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Flower Festival Symbolism

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Title: The Mandarin and the Flower Festival Author: Pham Duy Khiem Literature (of what country): Vietnamese Literature Characters: • Tu Thuc (Protagonist) • Giang Huong (Rosy Incense) • Nguy, Queen Fairy (Mother of Giang) Two young servant girls • Old man (Grandson of Tu Thuc) Theme: Culture and Religion. How the people appreciates their beliefs and desires Point of view used in the literary text: Third-person Point of view Plot summary: A mandarin (bureaucrat) lived by the name of Tu Thuc was sent to govern the district of Tien Du. Near his residence was an old pagoda, famous for magnificent peony shrub. Whenever the shrub flowered it drew a crowd of pilgrims, so each spring there was a festival. In the second year of the festival there …show more content…

It also means that spiritual awakening and faithfulness. Even this is emerged in murky waters in the morning and be perfectly clean a sign of purity. Brocade robe: In Buddhism it is the robe where Buddha wears in statues as every Buddhists called him the enlightened one or the awakened one. Phoenix: In Buddhism means that is endowed with all of the magical qualities of auspiciousness: longevity, resurrection. It also symbolizes peace and tranquility. The land of the Immortals (Place for Pilgrims): In other words, the place of enlightenment of the Buddhist where Gautama achieved enlightenment under a Bodhi Tree. Jade heaven: Meaning Symbol of …show more content…

Reflection: My reaction on this story is similar the histories of Siddhartha Gautama when I’ve understand Buddhism and their culture and practices as if it’s all seems to make sense as having a flower festival as an offering for Buddha and Tu Thuc in search of what he desires and been enlightened. It is a very great way to emphasize their culture and religion in this story. When the time he reached enlightenment he will go back from that place again and realizing that he accepted it and he went somewhere else and never to found again or something else happened depending on what kind of ending you wanted. Even if this is a fictional story, this is a way of appreciating their culture and beliefs for Buddhism had many teaching regarding life and saying that nothing is permanent in this world. Like being immortal is impossible. As the end of the story

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