Going to the well
Jan. 1st, 2011 06:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cyranoLJ Hivemind, I come to you for the first request of the year.
So there's this story, and it takes place in San Francisco in 1894. A lot of it involves a foreigner interacting with the local Chinese population. I'm certain eventually I'll bug my historian friends about the Chinese community, but right now I'm looking for information on Chinese symbolism. Specifically, what sorts of things would indicate good fortune, a propitious beginning, or a good omen of sorts? I poked at the interwebs and most of it looks like bullshit. The 'eagle on a rock in the ocean indicates a hero' looked interesting but not terribly credible.
So there's this story, and it takes place in San Francisco in 1894. A lot of it involves a foreigner interacting with the local Chinese population. I'm certain eventually I'll bug my historian friends about the Chinese community, but right now I'm looking for information on Chinese symbolism. Specifically, what sorts of things would indicate good fortune, a propitious beginning, or a good omen of sorts? I poked at the interwebs and most of it looks like bullshit. The 'eagle on a rock in the ocean indicates a hero' looked interesting but not terribly credible.