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  • Awakening from Illusion in “The Painted Wall”

    There is a scene in The Painted Wall(The Mural), from Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio, sounds ridiculous yet conveys profound meaning.

  • Did the mural truly change?

    After reading Strange Tales from Liaozhai Studio: The Painted Wall (The Mural), many may wonder: did the temple mural physically change? Zhu Juren (Zhu Xiaolian) insists the celestial maiden’s hairstyle transformed–from a maiden’s coiffure to a matron’s bun–after his journey into the painting.