Need A Decision What am I about to do ? To gain a high salary from a strange city I have never been to, or live in my hometown with my family? Of course, I am aware of the latter one I tend to choose, which is the place my original life really belong to, but the job far from home can provide me with a decent life and could not waste all I learned these years in the schools.

Cultural impact / invade / shock? 可惜了，中国的汉服。是文化冲击太过厉害还是真的无人继承？（汉服）现在只能默默的躺在历史的角落里。Really a pity. Chinese traditional costume. Is it because ... .... is too severe or just because there is actually no one to inherit it ? At present, Han Costume is only staying lonely in the corner of the history. How to say 文化冲击？ On the account of the elegent photo below, could somebody do me a favour?

....商女.... I am exercising my word style and rereading this poem. The last line makes me memorize another famous one:商女不知亡国恨，隔岸犹唱后庭花。 I think people nowadays put too much blame upon them. They did care nothing on the lost of the land and even the ruin of their country. But think it over contrarily, what compelled them to be degraded in the previous period of the prosperity and what brought them misery and ignorance in the former governance? To them, this coutry had not been worth crying any more since a long time ago. After losing people's faith, how can authorities attribute responsibility to these women for the falling? 商女=烟花女子=风尘女子， how to express the meaning? I don't regard Prostitute proper for this word.

How to write a date or a period for short? 2010.2~2010.9 OR Feb 2010~ Sep 2010? Plus, is "2010.2~now" right ?

千年的等待 千年等待 有个年轻貌美的少女，出身豪门、多才多艺，她家的门槛都快被媒婆踩断了，她仍不想出嫁，因为她始终都在盼望如意郎君的出现。 有一天，她去庙会散心，在万头攒动的人群中，瞥见一名年轻男子，心中确知就是她苦苦等待的人，然而，场面杂沓拥挤，她无论如何都无法靠近那人，最后眼睁睁地看着心上人消失在人群中。之后，少女四处寻找此人，但这名年轻男子却像是人间蒸发，再也没有出现。落寞的她，只有每日晨昏礼佛祈祷，希望再见那个男人。她的至诚，感动了佛心，于是现身遂其所愿。 佛祖问她：「 你想再看到那个男人吗？」 「是的，哪怕见一眼也行！」 「若要你放弃现有的一切，包括爱你的家人和幸福的生活呢？」 「我愿放弃」少女为爱执着。 「你必须修炼五百年，才能见他一面，你不会后悔吧？」 「我不后悔」斩钉截铁。 于是女孩变成一块大石头，躺在荒郊野外。四百九十九年的风吹日晒，女孩都不以为苦，难受的却是这四百多年都没看到一个人，看不见一点点希望，才让她面临崩溃。最后一年，一个采石队来了，相中了她，把她凿成一块条石，运进城里，原来城里正在建造石桥，于是，女孩变成了石桥的护栏。就在石桥建成的第一天，女孩看见了那个等了五百年的男人！他行色匆匆，很快地走过石桥，当然，男人不会发觉有一块石头正目不转睛地望着她。这男人又一次消失了。 佛音再次出现：「满意了吗？」 「不！为什么我是桥的护栏？如果我被铺在桥的正中，就能碰到他、摸他一下了！」 「想摸他一下？那你还得修炼五百年！」 「我愿意！」 「很苦，你不后悔？」 「不后悔！」 这次女孩变成了一棵大树，立在一条人来人往的官道上，每天都有很多人经过，女孩每天观望，但这更难受，因为无数次希望却换来无数次的希望破灭。若非前五百年的修炼，女孩早就崩溃了！日子一天天过去，女孩的心逐渐平静了，她知道，不到最后一天，他是不会出现的。又是一个五百年啊，最后一天，女孩知道他会来的，但她的心中竟然不再激动。他终于来了！还是穿着她最喜欢的白色长衫，脸还是那么俊美，女孩痴痴地望着他。这一次，他没有匆匆走过，因为，天太热了。他注意到路边有棵大树，休息一下吧，他想。他来到树下，靠着树根，闭上双眼睡着了。女孩摸到他了，而他就紧靠在她的身边！但是，她无法向他倾诉这千年的相思。只有尽力把树荫聚拢，为他遮挡毒辣的阳光。男人只小睡片刻，因为他还有事要办，他拍拍长衫上的灰尘，动身前一刻，他回头看了看，又轻轻抚摸一下树干， 然后，头也不回地走了！ 当那人逐渐消失的那一刻，佛祖又出现了。 「你是不是还想做他的妻子？那你还得修炼。」 女孩平静地打断了佛祖的话：「我是很想，但是不必了。」 「哦？」 「这样已经很好了，爱他，并不一定要做他的妻子。」 「哦！」 「他现在的妻子也曾像我这样受苦吗？」女孩若有所思。 佛祖微微点头。 女孩微微一笑：「我也能做到的，但是不必了。」 就这一刻，女孩似乎发现佛祖微微地吁了一口气。 女孩有些诧异：「佛祖也有心事？」 「这样就好，有个男孩可以少等你一千年了，为了看你一眼，他已经修炼两千年了。」佛祖脸上绽放着笑容。

