Chapter 25: Since ancient times, autumn has been sad and lonely
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At the door of the house, the four girls seemed to have made an appointment, and they went out at the same time.
"Winter Snow Kiss, Happy Holidays, Come Play Kiss!"
Summer Fire pouted again and rushed towards the winter snow.
In the next second, it was "banged" to the side by the winter snow.
But Xia Huo quickly ran to Dongxue's side again, hugging Dongxue and rubbing it.
"Dong Xue, it's too much to treat people like this every day!"
"Playing this every day, are you tired of it?"
Dongxue wanted to push Xia Huo away with a disgusted face, but Xia Huo still hugged her.
There was no way, Dongxue had to raise her fist and knock it down with a "bang".
Then the world fell silent......
A second of time.
"Happy holidays, spring rain kiss, come and kiss!"
The summer fire rushed towards the spring rain again.
But Chunyu just smiled and stretched out his hand and touched Xia Huo's little head.
"Be good!"
Department (Cantonese: yes). ”
Xia Huo immediately said that he was obedient.
Otherwise?
Otherwise, just wait to be dismantled into parts.
So Xia Huo still turned his goal to Qiuyue.
"Autumn Moon ......"
"Happy holidays, Sister Xiaohuo. ”
Qiu Yue greeted Xia Huo with a smile.
However, Xia Huo just looked confused.
"Happy holidays, is it a holiday?"
“…… Huh?"
Qiu Yue had an unresponsive expression on her face.
Didn't Xia Huo say Happy Holidays first? What is the situation now?
As for Dongxue, he instantly appeared behind Xia Huo and raised his fist.
"Bang!"
……
So the group set out on the road to school.
"Today is the autumnal equinox!" (autumnal equinox, every year from September 22nd to 24th, the sun reaches 180 degrees of ecliptic longitude)
"yes. ”
"For the south of our country, this is officially autumn. ”
"That's right. ”
"So it's autumn!"
Miss Xia Huo emphasized again.
Spring rain and autumn moon both said that they did not speak.
And Dongxue glanced at the summer fire.
"So what exactly are you trying to say?"
"Autumn, autumn of appetite, let's have a food conference!"
Xia Huo jumped in front of everyone, raising his arms and shouting.
In this regard, Dongxue was expressionless, Chunyu smiled gently, and Qiuyue looked curious.
But no one spoke.
So, everyone continued to walk towards the school.
"Speaking of which, Sister Xiaohuo has been eating, aren't you afraid that she will gain weight?"
Akizuki was curious about this.
In this regard, Xia Huo said that there is no need to worry about it at all.
"I'm the type who won't get fat no matter how much I eat, even if I eat a cow, I won't have a problem at all!"
After speaking, without waiting for everyone to say anything, he turned his face to the side again.
"So, humans are really cruel creatures!"
"Are you talking about yourself?"
"I'm a vegetarian!"
“……”
……
So, the topic skipped like this.
"If you really want to talk about autumn, it should be the autumn of art!"
Dongxue said this, and there seemed to be a little more worship in her eyes.
"If life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind and sad painting fan? What a sense of meaning!" (Nalan Xingde's "Mulan Words, Quasi-Ancient Decisive Words and Cambodian Friends")
"What else?"
Xia Huo asked.
Dongxue glanced at her, and although she didn't understand why she was asking, she continued.
"When is the spring flower and autumn moon? Xiaolou had another east wind last night, so the country could not afford to look back at the moonlight. The carved fence and jade masonry should still be there, but the face has changed. How sad can you be? Just like a river of spring water flowing eastward. (Li Yu, "When is the Spring Flower and Autumn Moon")
"What else?"
"Far up the cold mountain stone path slope, there are people in Baiyunsheng. Parking sits in love with the maple forest in the evening, and the frost leaves are red in February. (Du Mu, "Mountain Walk")
"What else?"
"The world is a big dream, and life is cool several times. The wind leaves have been singing in the evening. Look at the eyebrows and sideburns. The wine is often sad and there are few customers, and the moon is mostly disturbed by clouds. Mid-Autumn Festival who shares the lonely light. Look to the north sadly. (Su Shi, "Xijiang Moon, A Big Dream of the World")
"Routines, they're all routines!"
After listening to the poetry of winter snow, Xia Huo shook his head and sighed.
"Is autumn all sentimental? I don't agree with it at all!"
seemed to be very opposed to such an atmosphere, Xia Huo simply read out a poem by himself.
"Three or two peach blossoms outside the bamboo, the prophet of the duck in the spring river. Artemisia is full of short reed buds, which is the time when the puffer fish wants to eat. (Su Shi, "Hui Chong Spring River Evening Scene" (Part 1))
"So it's not about autumn. ”
Dongxue hurriedly complained about Xia Huo's behavior.
And Qiu Yue also spoke.
"This seems to have been learned in elementary school, Sister Xiaohuo actually knows, it's so amazing!"
“……”
Summer Fire and Winter Snow are both very speechless looking at Autumn Moon.
Should I say that this child is natural, or what?
"What's wrong?"
Regarding the eyes of summer fire and winter snow, Qiu Yue said that she did not understand.
The two girls quickly shook their heads and waved their hands.
"Nothing, nothing. ”
"Don't care. ”
So, I continued to walk to school.
But he didn't go far, and Xia Huo seemed to remember something again.
"By the way, I did this too!"
As he spoke, he took out a few large pieces of paper from his handbag.
"Autumn cow picture, I've given it to you. ”
According to records, on the day of the autumn equinox, there will be door-to-door delivery of autumn ox figures.
The picture is to print the two open red paper or yellow paper on the lunar solar terms of the whole year, and also print the pattern of the farmer plowing the field, which is called the "autumn cow picture".
