Thousand Characters

Chapter 54

[Original text]

Xiange banquet, take a cup and raise a cup.Correction of hands and feet, Yueyu and health.

【Note】

Cup: An oval wooden drinking vessel with ears on both sides.Cup: It is also a utensil for drinking, carved from animal horns.Hand correction: The appearance of raising the hand high.Stamping: To stomp one's feet to the beat of the music.Yu: It means comfort and peace in the heart.The ancients believed that only when both body and mind are happy and healthy can it be called "joyful and healthy".On the one hand, this passage describes to us the happy scene of people drinking wine and singing songs when grand banquets were held in ancient times; on the other hand, it tells us that a person's happiness and health are not only material satisfaction, but also spiritual and spiritual. satisfaction.

【Interpretation】

At the grand banquet, accompanied by beautiful music and songs, people took the wine glasses, held them up high, and drank happily, a scene of singing and dancing.People danced involuntarily to the beat of the music, feeling very happy and healthy both physically and mentally.

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