RED STRING OF FATE

At Christmas, it is a tradition to spend time with the people we love and celebrate the holidays together. At the Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa we would like to do the same with our guests and that is why these are very special holidays for us.

In Japan, there is a legend about “red strings”, it is believed that there is a special link between two or more people destined to meet.

It is believed that people and each of their circumstances are linked by invisible red string, those who are connected are destined to meet no matter when or where.

This string is said to be indestructible, and that it can shorten or expand, or even get tangled but it can never break. People who are connected shall always be linked to each other no matter when it is that they will meet. Fate has determined it to be that way.

Japanese people say that those who are destined to meet will do so sooner or later.

Parents who adopt children in Japan use this metaphor as explanation to the bond with their adopted child, and as a way of justifying that fate has brought them together as a family.

This is the most popular legend in Japan:

A long time ago there was an emperor who found out that a very powerful witch was able to see the red strings of fate that connected people. The emperor demanded she bring the person connected to him immediately, as this would be the person he would marry.

The witch followed orders and went to a market where she found a peasant holding a baby; she brought her to the emperor who got enraged at her as he took it as an offensive joke. His anger was such that he pushed the girl and her baby to the ground hurting her head on the fall. The witch was arrested and was eventually beheaded for her offence.

Sometime later, the court recommended that the emperor marry the daughter of a very important general, and on the wedding day when he saw his future wife for the first time he realised that she had a peculiar scar on her forehead.

In other cultures, this string is said to be golden making reference to light, and it looks like a cobweb. However, all cultures agree on one thing, the string represents a bond between people who are destined to meet.

If you believe that your destiny is to meet us this Christmas, come to the Asia Gardens Hotel & Thai Spa and enjoy the holidays surrounded by Asian luxury. HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!!

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