https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck How The Joy Luck Club connects to Chinese Culture en-us 2019-02-04 13:31:48 UTC 2019-02-07 02:19:48 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lovecoffee.png gracie_reed https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327284136 Stir Fry is a traditional Chinese food. It is made with Chicken, Rice, Red and Yellow peppers, green onions, Carrots, Shiitake mushrooms, and peanut sauce. The chicken is fried with Sesame oil and Soy Sauce. This dish is prepared in a wok, and the ingredients are stirred in. A wok is an Asian-oriented pan and is shaped like a rounded pyramid. Stir fry has been prepared for centuries in China and surrounding regions.  In the Joy Luck Club, we see that when all the mothers and daughters come together for their meetings, they feast on many different foods. Stir Fry is one of them. You also see stir fry made many times for dinner in the households, as it it easy to make and delicious.]]> 2019-02-04 13:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327284136 gracie_reed https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327291617 Chinese Silk dresses are a very important part of the Chinese culture. Traditional dress was worn by the Chinese people up until the 1970s, when China opened up to tourists. This type of dress is known as Han Fu, and the Han people are known for this style. In the book, we see in many of the stories that Silk dresses hold some sort of significance. In Feathers From A Million Li Away, we see the mothers and the experiences that define their life in China. Suyaun, one of the mothers, only came to America with three silk dresses and nothing more. In Lindo's story, we see a marriage ceremony, and in that ceremony, she wears a red silk dress that represents prosperity and a good life. She, however, does not want that life and does not like her husband. She then decides to act as she has seen the future and scares the family into letting her leave. In Ying-Ying's story, Her mother had been hand-embroidering her wonderful dress for the Moon Lady festival. However, she ends up ruining it and is left on the deck, and not inside with the others. In Queen Mother of the Western Skies, An-mei was living with her mother, who was a concubine to a wealthy man. She and the other wives wore wonderful silk dresses. Her life was wonderful and she lived very lavishly. Lots of the mothers were very wealthy in China, but because of circumstances they were poor when they came to the US.]]> 2019-02-04 13:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327291617 https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327762991 Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival is a holiday marking the end of the cold days. The Chinese are welcoming spring and all the traditions that come along with it: planting and harvests, new beginnings and fresh starts. The Spring Festival occurs according to the Lunar calendar which means there is no set date. It can range from January 21st to February 20th. Praying to the Gods and offering the best food is included in this festival. In the book The Joy Luck Club, Ying-Ying St. Clair goes out on a boat with her family to celebrate this tradition. They packed a lunch and Ying-Ying prayed to the Gods/the moon lady wishing for her family to find her after she fell off the boat and got separated from them. Her wish came true in the end and she was returned to her family. Pages 67-83.]]> 2019-02-05 14:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327762991 https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763130 The Moon Festival it’s the day when you can see the Moon Lady and she will fulfill your "secret wish." But your wish must remain unspoken, because if you speak it, then it’s a "selfish desire."  YIng-Ying was very excited when she heard she was going to meet the Moon Lady. She thought it was going to be very magical & she was going to get her wish. Ying-Ying was standing near the edge of the boat when she fell off. She was in the water for awhile when a fishing boat came & got her. They took her to the shore & Ying-Ying watched her family & everybody else on the boat welcome the Moon Lady. She was screaming to make a wish, which would've been to get her back to her family. Ying-Ying watched the Moon Lady arrive & leave, this is when she realized it was just a play & the Moon Lady was really a man.]]> 2019-02-05 14:01:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763130 gracie_reed https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763536 2019-02-05 14:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763536 caydunn_randall https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763795 The general consensus is that the festival began more than 2000 years ago in the Western Han dynasty. Emperor Wu designated this day for worship rituals for Taiyi, one of the universe’s sovereigns. Intense power play and unrest came after his reign. The new emperor was Emperor Wen. To celebrate the return of peace, he made the 15th a national holiday. Every household would light candles and lanterns. It became known nào yuán xiāo. “Nao” can be interpreted as having fun, or going wild with excitement. Emperor Ming of the later Eastern Han was a devout Buddhist. He heard that on the 15th, monks would light candles for the Buddha. He ordered the palace and temples to light candles, and for the citizens to hang lanterns. Both events combined and eventually developed into the Lantern Festival we know today.]]> 2019-02-05 14:02:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/327763795 caydunn_randall https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328233685 Buddhism is a religion that was founded by Siddhartha Gautama (“The Buddha”) more than 2,500 years ago in India. With about 470 million followers, scholars consider Buddhism one of the major world religions. The religion has historically been most prominent in East and Southeast Asia, but its influence is growing in the West. Many Buddhist ideas and philosophies overlap with those of other faiths.
Followers of Buddhism don’t acknowledge a supreme god or deity. They instead focus on achieving enlightenment—a state of inner peace and wisdom. When followers reach this spiritual echelon, they’re said to have experienced nirvana. China is also the country with the largest population of Buddhists, approximately 244 million or 18.2% of its total population.]]> 2019-02-06 13:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328233685 https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328243974 In ancient times, chopsticks were called 'Zhu'. At that time, Chinese ancestors liked to steam or boil food. It was difficult for them to use spoons to dip vegetables in the soup. In the book Rich, Waverly Jongs husband, was invited to a family dinner. Waverly offered Rich a fork but he insisted on using chopsticks. He was holding them like "the knock-kneed legs of an ostrich" & he couldn't use them properly, he was dropping his food all over himself. This was pretty much an insult to Waverlys mother, along with the 10 other things he done.]]> 2019-02-06 14:04:17 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328243974 https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328262248 These Chinese dumplings are a tradition An-mei making was for the Joy Luck Club. Every time the members meet it is important that you stuff yourself until you cant eat anymore. It is also every traditional for families to get together and eat these for Chinese New Year. The ingredients include: 
1/2 cup of soy sauce
1 TBS of seasoned rice vinegar
1 TBS of finely chopped Chinese chives
1 TBS of sesame seed 
1 tsp of chili-garlic sauce
1 pound of ground pork
3 cloves of garlic
1 egg, beaten ]]> 2019-02-06 14:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gracie_reed/JoyLuck/wish/328262248