loves her daughter, but she is destroyed by conservative ideas, which is the direct root cause of the tragedy.
It's a sad story... I read it on the recommendation of my university Chinese teacher. Wang Luyan is the representative of rural novels. Perhaps for Juying's mother, organizing a beautiful, lively and luxurious wedding for Juying was the reason for her to live for so many years after Juying's death, even if she had to use self-mutilation to torture her body and sacrifice her own life to achieve her own redemption. Therefore, it can be seen how much the decadent folk customs in the old society have corroded people. It is not known whether they are saving people or eating them! I really understood the teacher's introduction in the class on rural novels: love and pity are both evils.
The writing style of this book is concise and vivid, and the emotions are sincere and deep. The author uses delicate brushstrokes to describe the mother's longing and concern for her daughter, making people feel for her. Among them, "There is a smile on Juying's lips? Are there tears on Juying's eyes?" This sentence, a few simple questions, vividly shows the mother's concern for her daughter, which impressed me deeply. I highly recommend everyone to read this book.
Living in the feudal era, the mother, who had been influenced by the ideas of the time, married off her daughter who had been dead for ten years. It was precisely because of ignorance that she had a secret marriage, but there was no doubt about her motherly love for her daughter. As a mother, she was relieved to have support for her body and soul.
Under the absurd ghost marriage, there is either ignorance or profound love of a mother in feudal society.