This document discusses Chinese family relationships and traditions as portrayed in the movie "The King of Masks". It covers topics like the importance of sons for inheriting the family line, gender roles and hierarchies in Chinese families, strengthening family bonds through shared traditions, and how daughters were traditionally less valued. It also examines the concept of "family heritage" and how skills and arts are passed down through generations.

1. FAMILY RELATIONS
By:
Ezra Chan 7
Minji Kim 14
Kate Lee 15
Tricia Lescano 16
Jesse Lui 18

2. FAMILY HERITAGE
-in the movie, this refers to Bian
Lian Wang’s art of changing masks
• Handed down from one generation to another
 Wang worries about him not having an
heir that will carry on his art
 Wang desperately looks for a possible heir

3. FAMILY HERITAGE
• Not shown to those outside the family
 Wang doesn’t share his art to Doggie
even if he knows he can no longer find
another possible heir
 Wang doesn’t show his art to others
even if he will be given money

4. FAMILY HERITAGE
• Strengthens the relationship of the members
of the family
 Wang and Doggie’s relationship
strengthens after Wang shared his art to
Doggie even if they’re not blood-related

5. IMPORTANCE OF SONS IN CHINESE
FAMILIES
•Sons inherit the Family Line and Heirloom
-Grandpa seeking a male child as heir
•Sons given Full Support by the Family
-Grandpa doing best for the benefit of Doggie
•Sons bring Honors and Names to Parents
-Doggie practicing hard for the street performance

6. ROLES OF SONS IN CHINESE FAMILIES
•Responsible for Caring for the Parents
•Responsible as the Head of Household
•Responsible for Carrying the Family Name
•Responsible for Fulfilling the Filial Piety
•Responsible for Abiding Rules on Death

7. FACTS ABOUT CHINESE FAMILY
RELATIONSHIPS
•Age hierarchy in Chinese Family Relationships
-Increasing age accompanied by higher status
•Gender hierarchy in Chinese Family Relationships
•Filial Piety in Chinese Family Relationships
-Father-son relationship considered as significant

8. WHAT FAMILY ENTAILS
• Family stick together
- Doggie refuses to leave Bian Lian Wang after he
abandons her
-Doggie visits Bian Lian Wang even in prison

9. FAMILY NAMES
• Maternal and Paternal lineages are distinguished
-Tianci’s grandparents on the mother and
father side have different terms

10. PET AS FAMILY
• Bian Lian Wang and General
-Bian Lian Wang feeds General as one feeds a human
being
-Bian Lian Wang is not left alone by General even in
prison
-Bian Lian Wang takes care of General

11. DAUGHTERS AREN’T VALUED IN FAMILIES
• Unwanted by own “families”
-Being sold for very low prices
-Being unwanted despite low price
-Being abused by previous owners
-Being disowned by Grandpa (after gender discovery)

12. DAUGHTERS AREN’T VALUED IN FAMILIES
• Not a possible heir of family tradition
-Being known as a boy by Grandpa
-Being considered as an heir
-Being discovered to be a girl
-Being withdrawn an assurance of being an heir

13. DAUGHTERS AREN’T VALUED IN FAMILIES
• Proving her worth to be accepted
-Being instructed to leave Grandpa
-Being required to work for Grandpa
-Being Grandpa’s sidekick
-Being Grandpa’s life savior

14. SOURCES
• http://www.lovehkfilm.com/panasia/aj6293/king_of_ma
sks.jpg
• http://www.filmsondisc.com/images/king_of_masks_dvd
_review.jpg
• http://lunapark6.com/images/Chinese/The-King-of-
Masks-Bian-Lian-3.jpg
• http://www.asiatorrents.me/imgz/images/1477845.jpg
• http://mubi.com/films/the-king-of-masks
• http://blogs.reuters.com/china/files/2008/08/2ndbrothe
r.jpg
• http://www.wudaokou.com/document/16167

15. SOURCES
• http://cf2.imgobject.com/t/p/w780/e7EgM7SmVTchMNr
oJms7LSx5Wz7.jpg
• http://www.cinemachinois.fr/en/films/retrospective/the-
king-of-masks.html
• http://mosaicmovieconnectgroup.blogspot.com/2008/05
/king-of-masks-love-is-sacrifice.html
• http://www.canbyclinic.org/
• http://getfilm.co.uk/film.php?id=25471
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