7 Chinese Brothers Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 1/15/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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"R.E.M. - 7 Chinese Brothers"

Part of this song was inspired by a 1938 children's book called The Five Chinese Brothers, which is based on a traditional Chinese tale. In this story, each of the brothers possesses some form of supernatural power. One, who has the ability to hold an ocean in his mouth (hence the line in the song "Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean"), agrees to help a young boy who wants to gather fish. Greed consumes the boy and he refuses to return to the shore when called. The Chinese brother cannot hold the ocean any longer and, in letting the waters return, the boy drowns. The brother is subsequently found guilty of causing the child's death. However, when sentenced to be hanged, the accused brother changes places with one of his identical siblings who just so happens to possess a neck that cannot be broken. When this form of execution predictably fails, the brother is sentenced to be burned to death. Again a switch occurs, this time with a brother possessing the ability to resist fire. An updated version of the tale published in 1992 - a decade after the R.E.M. song was released - featured 7 brothers.


Cache placement approved by Martin Morse, park service specialist.
772-546-2771
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