family relaionships, god's will, heaven, marriage, predestined

Marriage Is Predestined by Heaven

Is marriage predestined by Heaven? During the Ming Dynasty, a man in Yihuang, Jiangxi Province, was honored as Lord Tan Xiangmin. His real name was Tan Lun. He was one of the famous generals who fought against the Japanese pirates. This is a story about a young woman who later became the wife of Lord ...

Helen London

A traditional Chinese marriage ceremony.

Is Marriage Coincidental or a Predestined Arrangement?

In today’s world, many believe that choosing a life partner boils down to mere chance or random encounters. But is marriage truly the result of a simple twist of fate? Or could there be a predestined arrangement at work? The DNA connection To explore this idea, researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder conducted ...

Tatiana Denning

Silhouette of a bride and groom dancing.

The Old Man Under the Moon

During the Tang Dynasty, a man named Wei Gu traveled to Songcheng and stayed at the Nan Hostel. One night, while Wei Gu was walking down the street, he saw an elderly man sitting on the ground under the moonlight. The old man was sitting next to a stack of books filled with red strings; he was ...

Billy Shyu

Statue of Yue Lao, the God of Marriage.

Fate: Blacksmith Agrees to Give 500 Coins to a Scholar

Fate works in mysterious ways. In the last year (A.D. 618) of the Sui Dynasty, a poor scholar from Taiyuan had to teach in order to support his family. He lived close to a storeroom. One day, he snuck into the storeroom and saw tens of thousands of coins inside. He could not resist and ...

Armin Auctor

A blacksmith hammering hot metal.