2014年4月13日星期日

Words about Marry and Love (2)

鸾凤和鸣,鸾means male phoenixmeans female phoenix they warble together
鸳鸯戏水,two ducks play with water,
夫唱妇随,husband singing, wife following,
一见钟情,bell-love at first sight, bell is for gaining someone’s attention bell-love means attention in love or love focus on the only one.
 早生贵子,May you soon have a child
共浴爱河,both bathed in the river of love.
同甘共苦,share happiness and sorrow
情投意合,affection touch emotion match
心心相印,heart printing heart
千年一回,once in a thousand years, the Chinese tradition believed metempsychosis theory, so they think once in one hundred years, two people could on board of one boat, and once in a thousand years two people can be married.
 蓝田种玉, a decent person 杨伯雍, lived on a mountain top. There have no water. 杨伯雍always bring water there, for the passengers to drink. One day a passenger gave him a box of pebbles and told him to plant them on a place with good sunshine, they jade would grow up from them. And they would help you get a wife.  杨伯雍 planted these pebbles according what was told. It is real some jade grow up from that pebbles. At that time there was a rich family had a beautiful daughter and looking for husband. 杨伯雍 apply the opportunity, the rich man laughed at him and make a joke, “If you can give me a pair of jade, I will marry my daughter to you.” 杨伯雍 go back home and bring him five pair of jade and married the girl.
杨伯雍lived in Spring-Autumn (770-476BC) below is said the place, where he planted Jade.

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