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The word for the braided ponytail this character wears is queue! In this book, brothers work on the railroad at the turn of last century. The big brother teaches his young brother calligraphy. The younger brother eventually becomes the go-to person in his community to write letters home. Someone donated the softest Chinese paper to us, & so I'm thinking around an invitation for patrons to try their hand at writing Chinese characters with it.
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