Chapter 556: On the eve of the temple fair
These days, the old village chief can be said to be very busy, and basically handed over the development of Tangjia Village to the secretary of the village committee, and he began to be busy with the affairs of the Mazu temple fair.
In a fishing village like theirs, the importance of the Mazu temple fair is self-evident. It is a kind of faith, and without faith, a person is no different from a dead man. They have lived by the sea for generations, praying for a good harvest and the safe return of the people who have gone out to sea. All this, they will often pin their hopes on the Mazu gods.
The Mazu Temple has been remodeled and the area is many times larger, but the original things are still not moved, only many areas have been added. The most obvious is a tall stone statue of Mazu on the hill pier, which is five or six stories high, which is temporarily the tallest building in Tangjia Village and a landmark in Tangjia Village.
Due to the fact that in the past six months or so, Tangjia Village has been in good weather, and under the leadership of Wei Hang, it has achieved tremendous development, and all the villagers have become rich almost overnight.
With money in their hands, they naturally won't pick the door at the Mazu temple fair, and they will shoot happily one by one. The funds for this Mazu temple fair were sufficient, so everyone discussed and simply made the temple fair grand.
This is the largest Mazu temple fair in the history of Tangjia Village, and it has also attracted many tourists and believers.
"There are several people in charge of Mazu temples from other places who have brought congratulations, Donald Wu, you have a good hospitality. The old village chief spoke.
Tang Lao Wu is the person in the village who is usually responsible for managing the Mazu Temple. The old guy was originally a lonely old man in the village, with no children, and relied on government subsidies to support the villagers to survive. He thought that he could still move now, so he helped take over the Mazu Temple, which used to be cleaning, opening the door in the morning and ringing the bell to close the door at night.
"I know, I know! I will handle this matter with Lao Zhang and Lao Chen. Tang Lao Wu nodded.
With the expansion of the Mazu Temple. In addition, there were more and more people burning incense and worshipping God, and he was unable to do it alone, so he selected two or three people from the old men who were idle in the village to help take care of it.
Of course, it's not something that can be managed casually. At the very least, you must be able to write well with a brush, and you must know the rules of the temple and so on.
"In addition, there are some curious tourists, wandering around the door all day long, secretly taking pictures, it's not a way!" Tang Lao Wu complained.
Because of the renovation of the Mazu Temple, it is not yet time to meet everyone. You can't just let people visit it. Despite the fact that announcements are posted at the door, and it is disrespectful to the gods to take random photos, there are still some tourists who want to sneak in all day long.
"Let people be on duty, just guard the door. The old village chief was also helpless.
He understood that outside, many urban people did not have any concept of gods and gods in their hearts, and the country did not advocate feudal superstition. They worship science, so naturally they don't take any gods to heart.
Just hold on to today. Tomorrow is the temple fair, and it's time for everyone to see the new Mazu Temple in Tangjia Village.
He discussed some matters with Tang Lao Wu and others, and the old village chief left in a hurry. This time, I came to Wei Hang's house. As soon as he entered the door, he asked about Wei Hang's whereabouts.
"Uncle, take a sip of tea first, that kid has been out for a while, and he should be back soon. Wei Lixin said to the old village chief.
Hearing this, the old village chief nodded: "Okay." I'll take a puff first. ”
After speaking, he took away a hookah from Wei Hang's house and went outside the door. I moved a stool and sat down and smoked it. They are old guys, smoking cigarettes have no taste, and they feel that the hookah is more suitable for their taste.
When Wei Hang came back from his future wife's house, he saw the old village chief smoking at the door and immediately said hello.
"Okay, you kid, you don't have to run to that little girl's house all day, your wife can't run away anyway. The old village chief teased rarely.
Wei Hang smiled: "How can it?"
The old village chief gave a rare disdain: "Don't talk nonsense to you, tomorrow you will lead the younger generation of little guys to act, some things that should be paid attention to, what needs to be done, have you told you?"
He is mainly worried about this group of young people, they are all unruly people, and sometimes they have a headache.
Of course, as the leader of this generation, Wei Hang's personality is relatively stable, and he can be trusted. Plus those young people were convinced of this kid, so he wasn't so worried.
"I nagged me all night last night, can I not remember?"
The old village chief nodded slightly, and once again talked about tomorrow's etiquette and some matters without too much trouble. In fact, not only Wei Hang, but all the young men were nagged by the old people in the family to make their ears oily.
"Tomorrow there are a lot of people, we need to do a good job of maintaining order, and there can't be any accidents, that's funny. Wei Hang reminded.
He may not be able to intervene in some etiquette matters, but safety issues have always been something he has to remind.
As far as he knows, the number of tourists in Tangjia Village has skyrocketed, and many people are coming for the Mazu temple fair, and more than half of them are believers. Not only are the hotels in Tangjia Village full, but even the nearby villages and even the hotels in the town are almost full.
Half a day ago, he met the mayor, who told him that according to their incomplete statistics, the number of tourists in Tangjia Village would exceed 100,000 in the next few days. For a village, or even a town, it is quite terrifying. You must know that they have a total of 1230,000 residents in Fengqi Town.
For fear that the old village chief would ignore the seriousness of this problem, Wei Hang also deliberately cited an example, if more than 50,000 people watch the Mazu temple fair in Tangjia Village tomorrow, they will all huddle together, and if there is a trampling, it will be serious.
"There are a lot of people, it's a bit messy. The old village chief couldn't figure it out.
The main thing is that there is a shortage of manpower, and the mayor of the town has also greeted him, from today on, about sixty percent of the police force of their town police station will be placed here in Tangjia Village.
However, in the face of tens of thousands of people, or even more than 100,000 people, it is really a bit of a new car and water cup and does not play a role!
"We need to organize some people, do a good job of security and so on. Wei Hang continued.
"Hmm!" you continued. The old village chief looked at Wei Hang.
In fact, so many young people don't need to be fully involved in the temple fair. We can divide a part and be led by the police officers from the town police station to maintain order together. "This is what Weihang has thought about a long time ago.
Hearing this suggestion, the old village chief thought for a while and felt that it made sense.
Tomorrow's dragon dance and other programs need young people with strength, and if there are many people, it will naturally be much more spectacular, which is very interesting, and it also shows the strength and heritage of the younger generation in Tangjia Village.
However, it is really not reassuring not to spare some manpower, just in case.
"Okay, I'll arrange it. (To be continued.) )
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