元妃省亲的故事--中国文学名著故事中英对照
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（传唤，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，情妇） .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.
《红楼门》中的故事。贾政生日那天，正在热闹之际，忽然传贾政入朝。全家老小不知出了什么事，心情不定地等了好一阵子，才见管家报信说，贾政的大女儿贾元春被封为贵妃娘娘了，皇上恩准明年元宵节回家省亲，这时全家人才放下心来。为迎接元妃省亲，贾府上下开邕忙碌，还专修了一座大观园。
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（轿子） which was draped with an embroidery（刺绣） 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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