Maqiao Cidian - Revision history

Pei Mengjiao: /* PMJ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ */

2024-02-11T12:18:03Z

PMJ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

Tian Xiaolong: /* TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) */

2024-02-10T07:14:23Z

TXL ノ( º _ ºノ)

Tian Xiaolong: /* TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) */

2024-02-10T07:13:58Z

TXL ノ( º _ ºノ)

Wang Meifen: /* WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง */

2024-02-09T16:39:10Z

WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง

An Kairong: /* AKR ☉_☉ */

2024-02-08T11:54:39Z

AKR ☉_☉

Ai Xi: /* AX (=^ェ^=) */

2024-02-07T21:19:04Z

AX (=^ェ^=)

Yan Li: /* YL */

2024-02-05T18:43:26Z

Yan Li: /* YL */

2024-02-05T18:42:35Z

Zhang Yuxuan: /* ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) */

2024-02-04T23:52:05Z

ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Zhang Yuxuan: /* ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) */

2024-02-04T23:50:16Z

ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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	==PMJ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ==		==PMJ (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ==
		+	One night, something happened - a big mountain pig (all the mountain pigs were called "Master Black") snuck into the village and so the men attacked it. The pig ran away and the men were disappointed by it. All of the doors were wide open that night, and the men had taken weapons from their houses and left - when anything happened in the village, they always had to intervene. After a while, not achieving any success everybody returned to their houses.

	==AHY==		==AHY==

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	Menstrual holes		Menstrual holes
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	In this part it is explained that just as humans menstruate, so do the fields, which are by nature maternal. When the water level needed to be adjusted, such holes were dug up in the fields. It was mostly the elders who took up such task, working quietly in the middle of the night. After a long day of work, weary farmers could freshen themselves up in the water of menstrual holes. It’s described almost like a ritual to restore one’s vitality.		In this part it is explained that just as humans menstruate, so do the fields, which are by nature maternal. When the water level needed to be adjusted, such holes were dug up in the fields. It was mostly the elders who took up such task, working quietly in the middle of the night. After a long day of work, weary farmers could freshen themselves up in the water of menstrual holes. It’s described almost like a ritual to restore one’s vitality.

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	== TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) ==		== TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) ==
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		+	Menstrual holes
		+	In this part it is explained that just as humans menstruate, so do the fields, which are by nature maternal. When the water level needed to be adjusted, such holes were dug up in the fields. It was mostly the elders who took up such task, working quietly in the middle of the night. After a long day of work, weary farmers could freshen themselves up in the water of menstrual holes. It’s described almost like a ritual to restore one’s vitality.

	== WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง ==		== WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง ==

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	== WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง ==		== WMF (ง’̀-‘́)ง ==

		+	A small but ferocious variety of mosquito known as the "army mosquito" in Maqiao village is described. They explain that these mosquitoes were introduced to the area by a provincial army that stayed in the village for a time. The narrator recounts the relentless attacks of these mosquitoes, particularly during the summer when work ended late and people were too tired to defend themselves properly. The villagers developed a technique of continuously moving their legs while eating to avoid being bitten, as stopping for even a moment would invite a swarm of mosquitoes. Despite the annoyance, people refrained from swatting the mosquitoes due to the futility of the action and the fear of injuring themselves in the process. Eventually, as night fell, the mosquitoes would tire and the buzzing would diminish. Overall, it vividly portrays the relentless presence and impact of these army mosquitoes on the villagers' daily lives.

	==YSY==		==YSY==

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	== AKR ☉_☉==		== AKR ☉_☉==
		+	The passage describes the cultural differences in tea consumption between rural Maqiao people and city dwellers. In Maqiao, people prefer ginger tea, which is brewed by pounding ginger with salt and pouring boiling water over it. They also roast flavorings like beans and sesame seeds in iron pots. Despite the risk of burns, they handle the pots barehanded to prevent scorching. The aroma of roasting ingredients adds to the tea's appeal. Additionally, red dates and eggs can be added for variety. However, Benyi, a rural dweller, finds it puzzling that city people, despite their wealth, prefer low-grade colored tea, which lacks spices and freshness. Colored tea is often reheated and made from tea-tree twigs, giving it a dark hue akin to soy sauce. Benyi feels both amused and sorry for city people who miss out on the rich flavors and rituals of pounded tea.

