What did the ancients mean when they said that there are three pleasures in life?

Four happy events in life: a long drought meets the rain, an old friend meets another country, and the wedding night becomes the first.

1, a long drought meets a sweet rain means that after a long drought, a good rain suddenly comes. Describe the long-awaited joy of finally getting what you want. Generally used as an object.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is an old idiom, which means meeting an old friend far from home. Something that makes people happy.

3. New house: the room of the newlyweds. Candle: In the old days, the bridal chamber lit candles and decorated with dragon and phoenix patterns. The word "wedding candle" comes from Yu Xin's poem "Harmony Dance" in the Northern Zhou Dynasty: "Wedding candle is bright, Yan Yu dances lightly." There are countless excellent poems about "bridal chamber" by the ancients. Lu Ji, a writer in the Western Jin Dynasty, chanted with the thoughts and actions of a gentleman: "The first class is high, and the bridal chamber is elegant.

4, to be the champion, refers to the imperial examination.