The three stars are Orion's belt! I knew that one without having to look it up, ahaha.
Baike: the firewood is often referenced in the Shijing when talking about marriage. Firewood is a homonym for heart, so 'binding the firewood' is like the couple having the same feelings. The grass is just glossed as hay for livestock fodder. The thorns are Vitex (chasteberry).
So the stars coming up show the time of the day when the marriage is happening, as Orion rises in the night sky from dusk to midnight.
Aww, "今夕何夕" "This evening is what evening" is used by poets to express sudden joy, esp love between couples.
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Re: 118. 綢繆 - Chou Mou
Date: 2021-02-22 01:31 am (UTC)Baike: the firewood is often referenced in the Shijing when talking about marriage. Firewood is a homonym for heart, so 'binding the firewood' is like the couple having the same feelings. The grass is just glossed as hay for livestock fodder. The thorns are Vitex (chasteberry).
So the stars coming up show the time of the day when the marriage is happening, as Orion rises in the night sky from dusk to midnight.
Aww, "今夕何夕" "This evening is what evening" is used by poets to express sudden joy, esp love between couples.