"You know, the night I gave birth to Bai Zhu, I had a dream. I dreamed I was a plum-blossom fairy and had returned to the celestial palace, where there were many flower fairies. A peony fairy, who called herself the queen of all flowers, beckoned me over and said a princess was going to the mortal world to repay a karmic debt, and asked me to take her there. Then I woke up, and waves of pain came over me. I gave birth to Bai Zhu." Yue Zhumei said mournfully.
Reincarnated plum-blossom and peony fairies, journeys through time spanning generations, and the complicated love and marriages of two flower fairies are at the heart of this story. It explores how generations of people pursue their lives, love, marriage, family, ideals, souls, and desires.
Theme: Using a montage style to write about the bewitching, uncanny world of flower-fairy spirits.
