“长亭”“短亭”考

Changting(长亭) and Duanting(短亭)

关于"长亭"、"短亭",其"长"字、"短"字,表面上似乎是关于路程相距之长短,其实主要是指亭这种建筑物本身的高矮大小。

The characters of Chang（长） and Duan（短） in the phrase Changting（长亭） and Duanting（短亭） apparently mean the long and short distance respectively, as a matter of fact, the meaning of these two characters indicate the height of the Ting（亭）, a traditional architecture in ancient China.