这宋举人他送我花灯
“Scholar Song gave me a lantern.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
这宋举人他送我花灯
“Scholar Song gave me a lantern.”
他说他真心实意
“He said he wanted to sincerely”
“Look at what this honorable scholar did—everyone bear witness to this!”
In communal traditional societies, drawing a crowd to witness personal tokens or courtship gifts is used to hold scholars to their promises or shame them.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
provincial graduate (a scholar who passed the provincial civil examination)
A historical title denoting considerable local prestige and scholar-gentry status.
festive lantern / decorative lantern
Frequently associated with festivals like Lantern Festival where courtship traditionally occurred.
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Isn't this Scholar Song?”
“Where are you going, Scholar Song?”
“on selling your Scholar Song for a good price.”
“♪ Let sin be punished, let desire be destroyed ♪ Beautiful lanterns!”
“as soon as Song Yan became a provincial candidate,”
“you also released lanterns for Song Yan in the past.”