For us Chinese, the Mid-Autumn Festival in July and a half is a frightening festival. When I was very young, my mother said that this day the gates of the ghosts were wide open, all the ghosts were released, and the children could not go out. The growth of the male protagonist trio is based on witnessing death, Manolo, the death of his mother and the death of his lover and himself. Joaquin has lived in the shadow of death since he was a child. Maria, Manolo's death. Life witnesses death, death inspires life
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