Door-gods
It is a familiar picture that is often pasted on the front door of a house as a talisman in old China. The person in it is door-god according to Chinese mythological tradition. As far as I know, there are two door guards, one of them is named Yuchi Jingde, the other Qin Shubao. They are gods on the door who bring us safety and good luck.
Looking at the picture, I cannot help remembering the old episode of my childhood. When I was little, I lived with my grandparents in the countryside. My parents did not bring me back to the city until that spring festival.
As a child, I was looking forward to Spring Festival everyday because the festive atmosphere around would bring cheers to my heart. My grandma would paste door-god pictures in our front door. To me, they were so ugly and fearful in appearance, but I love them because I knew they were there on the door for protecting us from being hurt silently.
At night, when I sat in front of the door alone to await my grandma, it seemed that the waiting was always endless. I was terrified of the dark, it made me feel cold and helpless, then I would stare at the door-god in the picture, two swords in his hands, he must be very strong so as to keep all the ghosts and bad bang out of our house, out of my mind.
After that spring festival, I had to follow my mother to leave the countryside reluctantly. As my mother dragged me away, I was turning back continuously to watch door-gods on the front door, they were gazing at me either, it seemed that they were also saying farewell to me with a broken heart.Little by little, they became smaller and smaller, more and more intangible in my sight. My eyes were blurred with tears. It was so painful for me to separate from my door-gods but nobody could understand my feeling at the moment. They did not know as a little kid, how much I relied on them mentally.
From that moment, I lost my door-gods forever because we do not paste any door-gods on the door in the city. But they were still living in my heart. Every time, I felt lonely and uneasy, they would appear in my world. They were still there driving away my nervousness and protecting me from being hurt.
Later I realized that everyone had his or her door-gods in heart, maybe they were just some illusive images, but they did exist there and any time when we thought of them, we would feel safe and relaxed, they were not only the gods to the door but also the gods to our life. We need not to fear anything in our coming journey actually, just go forward with smile and courage because of these door-gods in our heart.
最后祝英语家园所有的朋友新年快乐！
[ 本帖最后由 ch- 于 2007-12-28 19:22 编辑 ] |
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