The Jade Peony

What do Sek Lung and Grandma secretly create together? What do you think this is meant to symbolize? Why?

What do Sek Lung and Grandma secretly create together? What do you think this is meant to symbolize? Why?

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They build a windchime together.The wind chimes are instruments not of music, but of navigation. The sound of the chimes helps those ghostly spirits find their way back home. For a story set in Canada about Chinese immigrants dealing with assimilation into western culture, the symbolism is manifest.