	== KMJ (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿) ==		== KMJ (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿) ==

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	==AX (=^ェ^=)==		==AX (=^ェ^=)==
		+	Striking Red [撞红]
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		+	The word "striking red" refers to the moment during intercourse on the wedding night when a woman lightly bleeds from her genital organs, signifying that she was a virgin. Taking a young virgin as a bride was once a taboo in Maqiao society."Striking red" was even considered an unfavorable sign. This was due to the fact that in less developed areas, where production efficiency was very low, people wanted as many people as possible to work. Therefore, when choosing a wife, those women who were already pregnant were favored. At that time, no one cared about moral chastity. However, it had its disadvantages. Men felt disgust and aversion toward the children of other men and tried to get rid of them in any way possible, often very brutally. Mothers, trying to save their firstborn children, saved them by placing them on the side of the road or sending them downstream, hoping that someone would find and take them. The abuse of the firstborn son born of another man ended when the Communist Party came to power.

	== TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) ==		== TXL ノ( º _ ºノ) ==

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 ==YL==
-The author says that every year on the third day of the third year, Maqiao people ate black rice (died with wild grass juice). That day the also sharpened their knives and screamed and roared together. The knives came back to life after a whole year of not being used, they were used by The Savages of the Luo Clan. The knives were a nightmare that scared other people. This ritual could be seen as linked to farming preparations. They believed that once the knives were sharpened and shone in the sun, the spring would come.
 == ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)==

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	==YL==		==YL==
		+	The author says that every year on the third day of the third year, Maqiao people ate black rice (died with wild grass juice). That day the also sharpened their knives and screamed and roared together. The knives came back to life after a whole year of not being used, they were used by The Savages of the Luo Clan. The knives were a nightmare that scared other people. This ritual could be seen as linked to farming preparations. They believed that once the knives were sharpened and shone in the sun, the spring would come.

	== ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)==		== ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)==

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 Gruel [浆]
-From the beginning, the author tells us that the word gang in the Maciao dialect (pronounced jian in Mandarin).  It originated in the poor mountain village of Maciao, where grain was scarce and the word "porridge" was quite commonly used. Also, in the biography of Bao Xuan in the seventy-second chapter of the Han History, there is the phrase "wine into gruel, meat into bean leaves,", referring to those who live in waste and luxury, treating wine as porridge and meat as bean leaves. From this it is clear how the term "porridge" has since come to refer more generally to the food and drink of the poor.
+From the beginning, the author tells us that the word "gang" in the Maciao dialect (pronounced jian in Mandarin).  It originated in the poor mountain village of Maciao, where grain was scarce and the word "porridge" was quite commonly used. Also, in the biography of Bao Xuan in the seventy-second chapter of the Han History, there is the phrase "wine into gruel, meat into bean leaves,", referring to those who live in waste and luxury, treating wine as porridge and meat as bean leaves. From this it is clear how the term "porridge" has since come to refer more generally to the food and drink of the poor.
 When educated youth first came to Maciao, they often mistook "eating gang (gruel)" as "eating gan (dry grain)," thus confusing the word with its exact opposite. The people of Maciao always replaced the "j" sound with the hard "g" sound: for example, the word for "river" (jiang) was also pronounced "gang". Therefore, "eating porridge" sometimes sounded like "eating river", which symbolized as well as possible that when the harvest was late and there was nothing in the pots in every house but water thickened by a small amount of grain.

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	== ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)==		== ZYX ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)==
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		+	Gruel [浆]
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		+	From the beginning, the author tells us that the word gang in the Maciao dialect (pronounced jian in Mandarin). It originated in the poor mountain village of Maciao, where grain was scarce and the word "porridge" was quite commonly used. Also, in the biography of Bao Xuan in the seventy-second chapter of the Han History, there is the phrase "wine into gruel, meat into bean leaves,", referring to those who live in waste and luxury, treating wine as porridge and meat as bean leaves. From this it is clear how the term "porridge" has since come to refer more generally to the food and drink of the poor.
		+	When educated youth first came to Maciao, they often mistook "eating gang (gruel)" as "eating gan (dry grain)," thus confusing the word with its exact opposite. The people of Maciao always replaced the "j" sound with the hard "g" sound: for example, the word for "river" (jiang) was also pronounced "gang". Therefore, "eating porridge" sometimes sounded like "eating river", which symbolized as well as possible that when the harvest was late and there was nothing in the pots in every house but water thickened by a small amount of grain.

	== AD ಠ_ಠ ==		== AD ಠ_ಠ ==