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- Wang Daozhen Stumbles into the Peach Blossom Spring
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- Very Good
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Sign 2
Wong Tai Sin Sign 2 · Wang Daozhen Stumbles into the Peach Blossom Spring
王道真誤入桃源
Withered woods turn green again in spring.
Luxuriant leaves and fragrant blossoms come with butterflies.
Along with the Peach, Fairyland flowers mingle in purple and red, A fishing boat having lost its way finally reaches land.
Wang Daozhen Stumbles into the Peach Blossom Spring
This sign references Tao Yuanming's famous story 'Peach Blossom Spring' from 4th century China, combined with a character named Wang Daozhen who accidentally discovers this paradise. In the tale, a fisherman follows floating peach petals upstream and stumbles through a hidden cave into an idyllic village where people live in harmony, untouched by the outside world's troubles. The residents descended from refugees who fled war centuries ago and created their own perfect society. When the fisherman tries to return and bring others, he can never find the entrance again. The story became China's most famous utopia myth, representing the human longing for simplicity and peace. Wang Daozhen's 'mistake' of getting lost becomes his greatest fortune—sometimes our wrong turns lead us exactly where we need to be.
Six Short Readings
Your career is about to bloom after what felt like a barren period.READLove
Your love life is about to bloom like those withered woods in spring.READHealth
Stick 2 hands you the fisherman drifting off course and finding peach blossoms he never went looking for.READStudy
You drew the stick of the fisherman who lost his way and stumbled into the peach grove.READFamily
Your family life is entering a season of unexpected renewal.READThe whole situation
Wang Daozhen didn't set out to find paradise.READ