A Thousand Years of Waiting This time, the girl became a tree, standing beside a crowded Official road. Watching so many people pass by every day is beyond endurance, for the countless hopes led to more and more sorrow. If having not experienced the former five hundred years of asceticism, she must have already collapsed early. Day by day, the heart slowly returned to peace, because she understood that he would not appear until the last day. What another five hundred years! Finally, he came by, still in that white dress, still handsome as before. But the girl was just staring at him mesmerizingly without any excitement. This he did not walk through the tree hurriedly, for it was too hot. He noted there was a tree at the roadside, ”Take a break,” he thought. He came to the tree, and cuddling up on the roots, fell asleep. This time the girl not only touched him but hold him silently and tightly. Although she could not pour her lovesickness towards him, she still tried to gather the branch to block the sunlight out. It had not taken him too much time to have a nap. Soon, she saw him wake up and pat the dress. The moment before walking on, the man looked back, caressed the trunk somehow and then went straight away. The moment the man was gone, the Buddha showed up again. “Do you still want to be his wife? Then you need more asceticism.” The girl interrupted the Buddha in peace:” I really want to, but no thanks” “Oh?” “This is fine now. Loving him, doesn’t mean being his wife.” “Oh!” “Has his present wife ever suffered as much bitterness as me?” The Buddha nodded his head slightly. The girl flashed a smile: ”I can do that also, but no thanks” At this moment, the girl found the Buddha let out a little sigh, which made her a little surprised: “Even the Buddha bears something in mind?” “That’s the best. There is another boy needn’t wait for you any longer than another thousand years. He, just for a glance at you, has kept ascetic for two thousand years.” said the Buddha, burst with a beatific smile.

A Thousand Years of Waiting There was a young girl, who was born to be a noble. Her beauty and talent is so attractive that even the threshold of her gate is almost broken by matchmakers (1), but she did not want to get married yet, for all the time she was looking forward to the emergence of a man she truly belonged to (2). One day, she went to the temple fair for relaxation. In the huge crowd, she glimpsed a young man by chance, and ascertained that this was the right one she was waiting agonizingly for. However, there was such a congested scene that she could do nothing to be close to the figure in any case except watching her lover until he disappeared in the crowd. Afterwards, the girl looked all around for this person, but the young man vanished, never to appear again. With loneliness, she only had to pray Buddha in the twilight every day, in the hope of meeting with him again. Her sincerity, eventually, moved Buddha’s heart, and the Buddha showed up as she wished. The Buddha asked her: “Do you want to meet that man again?” “Yes, even if it is just a simply glance” “What if you give everything you own up, including the family loving you and your happy life?” “Yes, I will.” the girl persisted. “You have to deserve an ascetic life for five hundred years, so as to exchange it for a glance. You won’t regret it?” “Never” said the girl, firmly. Therefore, the girl was transformed into a large rock, lying in the wilderness. She did not care four hundred and ninety nine years of the torture of burning sun and fierce wind, but that nobody had appeared in front of her these four hundred years is what she could not endure. It was not a bit hope to nurture that nearly collapsed her. In the last year, a search team came and found her, then carved this rock and turned her into a parapet stone of a bridge in a city. On the first day after the bridge had been built, the girl saw the man she had been waiting for since five hundred years ago! He was in such a hurry that he walked across the bridge quickly and of course, did not found a stone was staring at him. He disappeared again. The voice of the Buddha uttered: ”Satisfied?” “No! How come I am a parapet stone? If I were laid in the middle of the bridge, I would be able to touch him right then!” “Want to touch him? Then you have to deserve the ascetic life for another five hundred years!” “Yes, I will!” “It’s bitter, and you won’t regret it?” “Never!” .................to be continued

How do I translate 修炼 or 修行 ? It is a period, usually hundreds of years, in which a animal spirit transforms itself into the entity of a human being in Chinese myths. It is a lasting process happens in a secret place, like in a cave, and cannot be disturbed. Reference --- http://baike.baidu.com/view/116557.htm ----http://baike.baidu.com/view/320741.htm

前世是谁埋了你 Who Buried You in the Preexistence 从前有个书生, 和未婚妻约好在某年某月某日结婚。到那一天, 未婚妻却嫁给了别人。 书生受此打击, 一病不起。家人用尽各种办法都无能为力，眼看奄奄一息。这时, 路过一游方僧人，得知情况,决定点化一下他。 There was once a scholar, who had made the engagement to his fiancée on some day. But that day, his fiancée left him for another man. He was so devastated by the loss that he suffered afterwards from a serious illness. Watching him dying, the family used every methods to heal him but nothing helped. Right then, there was a monk passing by who learned of the situation and decided to enlightened him. 僧人到他床前, 从怀里摸出一面镜子叫书生看。 书生看到茫茫大海，一名遇害的女子一丝不挂地躺在海滩上。路过一人, 看一眼, 摇摇头, 走了……又路过一人, 将衣服脱下,给女尸盖上, 走了……再路过一人, 过去, 挖个坑, 小心翼翼把尸体掩埋了……… The monk reached the bed he was lying in, and fetched him a mirror from the arms. In it, the scholar saw a woman killed naked on the beach near by the vast ocean. Some time past, a passer-by came across her. He took a glance and shaking his head, went away.….. Then, another man appeared. He took his clothes off to cover the corpse and went away…… Later, the third man came to the body. He dug a hole and carefully, buried her 疑惑间, 画面切换. 书生看到自己的未婚妻. 洞房花烛，被她丈夫掀起盖头的瞬间…… With the scholar puzzled, the screen switched and showed the man his fiancée. It is the wedding moment that her husband is setting off the GaiTou 书生不明所以。 The scholar did not know why. 僧人解释道：看到那具海滩上的女尸吗？就是你未婚妻的前世。 The monk explained: Have you seen the woman’s body on the beach? That is the preexistence of your fiancée. 你是第二个路过的人，曾给过他一件衣服。她今生和你相恋，只为还你一个情。 And you are the second passer-by who gave her a piece of clothes. Why she fell in love with you this life is all for repaying a kindness. 但是她最终要报答一生一世的人，是最后那个把她掩埋的人，那人就是他现在的丈夫。 But the man she eventually has to pay back with her whole life, is the last one who buried her and now will be her husband. 书生大悟，唰地从床上做起，病愈。 The scholar realized at once, got up immediately and recovered.