Snow Flower and The Secret Fan- Fun Feature, Ancient Proverbs
Snow Flower and The Secret Fan
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Releases on Blu-ray & DVD November 1st
To help celebrate the upcoming release of
Snow Flower and The Secret Fan,
ThinkJam/Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment,
has sent me the following Fun Feature to share with my readers.
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Snow Flower and the Ancient Proverbs
Growing up in 19th century China, Lily (Bingbing Li) and Snow Flower (Gianna Jun)
are brought together in a Laotong friendship—a lifelong bond between two women
who rely on each other for companionship and comfort.
Amid the civil unrest and gender discrimination of the era,
the pair deals with life’s hardships together until
they are separated by marriage and childbirth.
As sworn sisters, however, the women continue to communicate
through the secret Chinese language of nushu,
hiding their stories and messages within the folds of delicate silk fans.
Snow Flower’s best friend Lily learns about a Laotong from her aunt,
who describes it as a “relationship made by choice for the purpose
of emotional companionship and eternal fidelity.”
Playing on this quote, and to celebrate the release of
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
on Blu-ray and DVD Nov. 1,
we will compile a list of other Chinese proverbs to live by, including,
“A bird does not sing because it has an answer.
It sings because it has a song” and,
“Deep doubts, deep wisdom, small doubts, little wisdom.”
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.
A child’s life is like a piece of paper on which every person leaves a mark.
He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
Deep doubts, deep wisdom, small doubts, little wisdom.
He who strikes the first blow admits he’s lost the argument.
Jade must be chiseled before it can be considered a gem.
To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
Outside noisy, inside empty.
A spark can start a fire that burns the entire prairie.
Behind every able man, there are always other able men.
SNOW FLOWER AND THE SECRET FAN
“An emotionally powerful tale of two sets of Chinese women
in two different centuries”
– Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Coming to Blu-ray and DVD November 1st
From Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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I didn't know this was a movie – I'll have to rent it. Loved the book!
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