sentences:  The film contains further references to traditional Chinese culture, such as the scene where the carpenter breaks open a watermelon.This is a reference to an old Chinese idiom called 破瓜之年（pò guā zhī nián), meaning that the girl is at an age where she is "ripe", or mature enough to marry and bear children.This relates to the film because Miss Zhu is at an age where she is ready for marriage, implied when the carpenter is seen breaking a watermelon in two.