Time flies, in a blink of an eye, it is the seventh and a half of the lunar calendar, the traditional Chinese festival "Zhongyuan Festival", that is, the day to commemorate the ancestors, each place has different customs, some places put river lanterns, send sorrow to the deceased, and some places draw land to burn paper money, and call the ancestors to come and receive money.

The traditional festival of Diankou is to put river lanterns, so there is the Sanjiangkou River Lantern Festival, I don't know when this custom started, and I don't know why I chose to put river lanterns here in Sanjiangkou.

After eleven o'clock in the evening, everyone was ready to put their finished river lanterns into the river. The river lantern is a lamp made of lotus, also called a lotus lamp, put a few lamps or a candle lamp on the lotus, let the river take the lamp away, if you put a lotus lamp in the river, you don't feel anything, if you put countless river lanterns, drift with the tide in the river, then the feeling is different.

In the past, the ancestors used lotus leaves to light lamps, just to express their sorrow for the ancestors! Later, the lotus lantern was called a river lantern, and it became a folk cultural heritage! The lotus lantern also became an artistic thing, the lamp was made of all kinds of things, and the lotus leaf also became an artistic category made of paper, conservatively made the paper into the shape of a lotus leaf, and then lit a few candles on it, and put it in the water. Be open-minded and change the river lantern into various forms, such as making a paper boat, making some paper figures on the paper boat, lighting a circle of small candles around the side of the boat, the same small candles as the birthday party, the candles in the boat are swaying in the wind, and the scenery on the boat looks very artistic. Some make river lanterns in the shape of lotus leaves, decorate some objects that the ancestors liked on the lotus leaves, such as rabbits, dogs, sheep, pigs and cows, and light candles on the top of their heads and put them in the water!

The latest novelty is that someone made the river lantern look like a spaceship, and then lit a few candles in the spaceship, the wax light reflected orange wax light through the thin paper, and the people in the spaceship were driving the spaceship, and they really thought that the ship was speeding in the galaxy. There is a sense of unreality that makes people think about it.

This traditional festival, all the manufacturers in the store have to take a day off, after the Midyear Festival, they make river lanterns at home early in the morning, ready to put the river lanterns at night, some in order to do a good job of the river lanterns, it took more than half a month to ponder the artistic value of the river lanterns, as well as the difference in style, it can be said that the annual river lantern festival is a great competition in intelligence. In order to make the lantern highlight its value, some people put a lot of effort into the lantern and used candles to light the name of their company, so that everyone could know that the lantern was made by them.

Due to the establishment of the Sanjiangkou Bridge, you can stand on the head of the bridge to see the river lantern, from which river down the river lantern can be seen clearly, which company the river lantern belongs to, which person is also clear at a glance.

Han Sanjiang leaned on the railing of the bridge and pointed to a big paper boat and asked: "Lao Mu, is that big paper boat different? There are no candles on the boat, there are candles on the boat, and the words on the bow of the boat are reflected by the wax light inside, is it Yong'an, may the deceased die peacefully, or Yong'an?"

Mu Chunfeng stared at Han Sanjiang's finger with wide eyes, and sure enough, he saw a large paper boat, but the waterline of the paper boat was a black bottom, which should be made of a thin layer of plastic bottom, so that no matter how far it went, the paper would not break, unless the candle lit the bottom of the boat, it would sink into the bottom of the river. After a careful observation, he said: "That's not the river lamp at the entrance of our store, it's a boat made by Yongan Plastic Company, the bottom of the boat is made of thin plastic, only they can come up with such a ghost idea, the first two words they wrote with honey, so when they see the wax light, the words will be obvious to appear, and there is a kind of golden Buddha word foil! It looks like the effect is unusual, even the helmsman in the boat can see it!"

"Ah, isn't this just a river lantern to send homage to the ancestors? As for doing so many new tricks? You see, then, a three-story big boat came down from the mouth of the river on the right, and a circle of small candles were lit around the side of the boat, and there was a big candle on the top of the boat, and there was a paper figure standing on the bow of the boat, waving his hand, and the word 'Yaoguang' was reflected on the bow of the boat, what kind of company is this?" Jiang Yuanqiao couldn't help but ask.

More and more river lanterns come down from the river to the mouth of the river, the river water is reflected red, a candle swaying with the wind, all kinds of different shapes of river lamps go down with the waves, there are river lamps made of traditional lotus leaves, there are river lamps made of paper, there are river lamps made of kraft paper, there are river lamps made of fish paper, some even use parchment paper to make river lanterns, reflecting different outlines in the candlelight, and then look at the various mascots on the river lanterns, as well as all kinds of Rui beasts, it is simply dazzling, dizzying, the candles that are clearly extinguished are shaking on the river lanterns, revealing the thoughts of the people who do the river lanterns。

Mu Chunfeng explained with a smile: "This big boat is not from our store, it is made by Zhuji 'Yaoguang' stationery, they make such a big boat every year, used to put river lights, this boat three people do half a month to complete the splicing, the boat has a lot of details to complete, the two words of Yaoguang alone have to be pondered for a while, far away from the light, the handwriting is blurred, put too close to be covered by the halo of the light, resulting in halo phenomenon, standing at different angles, some angles can not see the word Yaoguang!" Therefore, this river lamp is simple to say, if it is complicated, it is a kind of art, and we make hardware, painstakingly, if you increase the problem every year, you have to break your head, in order to make something new. In this way, others will know that your company has talents, and the river lanterns are doing so well, and others will know your fame!"

"What? What kind of fame do you need to make river lanterns, and why don't those big companies participate in making river lanterns? It's just some companies from other places that do this!" Jiang Yuanqiao didn't see the river lanterns of large companies, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Hehe, Lao Jiang's time is still early? Wait a minute, you will see the strength of the big company! Who said that they don't participate in the river lanterns, this is released every year, and it has long been integrated into the life of the store!" Han Sanjiang continued.

As he was talking, a flying saucer made of sheepskin mixed with pieces of paper appeared in the river on the left. Two thin antennas stretched out from the top of the flying saucer, and the top of the antenna was embedded with two big red characters of Dajiang, which were flashing constantly, and there were candles lit in the flying saucer, and there were several people sitting in it, operating by the dashboard.

"Dajiang Group, this year, Dajiang also participated in the river lantern! He also made a flying saucer with ingenuity! What does this mean?" Jiang Yuanqiao couldn't help but ask.

"What do you mean? Of course, he wants to fly away from the store as quickly as a flying saucer and go to a broader space to develop! Our store is already developing at the speed of a rocket, and he is not satisfied yet, if he wants to develop at the same speed as a flying saucer!" Mu Chunfeng explained.

Before he could understand, Wan'an, Dun'an, Hailiang, Luxiao, and Weifeng's river lanterns were put down, and their river lanterns were either aircraft carriers or warships, but Wan'an's was a little different, his was a large aircraft carrier with giant cars, while Dun'an, Hailiang, Roxiao, and Weifeng's were all airplanes!

The people standing on the bridge and on both sides of the river to watch the river lanterns immediately cheered, especially those who came to work from other places, they had never seen such a battle, and the river lanterns also released so much artistic sense. Everyone sighed that the small hardware at the entrance of this store has flourished, and this folk art is not inferior at all.

Countless river lanterns are put down from the river, standing on the top of the upstream of the Sanjiang estuary to look into the river, the starry light, blinking on the river surface, reflecting the outline of the small river lanterns, one after another with the waves, it is simply a weaving of lights, and the meaning is still unfinished!

After nearly two hours, this river lantern feast finally ended, and everyone left with a reluctant mood. They are looking forward to next year's River Lantern Festival and to see her again.