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湘妃竹

xiāng fēi zhú

3-character word

What 湘妃竹 means

  1. same as {斑竹|bān zhú}, mottled bamboo, since according to legend the spots on mottled bamboo are marks left by the tears shed by two of King Shun's {舜|Shùn} concubines (Ehuang {娥皇|É huáng} and Nüying {女英|Nǚ yīng}, known as the Concubines of the Xiang {湘妃|Xiāng Fēi}) upon learning of his death

The characters in 湘妃竹

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