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I am a swordsman, my swordsmanship unparalleled. I constantly duel with masters of all kinds, and have never lost a single battle. Therefore, I enjoy a high reputation in the martial arts world. Yet, I've always had a real but strange feeling—I feel like I don't belong to this world!
By water kingabout a month ago in Fiction
A Whisper Through the Wood
Roots and Branches were a pair of star-crossed lovers. Roots andBranches's marriage was a typical arranged marriage. Before marriage, Roots was a well-known carpenter in the surrounding area. He was skilled and handsome, but he had one major flaw: he was stubborn and had a bad temper. When doing carpentry work, if anyone provoked his stubbornness, no matter how much you pleaded, he would simply walk away. Those who knew him would describe him as a "stubborn mule." Because of his stubbornness, he was already in his late twenties and still hadn't found a wife. His parents were anxious and inquired everywhere, looking for matchmakers. At that time,Branches was a famous beauty in the surrounding villages, but she had a fiery temper, like a cannon blazing, easily angered, and not only verbally abusive but also capable of physical violence. Seeing her peers getting married and having children one after another, but no matchmaker came toBranches's family, who would want to marry this notorious femme fatale? One of Roots's distant aunts happened to beBranches's aunt. Seeing the two families' anxiety about their children's marriages, an idea popped into her head: why not bring these two together? She couldn't help but applaud herself.Branches's parents were naturally delighted. Roots was tall and strong, handsome and capable, and possessed a skill; marrying him would surely bring them a good life. However, Roots's mother disagreed, dislikingBranches's fiery temper, believing her son couldn't handle her and would suffer. After much persuasion fromBranches's aunt, Roots's mother finally agreed. Roots's father chimed in, "Fiery temper? That depends on who she's with. Our Roots may be a quiet, stubborn mule, but he's got a way with a woman." "Let's see what you can do. What will you do when Roots can't handle her?" Roots's mother retorted. Roots's father glared at her, and she immediately fell silent. And so the matter was settled. On the eighth day of the tenth lunar month that year, Roots marriedBranches. On the day of the wedding, it snowed heavily. "A wicked girl's marriage is either a bad omen or a snowstorm. Be careful, you might marry a fierce wife and be forever haunted!" many people joked with Roots, using the local saying. Roots chuckled but didn't reply. Roots's father, displeased, glared and said, "Fierce? She's only been beaten lightly! Roots, use the handle of your work axe, three blows and she'll be fine! Your mother was a feisty woman back then, but I beat her into submission. Now, if I tell her to go east, she won't dare go west!" Roots's mother glared at the old man from the side. Roots, who had never seriously listened to his father before, listened this time and gaveBranches a good beating on the wedding night. That day, after entertaining the guests and seeing off the bride's family, a group of young people from the village went to make a ruckus in the bridal chamber. At first,Branches was shy and let the young men tease her. Later, for some reason,Branches got angry, slapped a young man twice, and went straight to her aunt's house in the same village. She refused to go back that evening, and no one could persuade her otherwise.
By water kingabout a month ago in Chapters
Tea tells a story spanning thousands of years
China is the birthplace of tea, and tea embodies the essence of China. China's 5,000-year history is also the history of the emergence and development of Chinese tea culture. Many people around the world drink tea, but the Chinese nation is arguably the most knowledgeable about tea culture. After all, this is the origin and home of tea culture, and home to many tea drinkers, tea lovers, and tea connoisseurs. As one of the seven necessities of life (firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea), tea drinking is extremely common in China. In ancient China, tea was always closely intertwined with people's lives. After the publication of Lu Yu's *The Classic of Tea* during the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea culture officially entered the historical stage, permeating various fields such as poetry, painting, calligraphy, religion, and medicine, becoming an inseparable part of the material and cultural life of the Chinese nation. Tea culture refers to the cultural characteristics formed during tea drinking activities, including tea ceremony, tea virtues, tea spirit, tea couplets, tea books, tea utensils, tea manuals, tea poems, tea paintings, tea studies, tea stories, tea art, and so on. China is the birthplace of tea, and tea drinking in China is said to have begun in the Shennong era, at least 4,700 years ago. Even now, the Han Chinese still have the custom of using tea as a form of gift-giving. Today, tea culture continues to evolve and develop, with the Way of Tea and tea art being of paramount importance.
By water kingabout a month ago in History
