New Members NikolaC Posted May 26, 2020 at 03:36 PM New Members Report Posted May 26, 2020 at 03:36 PM Hello. I got these pretty salt and pepper shakers and I wonder what is the text about. It is possible it doesn't make any sense :D But I'd like to know. Thank you guys :) https://beta.ctrlv.cz/rDv3 Quote
889 Posted May 27, 2020 at 02:56 PM Report Posted May 27, 2020 at 02:56 PM Fragments from the classical poem 滿江紅. 怒发冲冠拦处 望眼仰天长啸壮怀 名尘与土八千里路 Translation here, though the Chinese text is in traditional characters, unlike the simplified characters on your shakers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_Jiang_Hong Salt-and-pepper shakers aren't common on the Chinese table, certainly not in that sort of design, so it's fair to assume this was made for export and the characters are there just as decoration, like the "English" on those t-shirts worn in Japan. (I suspect "My wrath bristles through my helmet" isn't quite what you were expecting. But then neither was spending years studyiing Chinese just to be able to translate a couple of salt shakers.) 1 2 Quote
New Members NikolaC Posted May 30, 2020 at 05:52 PM Author New Members Report Posted May 30, 2020 at 05:52 PM Thank you very much for solving this mystery! At least, I have a good ice-breaker to start a conversation with my guests now. Quote
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