Nu Shu Documentary, etc. Friday at 7PM December 28, 2007. 竹林子's Home

When: December 28th, 2007, Friday, 7pm till whenever
Where: 1043 Graywell Drive, (331-1270)
What: Holiday Celebration

Hi. Let's get the holiday celebration started by watching a documentary and admiring the real Nu Shu (only copy at IU!). Food and drinks will be provided. Please come for conversations, fun and discoveries.


Nu Shu: A Hidden Language of Women in China
A film by Yue-Qing Yang
Canada/China, 1999, 59 minutes, Color, VHS/DVD, Subtitled Order No. W00655
In feudal China, women, usually with bound feet, were denied educational opportunities and condemned to social isolation. But in Jian-yong county in Hunan province, peasant women miraculously developed a separate written language, called Nu Shu, meaning "female writing." Believing women to be inferior, men disregarded this new script, and it remained unknown for centuries. It wasn't until the 1960s that Nu Shu caught the attention of Chinese authorities, who suspected that this peculiar writing was a secret code for international espionage. Today, interest in this secret script continues to grow, as evidenced by the wide critical acclaim of Lisa See's recent novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, about Nu Shu.