What Do These Chinese Letters Mean?
I have this beautiful vase in my living room, and I'm very curious what the Chinese lettering on it says....any help would be greatly appreciated :)
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What Do These Chinese Letters Mean?
I have this beautiful vase in my living room, and I'm very curious what the Chinese lettering on it says....any help would be greatly appreciated :)
It is a poem about life. I cannot figure out the blurred out character, the 2nd from the right, in the top line, so I am guessing. Here's a rough translation:
Greedy for life, only love is precious,
How fast time is fleeting in our repetitious life.
Yesterday, I see ourselves riding on bamboo horses,
And in the next morning we are but adults.
A bamboo horse is a horse head stick toy, not unlike from those in the West. The Chinese uses a bamboo stick instead of a wooden stick.
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Chinese does not have letters. They are called han zi and each character represents a word!
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its a chinese poem called “嘲小儿”,which means "laughing at the kids"
The poet sees how fast time flies in kids perspective,saying kinds are born to just see and enjoy the present,but time passes without them even noticing.Yesterday they were riding bamboo horses (a game for kids at that time),today they are all grownups.
Apparently,the purpose of him writing this poem was not to laugh at kids,but to let them know time passes fast and they should cherish and make good use of it.
Hope this helps ^_^ and nice vase!
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