Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China | Teaching Setting, Symbolism and Objects

Object Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major objects in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Objects

Yixian - The Chinese city where the author's mother was born. This is where the author's grandmother lives as a child and where she is given to the general as a concubine.

Jinzhou - The Chinese city where De-hong moves when she is a child. Dr. Xia plans to build a new practice there. It is a walled city, but the city has overflowed, and there are buildings outside the wall.

Qin - An instrument played by Yu-Fang and meant to impress the general.

Zai-li-hui - A quasi-religious sect to which Dr....
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