Rainbow

There are various forms of natural phenomena existing in our environments. Some natural phenomena, like thunder, lightning, earthquakes, and volcano eruptions, challenge humans through disease, famine, and catastrophic destruction. Some natural phenomena, such as rainbows, shooting stars, the aurora borealis, and coral reefs, create good memories due to their enchanting beauty. Among these beautiful natural phenomena, rainbows are loved by many people no matter how old they are or which genders they are. People always love rainbows because of their beauty in colorful appearance and importance in folklore.

First of all, rainbows are beautiful because of their multicolored arcs with red on the outer part of the arch and violet on the inner section of the arch. Although rainbows span a spectrum of colors, people usually remember them as seven colors: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. People always feel amazed at the rainbow's momentary beauty, trying to count how many colors it has whenever it appears in the sky. When I was a child, I used to look for rainbows after a rainy day and I always had such a good time because beautiful rainbows filled me with happiness and imagination. When I was in college, I also used to look for rainbows during mountain climbing. Recalling my first time to challenge Snow Mountain in central Taiwan, I had felt fatigued, pained and depressed until I saw a rainbow appearing over a waterfall. The rainbow was so vivid and close that I suddenly forgot all my problems at that moment.

Moreover, rainbows have many beautiful mythological legends. It was difficult for ancient people to explain the phenomenon of rainbow; therefore, many people interpreted rainbows as a sign that a storm was over. For example, in Chinese culture, the rainbow was seen as an incarnation of the goddess Nuwa, who used stones of five different colors to repair a slit in the sky in order to prevent heavy rain from falling again. Another example is a story in the Bible, which describes rainbows as a symbol of the covenant between God and living creatures, and they were God's promise to Noah that he would never again flood the entire earth. In addition to the traditional meaning of rainbows, they also have a new meaning of Eternal Love in modern marriages. People like to exchange wedding rings under the rainbow-like wooden arch. Many famous songs related to rainbows also use in thousands of wedding ceremonies. For example, one of my friends used “Over the Rainbow” as his wedding song. When the music played at the climax of wedding, everyone felt touched.

To sum up, rainbows have marvelous beauty not only in their multicolored appearance but also in mythological legends. Rainbows are often drawn in the crayoned pictures by young children because of their colorful appearance and rainbows are the essential part of fairy tales when the stories describe their dreamlike places. Rainbows were also given new meaning in the modern society. Therefore, people always love rainbows due to their charming beauty.