豬龍入水 Pig cages

今天去新西蘭北島陶波湖附近的湖卡瀑布。這個瀑布不算大，但流量非常大，每秒鐘可達22萬公升。
Today I went to Huka Falls nearby Lake Taupo in New Zealand. Huka Falls isn't a large waterfall but its water flow can go up to 220k litres per second.

我站在橋上看著水向我湧過來，突然想起香港一句俗語"豬籠入水"和 Steemit。
I was standing on the bridge watching the water gushing towards me and suddenly thought of a Hong Kong idiom about pigs cages, and Steemit.

以前豬籠是用竹做，用來運送豬隻。但古代有一種酷刑也用豬籠，叫浸豬籠，多用於通姦罪，活生生把人浸死，非常殘忍。水進入豬籠後，會把裡面的豬或是人發到很大。廣東話水為財，也是錢財的意思，後來不知為甚麼一樣不好的事情會變了好的祝福語。香港人祝別人豬龍入水就是祝福他賺很多錢。
In the old days, bamboo woven pig cages were used to transport the pigs around. These cages were also used for capital punishment particularly for adultry. The convicts were locked into the cages and drowned alive. When the pigs or poor souls were drowned, the water would cause their body to expand. In Hong Kong, the nickname for money or wealth is water, so the barbaric action of drowning a pig or person in a pig cage became a form of kind greeting to wish someone to make a lot of money.

所以我看到水湧過來，就想到在 Steemit這大家庭，大家除了發帖子，希望還可以發到豬籠入水。
So when I saw Huka Falls rushing towards me, I thought of everyone on Steemit. Apart from writing great posts, I hope everyone makes a lot of wealth. Keep Steeming!

Pig photo credit : www.pengfu.com