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Before it got dark, the rest of the villagers in Xueying Village had already rushed here, and they all brought food and drink, some vegetables that they were reluctant to eat at home, some wine they brewed, and some meat and fruits that they were reluctant to eat.

Anyway, this was a welcome ceremony that affected the entire Snow Eagle Village, and even the people of Eagle King Village had to arrive before dark, otherwise, they would not only be blamed by the villagers, but they might also miss this great moment.

In fact, there is an interesting legend about this welcome ceremony.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a king Hilankaya Sipp who was cruel by nature, and his prince Prarad loved the people and was supported by the people. The prince expressed his dissatisfaction with his father's domineering, so his father was furious, and asked his princess, who was not afraid of fire, to jump into the fire with the prince in her arms, and prepared to burn the prince to death. However, it backfired, and Holliga was burned to the ashes, but Prarad was saved safe and sound by Vishnu's protection. In order to celebrate, the people poured vegetable potions on the little prince.

Hence the Rainbow Festival, also known as the Rainbow Festival, or the Day of the Prince's Rescue.

No matter what the name is, in fact, the content of the festival is much the same.

There is also a legend that once upon a time there was a tyrant who did not allow the people to worship the great god Condor. But his son insisted on worshipping the great god. The prince expressed his displeasure with his father's tyranny and was embraced by the people. His father was furious, and the tyrant ordered his sister, the banshee, Holika, to burn the prince on a full moon night. The next morning, when the people of the kingdom rushed to rescue the people with the utensils of water, they found the prince safe and sound, and Holika had been reduced to ashes. This is the result of the blessing of the great god Condor Bodhisattva, and people poured water of seven colors on the prince to celebrate.

For this reason, the day that brings good fortune to the village is called the Rainbow Festival, when people splash and smear each other with water and various paints. At night, people threw the statue of Holika tied with grass and paper into the fire and burned it. In fact, the people of Snow Eagle Village also drink a ** white drink on the day of the Rainbow Festival, which is said to ensure safety and health in the coming year.

Of course, there are many differences between legend and reality. This festival has developed to this day, and it has completely become a day for people to revel.

In fact, Zhang Tianyuan doesn't know much about this kind of welcome ceremony now, if he does, he will understand that this festival is very similar to the Holi festival in India.

Playing tricks on people and having fun is the spirit of Holi. Usually people of the lower castes sprinkle powder and paint on the people of the higher castes, forgetting about the differences in class for a while.

Holi symbolizes the end of winter, the arrival of spring when all things are revived, and also symbolizes the victory of good over evil. Participants in the festivities chased each other and jokingly threw colorful paints and powders on each other. Meantime. Holi activities also include bonfires, "burning hooli" and more. India is a vast country, and the celebration of Holi varies from place to place.

In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, in addition to sprinkling powder, women chase after men with wooden sticks that they cannot fight back, while in Rajasthan, waterlogged clothes are twisted into a strand and used to beat people. In Varanasi, the holy land of Hinduism, people sprinkle water on each other and then march in droves through the streets, shouting insults and insulting people; Holi is even more lively, sometimes lasting more than a month, and in places like Bihar, people sing songs about spring, throw mud at each other and throw cow dung.

Now, Holi has evolved into a festival where people dispel misunderstandings and resentments, put aside old grievances, and get back together.

Well, it feels a bit like venting after negative emotions have accumulated to a certain extent.

Different from the Holi Festival, the Rainbow Festival is more like a kind of coquettishness and willfulness of the people to the Condor Bodhisattva, which really treats Zhang Tianyuan as a figure like the Condor Bodhisattva, otherwise it would never hold such a powerful consciousness.

After the start of the Rainbow Festival. Whether it's morning, noon, afternoon, or evening, the people of Snow Eagle Village will compete to apply various colors of paint to the faces and bodies of their families, relatives and friends, regardless of gender, age or child. Blessings. Naughty young people and children were even more ecstatic, spraying paint on the streets to pass by.

Zhang Tianyuan didn't know about these things at all, he just heard Ya vaguely tell him that today's Rainbow Festival would be very lively, and he hoped that Zhang Tianyuan could be prepared, keep a normal heart, and don't get angry.

The more Zhang Tianyuan listens to him. The more he felt that something was not quite right, so he called Zhanfei and Houshi to stay by his side, and if something unexpected happened, he could get help in time.

"By the way, the oracle, you should put on my old clothes first, this is to make it more suitable for participating in the ceremony, and all the distinguished guests, please also change your clothes, otherwise the ceremony will not go on. ”

Ji Sang's words made Zhang Tianyuan even more suspicious, but seeing the smiles on those people's faces, he couldn't bear to refuse, anyway, if you think about it carefully, these people will not harm themselves, at most they will have a crazy time, is there still a carnival craziness in Brazil?

