Comparing Chinese Culture in Amy Tans The Joy Luck Club and Kitchen Go

Chinese Culture Exposed in gratification passel Club and Kitchen Gods Wife Traditional Chinese usage ar described in great event in Amy Tans books. This exuberant ending adds interesting and mesmerizing detail to the intricate stories of both The cheer Luck Club and The Kitchen Gods Wife. Traditions are apparent throughout all of the stories in The rejoicing Luck Club. One of the first instances is in the story from Ying-Ying St. Clair entitled The moonlight Lady. Ying-Ying is describing the Festival of the Moon Lady, a festival dedicated to the lady who lives on the moon and once a year comes down to body politic to assignment your secret wish--something you want but cannot ask. This excerpt describes proper traditional bring down (ornate clothing saved for specific occasions), delicious foods such as rabbits feet and mooncakes (saved for special occasions), fireworks, and family gathered all together. This is one of the most richly detailed and culturally authenti c stories in the novel. The other story that strikes the reader as containing splendid culture and tradition is Lindo Jongs The Red Candle. This story, like Winnie Louies, describes in great detail the customs of arranged marriages. Lindo Jong begins by talking about the village marriage broker coming to her housewhen she was two years old. The matchmaker, Huang Taitai, looked her over and said, An earth horse for an earth sheep. This is the best marriage combination. Lindo says that Huang Taitai looked right through her and saw that she would be a perfect wife--a strong, hard, good worker, eager to please her elders in their old age. Lindo describes what happened adjoining This is how I became betrothed to Huang Taitais son, who I later discovered was just a baby, o... ...s not considered a sufficient departure for the deceased. Traditional Chinese customs are described in great detail in Amy Tans books. This rich culture adds interesting and mesmerizing detail to the intrica te stories of both The experience Luck Club and The Kitchen Gods Wife. Works Cited Conrad, tam-o-shanter S. Creating an Asian-American Mythology Storytelling in Amy Tans Fiction. Tammy S. Conrads Thesis. 1998. Available <http//english.ttu.edu/faculty/conrad/thesis.html. Huntley, E.D. Amy Tan A Critical Companion. Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1998 Tan, Amy. The Kitchen Gods Wife. New York, Ballantine Books, 1991. Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. Vintage Contemporaries. New York A Division of Random House, Inc. 1993. Wu, Shelley. What is Chinese Astrology Available http//www.chineseastrology.com/wu/whatis.html