The world famous teacher Confucious did not have it easy when he first started out. As he was in the time where there are teachers of other beliefs, not all people can accept what he teaches. Thus, he used to have to be chased around from one place to another when doing his teachings. His students will follow him wherever he goes everytime to listen to him.
As we know now that a lot of Chinese words have more than one meaning, some of which was inferred from the basic and original meaning. The way words developed to have different and inferred meanings is due to the way humans expressed ourselves creatively at times, making inferences when describing or talking about things. Some of these ways become popular and people do not get tired of them even after hearing it said that way for many times. After some time, these new meanings of words get recognised and is included into the dictionary. For example 硬件 and 软件, no longer meaning the computer parts and software but also of the infrastructure/facilities and people/human resource of company/organisations.
In the past the Chinese have special ceremony when a child comes of age. For males, it is wearing of 帽子 during 加冠礼; for females, it is wearing of 发钗 during 加笄礼. The wedding ceremony is seen with utmost importance as it is perceived as the first step towards continuation of the human species (reproduction), unlike what we see in society nowadays.
At the time of 毛主席 leadership, as he wants to totally abolish all superstitions in China, the 拜天地 during 拜堂 was changed to 拜毛主席 instead! So the newly married couple will bow towards a portrait of 毛主席 during the ceremony, quite corny when we come to think of it now but that is how powerful and extensive his leadership was at that time.
闹房 during marriage is a common practice which we may do so now too. In the past, it is mainly done to make the bride embarassed but there are also instances where it is the groom who gets embarassed. This may seem like a fun thing now, but in the past there have been instances when it is overdone and the bride gets killed in the process.
11:22 AM
Yours Truly
A little girl
learning to live in a big big world
and trying not to give up things she believes in despite everything
