The Dragon and the Phoenix
Greetings!
Last night I met a local Chinese man at the restaurant who shared with me the story of the dragon and the phoenix. While he spoke broken English, I think I digested the meat of the message.
As we discussed where I was from, and family, I showed a picture of my children Sam and Aly. Upon seeing them, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed-you have received the gift of the dragon and phoenix! He went through a lengthy story that I didn't really understand, but basically told me that good luck and fortune would follow the arrival of these 2 together. Apparently the dragon represents male as close as I can tell, and the phoenix represents female. Their union (without getting into the other areas I believe he was insinuating, (or in this case arrival together) represented the perfect balance of harmony with nature and future family happiness...
In China, couples who have twins are more rare from what I am told, but it is said to be a great omen.
Of course, I could have misunderstood this story entirely, and it really meant they should be sent to military school as soon as possible..
After he saw a picture of my wife Abbey, he started to tell me a different Chinese fable about the Frog and the Princess, but I'm not sure where that was going-
Can't wait to rough up the dragon and phoenix upon my return-
Last night I met a local Chinese man at the restaurant who shared with me the story of the dragon and the phoenix. While he spoke broken English, I think I digested the meat of the message.
As we discussed where I was from, and family, I showed a picture of my children Sam and Aly. Upon seeing them, his eyes lit up and he exclaimed-you have received the gift of the dragon and phoenix! He went through a lengthy story that I didn't really understand, but basically told me that good luck and fortune would follow the arrival of these 2 together. Apparently the dragon represents male as close as I can tell, and the phoenix represents female. Their union (without getting into the other areas I believe he was insinuating, (or in this case arrival together) represented the perfect balance of harmony with nature and future family happiness...
In China, couples who have twins are more rare from what I am told, but it is said to be a great omen.
Of course, I could have misunderstood this story entirely, and it really meant they should be sent to military school as soon as possible..
After he saw a picture of my wife Abbey, he started to tell me a different Chinese fable about the Frog and the Princess, but I'm not sure where that was going-
Can't wait to rough up the dragon and phoenix upon my return-
posted by Curt at 5:42 PM
1 Comments:
I'm getting a lot of other chinese stories, I'm just having problems with the translation. The last one was about a donkey in the mountatins and some moon god-when they started I thought it was a joke, and kept waiting for the punchline...
Anna and Ken-great to hear from you-please let Ken know the beer selection here is not up to his standards-
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