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Modern Succession and Variations of Red Strings and Yuelao(月老)'s Narrative in Taiwanese Movies ― Focused on<Till We Meet Again(月老)>

  • The Journal of Study on Language and Culture of Korea and China
  • Abbr : JSLCKC
  • 2025, (77), pp.425~448
  • DOI : 10.16874/jslckc.2025..77.016
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Study on Chinese Languge and Culture
  • Research Area : Humanities > Chinese Language and Literature
  • Received : July 10, 2025
  • Accepted : August 20, 2025
  • Published : August 31, 2025

Yeon, So-Yung 1

1연세대학교 중국연구원

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to reveal how the traditional period's red thread and Wolha elderly narratives are inherited and varied in the film <Till We Meet Again(月老)>. For more than a thousand years, the Yuelao[月老] and the red thread narrative were recognized as symbols of marriage and matchmaker in the narrative. The content that the Yuelao tie up the red thread to form a relationship is seen in the <Dinghundian(定婚店)> of the Tang Dynasty, and this <Dinghundian(定婚店)> is recognized as the most representative work in that it is the appearance of the Yuelao. In this paper, we look at <YanGeng(閻庚)> and <GuanYuanYingnü(灌園嬰女)>, including <Dinghundian(定婚店)>, which are the origin of the narrative of the film Yuelao, and reveal its succession and variations by considering the accepted and changed points compared to the film <Till We Meet Again>. In addition, in order to examine the modern variations of the film <Till We Meet Again> was analyzed based on the Yuelao narratives and the contents related to reincarnation in the traditional period. Through this, the modern variations embodied in the film <Till We Meet Again> by writer and director JiuBaDao based on classical history and religious content were identified and their significance was revealed.

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