The people who send the picture are some folk good words and singers, mainly saying some autumn ploughing and auspicious words that do not violate the agricultural time, and each family is more improvised, what to say, and say that the owner is happy and give money.
Although the words come out casually, the sentences have rhyme and sound, commonly known as "saying autumn", and people who say autumn are called "autumn officials".
Now, however, there may not be any such people.
"It's so rare that you would know!"
Dongxue took the picture and put it away directly.
You don't have to look at it to know that the summer fire is still very good.
Although this girl is usually very out of tune, she is very powerful in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female red, etc.
It's the same with the spring rain, and although the autumn moon doesn't understand this custom, she still puts it away.
And Xia Huo is very satisfied.
"Since you accepted it, remember to return the gift, a month's worth of snacks. ”
“……”
In this regard, Dongxue decisively ignored it.
So the topic did not continue, but changed to another.
"Speaking of which, are there any other customs for the autumnal equinox?"
"Absolutely. ”
Xia Huo nodded without hesitation.
Immediately, in Qiu Yue's puzzled eyes, he continued.
"Autumn is the autumn of appetite, there are many food festivals, and there are also migration activities, we all have to move to the southern hemisphere to spend the winter, trekking through mountains and rivers, very hard!"
"Huh?"
Qiu Yue blinked, indicating that she did not expect such an unfolding.
Thereupon......
"Bang!"
Xia Huo walked forward with a big bag.
"Don't listen to her nonsense. ”
Dongxue said that it was all nonsense before the summer fire.
And Chunyu also opened his mouth to explain to Qiuyue.
"Actually, in addition to sending autumn cow pictures, there are also moon sacrifices, eating autumn vegetables, sticking finch beaks, flying kites, and so on. ”
"Moon-worshipping?"
Akizuki said that it seems that she has been hearing this a lot lately.
So Dongxue, who knew more about this, opened his mouth to explain to her.
The autumn equinox used to be the traditional "moon festival", as there was a saying in ancient times that "spring festival day, autumn sacrifice month", and now the Mid-Autumn Festival is from the traditional "moon festival".
According to research, the original "Moon Festival" was set on the day of the "autumn equinox", but because this day is different every year in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, there may not be a full moon.
The moon sacrifice without a moon is a great scenery, so the "moon festival" was later adjusted from the "autumn equinox" to the Mid-Autumn Festival.
According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, the ancient emperors had the custom of sacrificing the day of the spring equinox, the summer solstice, the autumn equinox, and the winter solstice.
The places of worship are called the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Moon, and the Temple of Heaven, which are located in the four directions of southeast, northwest, and northwest.
There are many monuments of "Moon Worship Altar", "Moon Worship Pavilion" and "Moon Tower" in various parts of our country.
Folk moon worship customs vary from region to region.
Eat autumn vegetables.
In the Lingnan area, the surname Xie of Kaiping Cangcheng Town, which used to be Siyi (now plus Heshan as Wuyi), has an unknotted custom called "eating autumn vegetables on the autumn equinox".
"Autumn cabbage" is a kind of wild amaranth, and the villagers call it "autumn artemisia".
On the day of the autumn equinox, the whole village goes to pick autumn vegetables.
When searching in the fields, it is often tender green, with thin trees, about the length of a palm.
The harvested autumn vegetables are generally "boiling soup" with fish fillets, and the name is "autumn soup".
You slipped and said: "Autumn soup fills the viscera and washes the liver and sausage." The whole family is safe and healthy. ”
Since autumn of the year, people pray for the peace of their homes and their physical strength.
Sticky finch beak.
On the day of the autumn equinox, the peasants have a holiday according to the custom, and each family has to eat the rice balls, and they also have to cook more than ten or twenty or thirty rice balls that do not need to be wrapped, and put them on the edge of the field with a thin bamboo fork, which is called sticking the bird's mouth, so as not to destroy the crops from the birds.
Kite flying.
The autumnal equinox is also a good time for children to fly kites, especially on the day of the autumnal equinox, and even adults participate.
The kite categories include king-shaped kites, silver carp kites, squinting moth kites, thunder insect kites, and moonlight kites, the largest of which are two meters high, and the small ones are two or three feet.
There are kites sold in the market, most of them are relatively small, suitable for children to play, and most of them are still pasted by themselves, and they are larger, and they have to compete with each other to see which one is higher.
"The above is the custom of the autumn equinox, although most of it is not visible now. ”
Dongxue said, with a little regret.
With the development of the times, many customs have gradually disappeared and been forgotten, and perhaps not many people still remember them.
Even if you know it, you don't necessarily do it.
This is a social problem, if you do it, others may call you stupid and boring.
"In addition, there are erections!"
Xia Huo spoke again.
As he spoke, he took out what seemed to be an egg from his bag.
"Look, I even brought eggs!"
Erect eggs, generally choose a smooth and well-proportioned fresh egg that has just been laid for four or five days, and gently erect it on the table.
But it's not just the autumnal equinox, it's also the vernal equinox.
The spring equinox and autumn equinox have become the best time for the egg game, so there is a saying that "the spring equinox arrives, the eggs are pretty", or "the autumn equinox is here, the eggs are pretty".
"Winter Snow Pro, let's stick to the slimy liquid, oh hehehe......"
Xia Huo laughed and threw the egg in his hand towards Dongxue.
"You idiot!"
Dongxue scolded, scrambling to catch the egg.
But the egg was easily caught by the spring rain.
Seeing this, Dongxue breathed a sigh of relief.
Xia Huo spoke.
"Don't worry, this egg is fake, I made it myself, and I used it to deceive people, bahaha......"
"You idiot!"
The tricked Dongxue clenched her fists, and then ......
"Bang!"
……
Well, it's time for class.