He asks her why she wears it and she responds that when she was a young girl, a boy threw a rock at her that struck her, leaving a scar on her eyebrow. However, she wears an adornment on her eyebrow. Raising it, the man is delighted to find that his wife is one of the great beauties of his village. On the night of his wedding, his wife waits for him in their bedroom, with the traditional veil covering her face. Many years later, when the boy has grown into a young man, his parents arrange a wedding for him. Being young and having no interest in having a wife, the young boy picks up a rock and throws it at the girl, running away. Yue Lao shows the boy the young girl who is destined to be his wife. The man explains to the boy that he is attached to his destined wife by a red thread. Walking home one night, a young boy sees an old man (Yue Lao) standing beneath the moonlight. One story featuring the red thread of fate involves a young boy. This myth is similar to the Western concept of soulmate or a destined partner. This magical cord may stretch or tangle, but never break. The two people connected by the red thread are destined lovers, regardless of place, time, or circumstances. The color red in Chinese culture symbolises happiness and it is also prominently featured during Chinese weddings, such as having both bride and groom wear red throughout the entire procession or at some point during the marriage rituals. Although in modern times it is common across all these cultures to depict the thread being tied around the fingers, often the little finger. In the original Chinese myth, it is tied around both parties' ankles, while in Japanese culture it is bound from a male's thumb to a female's little finger. According to Chinese legend, the deity in charge of "the red thread" is believed to be Yuè Xià Lǎorén (月下老人), often abbreviated to Yuè Lǎo (月老), the old lunar matchmaker god, who is in charge of marriages. It is commonly thought of as an invisible red cord around the finger of those that are destined to meet one another in a certain situation as they are "their true love". The Red Thread of Fate ( Chinese: 姻緣紅線 pinyin: Yīnyuán hóngxiàn), also referred to as the Red Thread of Marriage, and other variants, is an East Asian belief originating from Chinese mythology. JSTOR ( August 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.įind sources: "Red thread of fate" – news
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