Who is more beautiful in their competition.(斗美誇麗)
The Song Dynasty in China is divided into
two periods by historians.
The first stage was the Northern Song
Dynasty (960-1127 AD).
The second stage was the Southern Song
Dynasty (AD-1127 to AD 1279).
In 1129 AD, the Southern Song Dynasty moved
the capital to the city (Lin'an), which is the current Hangzhou City of
Zhejiang Province.
After the fall of the Southern Song
Dynasty, a scholar named (Wu Zimu) wrote a book.
This book records many customs in Lin'an
City before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also depicts the urban
landscape at that time and the daily life of people of various identities
living in the city.
A passage in this book describes it as
follows.
Walking in the city of Hangzhou, you will
see the street vendors selling groceries decorating their stalls beautifully.
You'll see street food vendors preparing
elaborate plates and bowls.
They hope to attract the attention of
guests in this way.
Since the capital was moved to the city,
the king often ordered his servants in the palace to buy groceries and street
food for him at the street market.
The standard and taste of food in the whole
city has also been greatly improved.
Walking in the city of Hangzhou, you can
tell everyone's occupation from the clothes they wear.
People from different industries will wear
different clothes and hats that match that industry.
So as long as you see what this person is
wearing, you can judge his industry and standard of living.
But since AD 1241, these traditions have
been gradually broken, and some young people like to wear strange clothes, they
wear strange hats. They don't dress according to their own status and
occupation. These young people compete with each other for who has the most beautiful
clothes and whose clothes are more special.
These young people are annoying to me, and
I feel like our good old traditions are fading away.
This idiom means that they are in a race to
see who is more beautiful.
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Does your profession have those distinctive
dresses? Do you feel like those good traditions are disappearing around you?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
斗美誇麗(Who is more beautiful in their
competition.)
中國的宋王朝被歷史學家分為兩個時期。
第一個階段是北宋王朝(西元960-西元1127年)。
第二個階段是南宋王朝(西元-1127年到西元1279年)。
西元1129年，南宋王朝把首都遷到(臨安)這座城市，這座城市就是目前的浙江省的杭州市。
南宋王朝滅亡之後，有一個名字叫做(吳自牧)的學者寫了一本書。
這本書中紀錄了南宋王朝滅亡前，臨安城中的許多風俗、也描繪了當時的城市景觀與居住在這座城市中的各種身分地位的人們的日常生活。
這本書中有一段描述如下。
走在杭州這座城市中，你會看見那些賣雜貨的攤販把自已的攤子裝潢得很漂亮。
你會看見那些賣街頭食品的攤販會準備很精緻的盤子與碗。
他們希望藉著這種方式吸引客人的目光。
自從首都遷到這座城市後，國王經常會命令皇宮中的僕役到街市上為他採買一些雜貨與街頭食品。
整座城市的飲食水準與品味也都因此大幅提升。
走在杭州這座城市中，你能夠從每個人的穿著分辨出每個人的職業。
各種不同行業的人，都會穿著符合那個行業的各種不同的衣服與帽子。
因此你只要看到這個人的穿著，你就可以判斷出他的行業與生活水平。
但是自從西元1241年之後，這些傳統慢慢被打破，有些年輕人喜歡穿一些很奇怪的衣服，他們帶很奇怪的帽子。他們不按照自已的身分與職業穿著，這些年輕人彼此比賽誰的衣服比較漂亮、誰的衣服必較特殊。
這些年輕人讓我覺得討厭，我感覺到我們以前的美好傳統逐漸消失中。
這句成語的意思是他們在比賽誰比較漂亮。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你的職業有那些有特色的穿著嗎?你覺得你周圍有那些好的傳統正在消失中嗎?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處宋-吳自牧-夢梁錄-卷18-民俗
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