ancient ritual of floating wine cups
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to float wine cups along a stream (an ancient ritual)
archaicRefers to the Shangsi Festival (third day of the third lunar month) ritual where cups of wine were placed upstream in a winding channel and allowed to float down; whoever the cup stopped before had to drink and compose poetry.
Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
zài在
sān三
yuè月
sān三
jǔ举
xíng行
liú流
shāng觞
huó活
dòng动
，
yǐ以
fú祓
chú除
bù不
xiáng祥
。
Ancient people often held floating-cup ceremonies on the third day of the third month to ward off misfortune.
Wáng王
Xī羲
zhī之
《
Lán兰
tíng亭
jí集
xù序
》
zhōng中
miáo描
huì绘
le了
liú流
shāng觞
qū曲
shuǐ水
de的
yǎ雅
qù趣
。
Wang Xizhi's 'Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion' depicts the elegant pleasure of floating wine cups along a winding stream.
Show 1 more exampleShow fewer examples
Liú流
shāng觞
fù赋
shī诗
shì是
Wèi魏
Jìn晋
shí时
qí期
wén文
rén人
yǎ雅
jí集
de的
zhòng重
yào要
xíng形
shì式
。
Floating cups and composing poetry was an important form of refined gathering for literati during the Wei and Jin dynasties.