元妃省親的故事--中國文學名著故事中英對照
this is an episode from the novel a dream of red mansions. just as the whole family was busy prepasring the birthday ceremony for jia zheng, jia was summoned（傳喚，召集） to report to the imperial court. his family did not know why and felt uneasy about it. the family members waited for quite a while before the butler（男管家） came back to say that jia yuangchun (jia zheng's eldest daughter) was conferred the title of highest-ranking imperial concubine（妾，情婦） .the emperor had granted that yuangchun would pay a visit to her parents at the upcoming lantern festival. the jia family relaxed after hearing the news. in order to welcome the homecoming imperial concubine, the jia family became busier and built a garden of grand views for the occasion.
《紅樓門》中的故事。賈政生日那天，正在熱鬧之際，忽然傳賈政入朝。全家老小不知出了什么事，心情不定地等了好一陣子，才見管家報信說，賈政的大女兒賈元春被封為貴妃娘娘了，皇上恩準明年元宵節回家省親，這時全家人才放下心來。為迎接元妃省親，賈府上下開邕忙碌，還專修了一座大觀園。
on the day of the lantern festival, jia zheng's mother led all members of her clan to wait by the main entrance to the garden. accompanied by a swarm of（大群） imperial maids, yuanchun came back on a sedan chair（轎子） which was draped with an embroidery（刺繡） of a phoenix and tiny gold bells. eight men carried the sedan chair on their shoulders. the imperial concubine was shown around the garden, in which there were pavilions with gorgeously painted beams and pilars. there were also patches of bamboos and strangely-shaped stones. the trees in the garden were decorated with flowers made of silk cloth while lanterns made of conches and clams were placed aside a pond. the garden was decorated so majestically that even yuanchun thought it to be too luxurious.
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