In the cultural world of Taoism, many things have been endowed with profound and unique meanings, and the golden phoebe wood is one of them. It has a tough texture, fine and beautiful grains, and is hardly marked by the passage of time, always emitting a calm and long-lasting aura. For this reason, the golden phoebe wood is regarded as a "symbol of marriage". It seems that its indomitable characteristics can inject endless strength into the love and marriage in the world, enabling them to withstand the test of time like it and never fade away.

In a quiet town at the foot of the mountain, there lived a loving couple. The young man was named Mu Yang, with deep eyes and a warm smile. He was resolute and responsible. The young woman was named Wan Qing, whose smile was as bright as the spring sunshine. She was kind-hearted, gentle and delicate. During a chance mountain climbing trip, they discovered an ancient golden phoebe wood tree deep in the mountain forest. The tree was tall and straight, with a thick trunk and luxuriant branches and leaves, just like a kind old man quietly guarding this mountain forest. At that time, the sunlight filtered through the gaps between the leaves and shone on the tree, and the unique grains of the golden phoebe wood sparkled with a golden light. This magical scene deeply shocked Mu Yang and Wan Qing.

Since then, they had developed a special emotion and respect for the golden phoebe wood. Knowing well the symbolic meaning of the golden phoebe wood in Taoist culture regarding marriage, Mu Yang came up with a wonderful idea. He found a log of golden phoebe wood and carefully selected tools, and decided to carve a love token belonging to them by himself. Mu Yang spent many days and finally completed the carving of two exquisite golden phoebe wood plaques with his patience and meticulousness. On these two plaques, they engraved their own names respectively, and every stroke was filled with their deep love for each other.

Then, they engraved their vows on the back of the plaques. Mu Yang engraved: "I am willing to use my perseverance to protect this love in the wind and rain, accompany Wan Qing, never abandon her, and spend the years together." Wan Qing engraved: "With my sincere heart, I will guard this love in this mortal world, follow Mu Yang forward, depend on each other in life and death, and remain faithful until our hair turns white." These vows had no flowery words, but were as simple and deep as the golden phoebe wood itself. They were the most sincere promises to each other and a spiritual contract that belonged only to them.

They hung these two golden phoebe wood plaques engraved with their names and vows at the head of their bed. Every morning when they woke up and every night before they went to sleep, they would see the plaques and remember their vows. At first, their life was full of sweetness and warmth, blooming with the fragrance of happiness like flowers in spring. However, the road of life was not always smooth.

The family business that Mu Yang was in encountered a huge economic crisis and was at risk of bankruptcy. Mu Yang had to devote a lot of time and energy to the arduous task of saving the enterprise. He rushed around everywhere, looking for business partners and negotiating loan matters with banks. Often, he was so busy that he didn't even have time to eat, and the time he could spend with Wan Qing was reduced to the minimum. Although Wan Qing was worried about Mu Yang in her heart, she knew that what he needed most at this moment was support and understanding. She silently took on all the household affairs, took care of the elderly and managed the household chores, creating a warm rear for Mu Yang with her tenderness and patience.

During the most serious period of the enterprise crisis, Mu Yang felt unprecedented pressure and exhaustion. He even began to doubt whether he could get through the difficulties and whether he could still give Wan Qing a happy life. He often sat alone in his study late at night, staring blankly at the two golden phoebe wood plaques, with his heart full of guilt and confusion. Whenever Wan Qing saw Mu Yang so depressed, she would walk to his side, hold his hand and say softly, "Mu Yang, do you still remember the vows we engraved on the golden phoebe wood plaques? No matter how heavy the storm is, we should face it together." Looking at Wan Qing's firm eyes, Mu Yang rekindled the fire of hope in his heart.

After a long period of hard work and struggle, Mu Yang finally found new development opportunities and successfully led the enterprise out of the difficult situation. This experience made them understand the true meaning of love more deeply and also made them realize the importance of the toughness and durability represented by the golden phoebe wood in marriage.

Many years later, they still stuck to this love and marriage. Their story spread in the town and became a much-told tale among people. Whenever young couples faced emotional troubles, their story would be mentioned by the elders to encourage the young people to guard their love with their true hearts and face the difficulties in life with toughness, just like Mu Yang and Wan Qing. And those two golden phoebe wood plaques also became the eternal witness of their love, silently telling their silent vows and witnessing every footprint on their path of love and marriage, just as Taoism advocates, guarding the most precious emotional bond in life with firm beliefs and persistent perseverance.