Lafcadio Hearn collected ghost stories from New Orleans, from his adopted home, Japan, and from visiting scholars from China. The Tale of Ming-Y is a romantic ghost story, as befits the romance of the Red Lantern Festival, which marks the end of the Lunar New Year.
I'll make this one brief. I borrowed music from Vivek Abhishek - "The Door" is still our theme, and "The Forest" gave us our spooky sounds midway through the story. As always, his royalty-free music can be found on his YouTube channel.
Oh! And I promised a link to Throughline's excellent episode about the history of Chinese transliteration, "The Characters That Built China." Every episode of Throughline is a revelation. Trust me on this.
I'm very tired. Good night, everyone.
