Which seems a strange place to put a well, since clearly there is water right next to it. On the bank of the stream, there's an old well. According to the internet, "Chang" means "constant" or "often", but depending on the intonation, can mean a whole lot of things, including "long" and "great" (as in "The Great Wall of China"), so kind of the opposite of "Little." Anyhow, every morning their mother washes clothes at a stream by her house. The elder brother's name is "Tikki Tikki Tembo-no Sa Rembo-chari Bari Ruchi-pip Peri Pembo", which is not Chinese, but the book claims means "The most wonderful thing in the whole wide world," and the youngest is "Chang", which apparently is Chinese, but does not actually mean "Little" or "Nothing". The story is this: there are two brothers in "ancient China", where the first and oldest son traditionally has a very long name, and the second son has hardly any name at all because they don't really matter. Notwithstanding the possible racism, which I have to confess I was mostly unaware of due to my lack of education about other cultures (the illustrations made me think of Japan, but I didn't want to assume that China couldn't have similar art and clothing styles).
And from that day on, parents have thought it best to stick with shorter names.I certainly don't want to read this to my two sons.It took so darn long for Chang to get help because of big bro’s name that Tikki took quite a while to recover after he was extracted from the deep. Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo fell into the same well (that kid is back on the escalator again! – Mallrats, partner link).It couldn’t possibly be left it out of the summary because she loves it so. There was a dragon festival – Elise’s favorite part of the book, aside from dancing to my sing-song voice when I croon the first born’s name.Chang fell into a well, Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip per pembo fetched a man with a ladder, and Chang was saved.The legend goes (and obviously, this is a summary of events here): Second sons “were given hardly any name at all.”įirst born son: Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo. The legend is that Chinese parents used to give their first born son a great long name. It’s kind of hard to stop yourself, really.
If you don’t know this book, you should read it because it’s just SO MUCH FUN to say this kid’s name over and over and over and over… We have a classic tale from the Chinese legends: Tikki Tikki Tembo. If you want to take a gander at yours and read more about this fun and amazing piece of Chinese culture, a suggestion would be to start here.
Wanna know what careers are recommended for hares? Elise’s Papa (Grandpa) would be proud to hear: an attorney! :) Some adjectives to describe these gentle souls are peacemakers, artists, well-cultured, and practical. Oh, bless my anti-social self!Įlise is the year of the hare (rabbit).
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The fire dragon no less… Dragons are believed to be free spirits, confident, fearless in the face of a challenge and solitary at heart. Me? Maybe those who know me might have guessed this one already, but I was ushered into this world under the year of the dragon. Little sister also is a horse… Hmmm, I’m surrounded by cheerful and witty souls who can build me stuff! Woo hoo! Although Jeff missed the cutoff by a mere 5 days, he fits this to a ‘T!’ Oh and in case you didn’t know, it’s the year of the horse and those born during the horse years are perceived by those who believe to be good with money, quite cheerful, witty and are talented with their hands. We talked about the significance of the animals in the culture and the 12 year lunar calendar – yeah, I’m not sure anything beyond the animals actually stuck, but hey you never know. We played with our friend, the fierce and fearless dragon we made here. So we got kind of carried away with some other fun and well, all my grand plans just didn’t happen. Click on “Read More” to check out what DID happen during our Chinese New Year fun. A Chinese lantern craft, some red envelopes with secret messages (instead of money ‘cuz she’s only 2)… And other really great and awesome and fabulous and fun stuff…
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