Pray for parents

 

Pray for parents

 

In the Little Bodhisattva Hotel, the owner Amon had just finished telling the love story of Chu Sanxing and Xiang Qima to the new guests, Miss Dawa and Agudengba, when hunters Chu Sanxing and Xiang Qima came to them.

It turns out that Chu Sanxing came here specially to give gifts to Miss Dawa and Agudengba. That's freshly harvested sugar cane.

Chu Sanxing said to Dawa girl and Agudengba:

Bengalis are mainly engaged in agriculture, growing jute, rice, pulses, corn, oilseeds, sugarcane, tobacco and fruits. Most residents in the south are engaged in fishing. The Bengali people are one of the ancient ethnic groups in the South Asian subcontinent. The Bengal region has established an independent country several times, and its territory once included the current Indian states of West Bengal and Bihar. In the 16th century, Bengal developed into the most densely populated, economically developed and culturally prosperous region on the subcontinent. In the mid-18th century, it became the center of British colonial rule in India. It became a province of British India in the second half of the 19th century. In 1947, after the partition of India and Pakistan, the Bengal region was divided into East and West Bengal, with the west belonging to India and the east belonging to Pakistan. In March 1971, East Pakistan declared independence. During the subsequent independence war, East Pakistan eventually became the independent country of Bangladesh.

Chu Sanxing said to Agudengba:

In the long history, there were three Silk Roads that closely linked China and the Indian subcontinent. One is the "Northern Silk Road", which starts from the Central Plains of China in the east, enters the Indian subcontinent through northwest China, and extends to Europe. China's envoy Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty, the great monk Faxian of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xuanzang, the monk of the Tang Dynasty, and the Yuan Dynasty visited China The Italian Marco Polo and others have traveled on this ancient road full of risks and legends. The sea south of mainland China and the Indian subcontinent has also left traces of communication between our ancestors. Slightly later than the "Northern Silk Road", the ancestors began to open up the "Maritime Silk Road". Faxian, the Italian merchant Jacob, Marco Polo and the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta all attempted this sea route. Zheng He of the Ming Dynasty embarked on seven voyages to the West and visited Bangladesh at least twice. ​

Chu Sanxing said to Agudengba: My ancestors lived in Sichuan and later moved to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Later, when they moved here, they actually came here through the third Silk Road, the "Southern Silk Road". The Southern Silk Road once had an indissoluble bond with Bangladesh. Many scholars believe that this Silk Road probably started in China's Pre-Qin period in the 4th century BC and has a history of more than 2,400 years, which is longer than the two Silk Roads mentioned above. The first person to record the "Southern Silk Road" was Sima Qian, a historian of the Western Han Dynasty in China. In his "Historical Records", he described the experience of the Han envoy Zhang Qian when he went to Daxia as an envoy. Bactria was located in today's northern Afghanistan, in the area south of today's Amu Darya River and north of the Hindu Kush Mountains. In 122 BC, Zhang Qian returned to Chang'an, the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, from Daxia. He then reported to Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, saying: "When I was in Daxia, I saw Qiong bamboo sticks and Shu cloth. I asked: 'How can this be done?'" The people of Daxia Said: "My Jia people go to the market to be poisoned. The poison can be thousands of miles southeast of Daxia. Their customs and indigenous people are the same as Daxia, but they are humid, humid, hot and cloudy. Their people ride on elephants to fight. Their country is approaching greatness." Water Yan.'" Zhang Qian then said: "If we go to Daxia from the north, there are things in Shu, which are 12,000 miles away from the Han Dynasty, so it is not far to go to Shu." Zhang Qian believed that going to Daxia from the north, "is in danger of being separated by the Xiongnu" "The way", and it is "dangerous" to go from "Qiang". Therefore, going there through the "Shu Body Poison Path" is the "appropriate path". At his appeal, the Han Dynasty decided to reopen the communication line with the southwest region, thus restoring the already existing "Southern Silk Road".

Chu Sanxing explained: "Body poison" is India, and "Qiangzhong" is today's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area. "Shu Shen Poison Road" is also the "Southern Silk Road". The "Southern Silk Road" was the first to be opened between China and the Indian subcontinent, and it was the shortest distance for ancient Chinese border people to reach the subcontinent via Myanmar. Together with the "Northern Silk Road", they formed two important passages on the ancient Eurasian continent.

Chu Sanxing said again:

Bangladesh is an inevitable stop on the “Southern Silk Road”. During the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 BC to 220 AD), the "Southern Silk Road" started from Shu, which is today's Chengdu Plain, and then went south into Yunnan, passing through today's Kunming, Dali, Baoshan, and Ruili, and then entered Myanmar and India. By the Tang and Song Dynasties (AD 618 to 1279), trade and personnel exchanges through this ancient road became more active, and the routes taken also expanded. Some entered Myanmar and followed the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River, crossed the Kindon River and the Naga Mountains, and reached Assam in today's India; some left Yunnan and followed the Shweli River and the Irrawaddy River southward to Mandalay, and then turned northwest after passing through Pyay. , crossed the Arakan Mountains and entered Manipur, India today. It is worth noting that no matter which of the ancient tea-horse roads, they all end up in the same destination by different routes, reaching a kingdom along the Brahmaputra River called "Pundravardhana" (Pundravardhana), and then enter the Indian plains. The geographical location of "Pannavardanna" may be near Rangpur or Pabna in present-day Bangladesh. ​

Agudengba was very surprised after listening to Chu Sanxing's explanation. How could this ordinary-looking young hunter have such a profound understanding of history and culture? ​

At this time, Amongolia said to Agudengba:

Mr. Chu Sanxing’s father is a historian in Myanmar and has profound research on the culture and history of the Western Regions. Chu Sanxing likes zoology and archeology. He chose to be a hunter in order to obtain more first-hand inspection and research information. His mother is a linguist who not only studies the origins of Eurasian languages, but also animal languages and understands many characteristics of animal language communication.

At this time, Agudenba was shocked. It turned out that Chu Sanxing was not only a young hunter, but also a scholar with rich knowledge. He had parents with high IQs.

Chu Sanxing said: I heard that you are going to Myanmar, Xiang Qima and I decided to go with you. Xiang Qima’s parents also supported her in going to Myanmar to visit my father and mother, allowing her to learn more about the outside world. We all have a deep love for our parents.

Girl Dawa took Xiang Qima’s hand and happily said to Chu Sanxing: Agudengba and I welcome you to go to Myanmar.

Dawa and Xiang Qima danced Baur dance together and sang "Pray for Parents":

 

Dear father and mother

Your kind face                          

And carved lines of wrinkles

your thinning hair

It’s already covered in white frost

My parents have aged for another year

 

My parents have gone through a rough road

I also walked through thorny mountains

Experienced a dark society

Suffering in turbulent times

But never bowed or flinched

Dedicate your love to your children

 

Children give parents new clothes

Cut with clouds in the sky

Use rays of sunlight as silk thread

Use the stars in the sky as buttons

Use roadside chrysanthemums as lace

This is the gratitude reward from the children