| Sunday, August 27, 2006 |
| the law of air and fire |
In chinese folklore, it is said that there was a princess and anyone who wished to marry the princess was to capture the wind and fire with only paper. Every bachelor who went to see the princess were enchanted by her beauty that they attempted to capture fire and air... but every time they capture fire, their paper would always get burned and everytime that they would capture air they always caught nothing inside...
Until one day, a bachelor came and accepted the challenge. The princess was already skeptical that no one could ever marry her because of a task that was impossible to do. So the bachelor did not rush things... he thought how he was to capture fire and the wind...
Finally, he went to the princess with only his paper and some bamboo sticks... The princess was in shock when she saw no fire captured or wind entrapped. The bachelor said not to worry that everything will be fine. So, the bachelor then made a box out of paper and bamboo and placed a candle in the middle... and said to the princess... "There... I have captured fire". The princess was very happy but felt apprehensive that it was impossible to capture air because it coudn't be seen. Again, the bachelor used the bamboo and paper to create a leaf life structure and gave it to the princess. The princess wondered at how air was captured... then the bachelor said to wave it and Thus, air was captured...
This was the beginning of the lantern and the fan... |
posted by Zaki @ 6:03 AM  | Permalink
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