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The drinks are tough to swallow. I knew exactly what when they say yellow. Well the after show one is alright, the soy however.

And that white towel! At least wrap it around your neck and pretend to wipe with it. Who run up the hill with a brand new towel on one shoulder, perfectly folded? Do they glue it on Fourth?😂

The static shock is ok. A good excuse to get handsy, in a good way.

Vee just sent the evil guys off with the knife on his back. 😅 Let me insist I'm not trying anything, I do that with movies too, mindful of the details and talk. Would you not find it suspicious when someone is running in dark suit with facemask plus a knife on his back? 😂

The phone camera waiting at the studio, how do you know San would perform miracle healing there? The evil dude must be using the same fengshui app, so precise.

Btw, they find a perfectly matching eyebrows for San. Kick more asses kid.

I will stop responding to comments that is taking a simple comment to a twisted arguement.

The original version only mention the red thread, in a pocket (or carry bag) of the Matchmaker, is to tie the foot of husband and wife. There is no specific mention otherwise.

In fictions, of course it would be cumbersome to actually tie foot. That doesn't make the popular version "win". And no you didn't "lose", happy now?🤷 Win win okay? 🤦

Read a post as it is please.

Chinese dramas have unrealistic plots or alterations all the same.

My statement is not a refute to creative choices or other cultural interpretations of it. So thanks for reading a post as it is.

I don't need to, I speak and write Japanese too.

You look at your post, you are behaving like you are against Chinese.

My post is not about race. The red thread originated from China, period. And I'm talking about the Chinese part of it. Why must you bring a racial factor into it?

You want to compare cultures? Go make your own post. I'm neutral, in fact I'm shocked that you must behave like this.

This series is Thai Chinese themed.

You talk about Japanese anime.

Hello? Why should you even respond to my post when you are the one off topic?

Call it whatever, I'm stating facts. I'm not even attacking the series, be reasonable Stan.

And just objectively looking at the date. The Matchmaker actually existed as a person in history. The text is published at around 840AD, give one reference earlier please.

About the Chinese tradition on red thread and ring. I'm not giving an opinion about it, so read if you are interested in trivia. I'm not preaching either I'm Christian. 😆

(Stay away trolls, I'm talking about Chinese culture. That means I'm against Thai? Or Japanese? If you would want to share your culture please do so. The series is Thai Chinese themed, so I should talk about what? Viking culture?)

They are just wrong about it. I'm sorry you are in a Chinese temple, can you not ask the monk to correct your misinformation? Or even, just ask a Chinese follower passing by?

You get your red thread from the Matchmaker, not Nu Wa. The Matchmaker, the elder under the moon, holds the book of marriage on his left hand, a walking stick on the right. Very easy to spot.

You actually do not tie the red thread. Think about it, you are asking for a match, do you actually run around tying people with your thread? 😂 In some temple, you need to make a hand sign when you get the thread.

Tying thread is not Chinese belief, even though the internet sells you blessed red thread bracelets and rings, the way to keep the thread is either under the pillow or in your purse. That's the Chinese way.

When you get a match, you return the thread to the temple with your match. Cutting it, dropping it, etc mean you want to end the match. All those info about which hand which finger with the thread are all fictional superstitions.

The seven of seven 七夕, in lunar calendar is not related to the Matchmaker, and all those rules about suitable visiting period, no pregnant lady, etc are superstitions. Follow the opening hour of the temple.

Ring however is different. The common Chinese phrase is 追求定結離. From the thumb to pinky, the left hand. 1. Chase, aka single. 😅2. Proposed. 3. Engaged. 4. Marriage. 5. Widowed. The right implies the men's relationship preference, but very few people follow it nowadays. Anyway, 2. Available 3. Dating 4. In a long-term relationship 5. Not looking.

Btw, both thumbs are considered the power fingers where decorative rings go. Again, traditionally speaking and not rigidly followed anymore.

I shall say nothing about the fengshui apps. Omg you can do it within seconds?🤣

I have been to thousands of temples and churches around the world.

Religion and mythology is a form of study too. As I said, I haven't been to this temple and I'm no expert in mythology.

This is not a comparison nor a measurement of superiority between different countries.

In fact, just saying it is common cannot be a productive approach in cultural studies.

There are many Confucius Buddhist Taoist temples. The holy figures of the three beliefs together within the abode.

Here, we are talking about a Buddhist temple (of Hindu origin you claim), with a Budda outside. Dragon chofa on the roof.

Inside, we have bronze Buddha in the abode. Behind, a jade or clay Taoist Avalokiteshvara as Nu Wa. With the lotus lamps.

The caretaker is a geomancy daoshi.