So, with the ambition of Lingyun who would never return, Zhang Tianyuan finally experienced a crazy rainbow festival.

Just inside Jisang's cave, Zhang Tianyuan noticed that a group of men and women from Snow Eagle Village dressed in "fancy costumes" came and began to sing very local characteristics and very fast-paced songs there.

It's not wrong to say that it's huge, because this bonfire can't be surrounded by more than a dozen people, and when the flame burns, it's warm all around.

Some wooden tables were set up near the bonfire, and all kinds of food were already placed on the tables, including fruits, snacks made by villagers, and some strange things that Zhang Tianyuan and others couldn't recognize at all, and they didn't know if they could eat them.

In fact, these are not the point, the point is that Zhang Tianyuan found that these dancing people and singing people were holding a strange bamboo tube in their hands, and he didn't know what was in it, at first he thought it was a musical instrument, but after a while, he realized the horror of those bamboo tubes.

It wasn't until later that when Zhang Tianyuan told stories to his grandson, he would often mention the sentence: "That day, grandpa finally knew the fear of being threatened by a bamboo tube!"

Yes, Zhang Tianyuan was ignorant at first, and even he squirmed his body with those people, maybe it was because of the warmth and the fact that the singing voice was too exciting, anyway, he was very happy.

Just when he got carried away and had forgotten to let Zhanfei and Houshi protect him, Jisang suddenly shouted "Sprinkle rainbow"!

It happened very suddenly, Zhang Tianyuan was almost defenseless, and found that the bamboo tube sprayed liquids of various colors, and then sprayed his clothes, his face, and even his hair into colorful appearances.

It feels like the Songkran Festival, the more popular people are, the more they suffer, anyway, Zhang Tianyuan has become the target of siege.

Of course, Li Mingguang and others were not spared, they were painted in various colors, although they were not as miserable as Zhang Tianyuan, but they were also recruited.

It was only at this time that Zhang Tianyuan realized what the so-called Rainbow Festival meant, and he launched a counterattack "angrily", snatched the bamboo tube from the other party, and quickly learned how to use it, and then organized Zhanfei and others to return the color.

However, in view of the fact that there is no "innocence" on their faces and bodies, only the two eyes are still dripping, Zhang Tianyuan feels that it is more exciting to apply it to his own clean person. In this way, there were several rounds of confrontations, and the bodies of the rest of the people present were also painted with color, and the people inside the Snow Eagle Village were not idle.

After playing for a while, the deputy village chief suggested that he take a break first, wash his face and eat something, and then continue playing.

Zhang Tianyuan felt that the most powerful thing had passed, so he didn't care much, anyway, let's come, who is afraid of this kind of thing, so he ate something very hard to replenish his physical strength.

Suddenly, the little guy who was positioned by Zhang Tianyuan as one of the candidates for the Eagle King said to him, warm up, how do you feel?

Zhang Tianyuan hasn't reacted yet, well, it should be said that he didn't want to react at all, he is not the kind of stingy person, when it is time to play, he will still play with him, anyway, he is already crazy.

He saw two boys and two girls like eagles carrying chickens, turning Zhang Tianyuan sideways and carrying him to the bottom of the big tree, and then he understood what they were going to do -- when they first came out, they saw a mud pit under the big tree! At first glance, it was man-made.

It turned out to be a mud bath! His body was still half wet with yellow paint water! He got up in a huff and asked if each of them had been teased like this? They replied yes! So the anger disappeared...... Actually, it's not angry, if you get angry when someone splashes water on Songkran, it's a little too stingy.

In Zhang Tianyuan's view, this is the real surprise festival, why don't you seize the opportunity to spoof, how can there be surprises?

The next few targets are naturally Songzan Depu and them, Li Mingguang is old, and there is no one of such age in Xueying Village, so he is absolutely long, and he has avoided a catastrophe.

In fact, the worst thing is Liu Ruohan. She was even worse than Zhang Tianyuan, and her hair was also stained with mud. The second senior brother Songzan Depu actually had the opportunity to take pictures of the big guys, but he didn't look better than others to go there, Amu was better, he had a gloomy personality, so no one liked to play with him, but he escaped the catastrophe and sat there drinking tea with Li Mingguang.

Zhang Tianyuan doesn't envy him, there's no need to envy him, he prefers to be treated as a friend, which is very good.

After nearly two hours of commotion, a crazy rainbow welcome ceremony came to an end, and everyone began to clean and feast on a big bowl of wine. (To be continued.) )