Golden (2011)
“During a rebellion, she’s killed.
Inconsolable, the Emperor can’t go on without her. He lingers where she died and makes it his temporary palace. He seeks her in dreams, but year after year passes without a sign from his love. In desperation, his people ask a Taoist priest to seek her spirit. The priest searches high and low, every forgotten void of the spirit world, until he finds her on an enchanted isle at sea.
She breaks a hairpin the Emperor had given to her, and sends back half of the pin... with the priest. “Our souls belong together. Somewhere, sometime, on earth or in heaven, we shall surely meet again.” She also reminds the Emperor of their secret promise—someday they would fly to heaven, two birds with the wings of one.
In the English translation, it’s not clear who speaks at the end, but I believe it’s the Emperor, listening to her words from the priest while he holds the broken hairpin in his hand.
Earth endures, heaven endures; some time both shall end, While this unending sorrow goes on and on for ever.MoreLess
Inconsolable, the Emperor can’t go on without her. He lingers where she died and makes it his temporary palace. He seeks her in dreams, but year after year passes without a sign from his love. In desperation, his people ask a Taoist priest to seek her spirit. The priest searches high and low, every forgotten void of the spirit world, until he finds her on an enchanted isle at sea.
She breaks a hairpin the Emperor had given to her, and sends back half of the pin... with the priest. “Our souls belong together. Somewhere, sometime, on earth or in heaven, we shall surely meet again.” She also reminds the Emperor of their secret promise—someday they would fly to heaven, two birds with the wings of one.
In the English translation, it’s not clear who speaks at the end, but I believe it’s the Emperor, listening to her words from the priest while he holds the broken hairpin in his hand.
Earth endures, heaven endures; some time both shall end, While this unending sorrow goes on and on for ever.MoreLess
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