09:57
The oldest daughter sits in the church and listen to the pastor very carefully. It shows her royalty to Jesus and can be a foreshadowing of her later quick process of marriage.
12:26
Three daughters get together and talk about recent events. The dishes are really abundant but actually nobody is really eating them.
The father exchanges the food with the little girl. I was initially confused why he treats the little girl so kindly. Finally I know it is because he wants to get married with Jin Rong— the girl’s mother.
01:24:28
The uncle Liang dies in the big kitchen. I feel confused that how can a person die like that? What does director Ang Lee mean by shooting this scene?
45:02
Here the uncle Liang hugs Jia Qian very passtionately and Jia Qian is also very happy to hug with uncle Liang. However Jia Qian’s father is unhappy and seems jealous of uncle Liang. The father does not get along with his daughters but he indeed wants to get along with them.
01:59:35
This is the very last scene of the movie. The father holds Jia Qian’s hands and they look at each other. They have complicated emotion and are meanwhile very moved at that time.