Related introduction:
Sending goose feathers thousands of miles away is interpreted as a metaphor. Although the gift is meager, it contains deep friendship.
Allusions:
In ancient Myanmar, local officials sent Mian Bogao to send swans to the Tang Dynasty. After crossing Mianyang Lake, geese flew away and fell. Mian Bogao had to pay tribute to a feather, saying, "A gift is light and a feeling is heavy, and a goose feather sends a thousand miles." Later, it was used to describe the gift as meager and affectionate.
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During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Uighur in the Western Regions was a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty. On one occasion, in order to show friendship with the Tang Dynasty, the Uighur kingdom sent an envoy Mian Bogao to visit the King of Tang with a batch of rare treasures. Among these tributes, the most precious is a rare white swan.
Who knows that the white swan drank enough water, closed its neck and a wing and flew into the sky with a splash! Mian Bogao jumped forward, only picked up a few feathers, but failed to catch the white swan and watched it fly without a trace.
Mian Bogao decided to continue his trip to the East. He took out a piece of white silk, carefully wrapped the goose feather and presented it to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, confessing to Mian Bogao, who sent the goose feather thousands of miles away.
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