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Perspective of: The Continent of Asia: CHINA
Many Chinese cultural characteristics appear in this tale, including: A common Chinese practice of having two wives. Having an old man instead of a classical fairy godmother, because old men in China are considered to be wise and full of knowledge. Fish bones may possess a powerful spirit. During a festival, people are busy cooking, cleaning & sewing, and it's a time for young people to meet the one they will marry. Tiny feet are seen as a sign of beauty. As a social class, cave women are below village women. An author's note gives background about this tale. || Yeh-Shen (CInderella) Step- Mother Pet Fish/ Bones of the Fish/ Spirit King from the island kingdom of T.O Han Old man Step- Sister Merchant who gave shoe to King ||
 * Frame Element || Information gathered:
 * < Characters || **Main Characters:**
 * Minor Characters:**
 * < Setting ||< Before the Ch'in and the Han dynasties, Southern China/ T’ang dynasty (618-907 A.D.) ||
 * < Initiating Event || Father dies ||
 * < Internal Response ||< Yeh-Shen is treated like a maid by her step- mother, wants to go to the festival. ||
 * < Goal ||< Change the life that she is living. ||
 * Consequence || Went to the festival, lost her shoe, King found her because of it. ||
 * Resolution || King finds out who fits into the tiny gold, fish scaled shoe. ||

Source URL:
[|http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/outreach/documents/teamsvol2/chinese_culture_thru_cinderella.pdf]
 * __Book:__ Louie, Ai-Ling. Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China. New York: Philomel Books, 1982. ISBN: 039920900x**

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