月下老人
      Explanation: Originally referred to the gods in charge of marriage ◇ refers to a matchmaker. Referred to as joking. "
      Usage: Partial official; as subject, object, attribute; that matchmaker
      Source: Fu Li, Yan Tang, "continued quiet and Monsters" legends recorded in the Tang Dynasty, Song Cheng Wei solid passing and met an old man in the moonlight, look through a book. Inquiry, that the elderly are responsible for managing human marriage, God, look through the book is the marriage notebook.
      Examples: It is a pair of beautiful woman wit. While overseas, but also a country consort prince, infinite wealth. ~ Red state day margin is _set_ tied, not suspicious. ★ Qing Chen Chen, "Water Margin after the transfer" back to the twelfth
      Story: Tang Dynasty, there was a solid man for the Mingjiao Wei, and once, he went to Sung Dynasty Village, travel, accommodation in the South store. One night, Wei Gu walking down the street, under the moonlight to see the old one sat on the floor, where the translation is a big, thick book, and his body full of code is placed a red rope in the big bag. Wei Gu is very curious in the past asked him: "old man, may I ask what books are you reading it!" The old man replied: "This is a marriage of men and women the world record books." Wei Gu more curious after listening to asked, said: "Then you red rope bag, but also what to do with it?" the old man smiled and Wei Gu said: "The red string is used to line the couple's feet, both men and women, or two-way distance of enemy very far, I just use these red string tied to their feet, they will, and good, and became man and wife. "Wei Gu listening, nature will not believe, that the elderly and his joke, but Is he eccentric old man, still full of curiosity, when he wanted to ask him some questions when the old man had stood up with his books and bag, walked to the rice market, will follow him Wei Gu . To the rice market, they saw a blind woman holding a little girl about three years old came to face the old man of Wei Gu said: "This blind woman's daughter also is holding the hands of your future wife." Wei Ku Listen a very angry old man that he deliberately opened joke, sent the best slave to kill the little girl to see him in the future will not become his wife. Slaves ran up after knife stab the girl, immediately ran away. When Wei Gu accounts at the time to go find the old man, but he has not seen a trace. Time flies, instant Fourteen years later, this time to find a satisfactory Wei solid object, to be married. The other is relative to the provincial governor Wang Tai's beloved daughter, who looked beautiful, but not between a scar. Wei Gu feel very strange, so he asked his father: "Why do scars both his brow?" After listening to it relative to provincial governor said: "The outrageous to say, fourteen years ago in the Sung Dynasty Village, one day Chen nanny held him walk from the rice market, there is a fanatic, even unprovoked knife stabbed her, but fortunately not life-threatening, leaving scars that road is really unfortunate in other ways too! "Wei Gu heard , froze a moment, that part of past fourteen years ago, quickly surfaced in his mind. He thought: Is he is the servant of the assassination of his life the little girl? So it will be very intense questioning, said: "That nanny is not a blind woman blind?" Wang Tai interested to see son's face, and asked a strange, he asked him, said: "Yes, it is a blind woman, but how do you know? "Wei Gu confirmed this when all kinds of really very surprised, for a time could not answer a word, it took a while to calm down, then fourteen years ago in the Sung Dynasty Village, met Matchmaker that the overall state. Wang Tai listened and felt surprised. Wei Gu Then I understood the words of god of marriage, not a joke, their marriage really is God disposes. So cherish the marriage of two couples, living a loving life. Soon it spread to Sung Dynasty Village, the local people to commemorate the appearance of Matchmaker, put the South shop to "engagement shop." As the story spread, so we believe: men and women by the Matchmaker system with red string, to match, so, later put the matchmaker called "Matchmaker", referred to as "joking."
  • Thesaurus:  (literally) the words of a matchmaker--marriage arranged by a matchmaker (usually with the consent or approval of one's parents), Days with good chance or good match for marriage