At the back, it becomes a pagoda with the Thai garuda chofa.

Now that's a temple to be seen.

Bao Kong Ting actually existed, so I read their facebook page. It is a Buddhist temple. They just go by the pronunciation as their name, but actually has no relation to Bao Kong. Not even the same characters it turns out. But why they call it 保宮亭 is beyond me. The term 保宮 refers to jails for nobles in ancient China. Maybe I am thinking too much, they just want 保(protection). Why add 亭 (pavillion) then? Perhaps it was a pavillion or pagoda before it becomes a temple? And the couplets outside the temple has 如來 (Tathagata)......

I have paused it inside as well, to read the couplets on the wall behind the lanterns. It says 觀音菩薩寶座 (the seat of Avalokiteshvara). The lanterns, the left on screen says 保宮亭 合眾平安 (Bao Kong Ting, peace for everyone). The right, xxxx 玉皇至尊 xxxx (Jade Emperor). The other two is less important, Jade Emperor is a distinguish figure in Taoism.

A Buddhist Avalokiteshvara should be holding a bambusa and a vase of purification, so this statue is the Taoism version of Avalokiteshvara.

The inside does not look like the temple I see on Facebook, so maybe they just use several shots from the Buddhist temple, and filmed the rest elsewhere.

What we can say for sure is, not Nu Wa. The stone is to fix a hole in the Sky, not a hole on Daou's arm. 😂

Right, she is just sitting there with an empty basket.

The shower room is a mystery too.

Sometimes it has separate stalls, just not when Ryu and Zen are using it. I'm not complaining of course.🫣

Well that was exactly what he ended up doing? That was awkward. Zen just walked away with the snacks. 😅

The next thing we know, he and the manager will form a stalker alliance and share that hiding bush. 😆

How did he even know where they are having the "training retreat"?

Pao Kong is a factually existed person, although his story is altered greatly. The era of his existence and his accomplishment.

Anyway he is a magistrate, so his temple is differ significantly from all other temples, and is modelled like an ancient oriental courthouse.

His alter would be decorated with flowers of the four gentlemen. They signify his righteousness and honesty.

His statue usually is surrounded with his guards and his advisor clerk.

Since he is a god of justice, his temple is sometimes associated with the ten magistrates of the underworld.

If we must put him in a system, he belongs to the human gods (ancestral worship). Not Buddhism nor Taoism.

Nu Wa is the mythical god of human creation, she usually appears with the other mystical gods of the same mythology. She herself is a system, when there is flooding, you worship her. When there is drought, you worship her (I do not know why).

Worshipping Nu Wa as a god of marriage is actually a gender discrimination ordered by a Chinese King.

In essence, her grade is denounced to a minor God, a God that supports unfair marriage, aka men having multiple wives and concubines. It is a forced political and religious oppression.

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu is a goddess of war in Taoism.

Of all the people, we get a MickMatt moment. I insist, eat Chain first!

And the ultimate question of the series:
"Someone like Tan is not free?" 😂😂😂

I swear that's the same milk drinks since EP1, or was that two when Arm supposedly make them with the espresso machine? Disgusting I'm glad they don't drink it.

Let's not go too deep into it.

There is a standard to how you setup the hall and the altar.

I'm not religious. It is just a bit weird to see a mix and match setting of multiple religions.

I'm not Taiwanese.

And don't get it wrong I'm not comparing culture. Surely, clarity is necessary.

So to improve in basketball.

1. You have to shower before training.
2. You have to shower without getting your hair wet.
3. You have to punch Ryu.

Btw, Chogun gets dressed by passing the ball. And Zen you defend your team by throwing basketballs? I'm still dumbfounded, how is that better than letting Ryu fights those seniors?🤔

If you need the buffalo thing, challenge them to a basketball duel?

It's a 包公 temple? I don't see the tools associated with him.

So they just exchanged the figures and then put a random title on top? Then have the ML holding the duster?

Should I say Jesus Christ?🤣

A bit too far too tell I'm sorry. If they zoom in on the robe or the tool of the statue then I can tell. The duster is definitely a tool of Taoism though. What a mess. 😅

Wait, maybe I didn't read your message right.

How do I know?

The alter has the goddess title in Chinese: 女媧娘娘. "The Goddess of Nu Wa". 🤣🤣🤣

I have not been to this particular temple, but the two goddesses are basically different religion figures.

Nu Wa existed before Taoism. In fact Nu Wa existed before Buddhism. I dunno how Thai religion treated her. But virtually all historical texts tell us they are different existences.

Nu Wa is a goddess with human head and dragon body.🐉

Jiu Tian Xuan Nu is a goddess with human head and birdlike body. Some says phoenix.