The arch over the entrance to the Chinese Garden of the Rizal Park. If anyone knows what those four characters mean, I'd appreciate a little language lesson.
The Chinese letters read "天下为公" (Pinyin: Tian xia wei gong). This is a famous Chinese proverb which originally means "all under the heaven (the world or Earth)is shared by all human under the heaven." In other word, this Earth belongs to all human race and the throne of the ruler should be passed on to those who are capable, not his descendants. The Father of China, Dr. Sun Yat Sen loved this quote so much that there are about 32 dedicated literary works contain this Chinese proverb. Since this proverb talks about an idle form of society in which everybody enjoys the wealth of the world, it is not unusual to see this proverb everywhere. An a little trivia for you, the Chinese font written on that arch (called Paifang in Chinese) is a very ancient Chinese font called Lesser Seal Script first used in 220 BC, during the Qin Dynasty.
I love these kinds of gates. The colors here are lovely. And you can't beat those details! :)
ReplyDeleteI've never been to that place and didn't even know that there's a Chinese Garden inside the Rizal Park hehehe, thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteI have so many fond memories of this place :) Thanks for posting this!
ReplyDeleteit's beautiful but i can't help you.
ReplyDeleteThe Chinese letters read "天下为公" (Pinyin: Tian xia wei gong). This is a famous Chinese proverb which originally means "all under the heaven (the world or Earth)is shared by all human under the heaven." In other word, this Earth belongs to all human race and the throne of the ruler should be passed on to those who are capable, not his descendants. The Father of China, Dr. Sun Yat Sen loved this quote so much that there are about 32 dedicated literary works contain this Chinese proverb. Since this proverb talks about an idle form of society in which everybody enjoys the wealth of the world, it is not unusual to see this proverb everywhere. An a little trivia for you, the Chinese font written on that arch (called Paifang in Chinese) is a very ancient Chinese font called Lesser Seal Script first used in 220 BC, during the Qin Dynasty.
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