Chapter 406: Spring Festival Garden Party
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Time was approaching Chinese New Year's Eve day by day, and the people of the Fang family were very strange to find that Fang Mingyuan did not know Weishenme, not only did not have a festive appearance, but would be in a daze from time to time.
Of course, they do not know that the closer they get to Chinese New Year's Eve, the closer they are to the time of Iraq's defeat from Kuwait. In the previous life, the oil field fire that had left an extremely deep impression on Fang Mingyuan and the people of the world, and had serious consequences on Shijie's climate and natural environment, was about to burn.
Fang Mingyuan didn't want to worry about what kind of damage this fire caused to the Middle East and Shijie, he was just an ordinary Chinese teenager, and he was not a savior, he could take care of himself, in the eyes of the vast majority of the world, it was already quite remarkable. However, he knows that whether the oil field fire will happen again, or whether it will happen, and whether it will reach the scale of the previous life, is related to the terrible flood that affected 18 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government in China this summer, affecting hundreds of millions of people, among which the two provinces that were most seriously affected by the disaster have more than 40 million people, accounting for more than 60 percent of the total population of the province, and the number of people who died due to the flood is close to 1,000
That flood had a serious impact on China's rapid economic development, with direct economic losses of tens of billions of yuan, not to mention indirect losses, and there was no authoritative statement in the previous life. It was precisely because of this flood that for the first time in history, the Chinese government urgently appealed to relevant United Nations agencies, governments, international organizations, and all relevant parties of the international community to provide humanitarian relief assistance to the disaster areas.
Later, after research, scientists generally agreed that the pollution caused by the Kuwaiti oil fires - a large amount of ash was carried by high air to the Himalayas, which accelerated the melting of glaciers, and played a role in it.
Fang Mingyuan had solemnly reminded Prince Abdullah that the Iraqis might jump over the wall and set fire to the Kuwaiti oil fields, but that was all he could do. As for whether Prince Abdullah can convince the Kuwaiti royal family and the royal families of the Arab countries to put pressure on the US coalition forces to deploy in advance and beware of the desperate gamble of the Iraqis. Fang Mingyuan didn't have any bottom in his heart.
During this time, Fang Mingyuan did not call Prince Abdullah and them, but the information he got was ambiguous, Prince Abdullah only said that he was still coordinating with the US military command, but there was no letter.
Fang Mingyuan could only wait helplessly. At the same time, Fang Mingyuan has secretly started to prepare a batch of disaster relief materials in Shanghai, no matter whether the Iraqis will eventually ignite the oil fields, no matter whether the floods in East China will come as scheduled, being prepared is the last word.
Although the Spring Festival in Fengyuan is not so lively compared to the capital, it also has a landscape that the capital does not have. For example, the city walls of Bongwon
The walls of Fengyuan were built on the basis of the imperial city of the Tang Dynasty. The purpose of its construction is completely around the construction of a "defense" strategic system, so the thickness of the city wall is greater than the height, stable as a mountain, and the top of the city wall is 15 meters wide, which can be used for sports cars and military drills. The existing city wall was built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, has a history of more than 600 years, is one of the most famous city wall buildings in Chinese history in the late Middle Ages, and is also the most complete ancient city wall building in China. The total circumference reached almost twelve kilometers
Approaching the Spring Festival, the Fengyuan Municipal Government held a large-scale Spring Festival garden activity on the nearly one-kilometer city wall near the Wenchang Gate of the Fengyuan City Wall.
"There are so many people here?" Zhao Ya looked at the crowded entrance under the city wall, and couldn't help but lose her voice, "Why are there so many students?"
"Of course, there are more people, you look over there, that is Fengyuan's Forest of Steles Museum, and there is a Kuixing Building dedicated to Wenchangxing, those parents who want their children to get good results in the exam next year, of course, they have to bring their children with them. Lin Rong pointed not far away.
Fengyuan's Forest of Steles Museum is the location of the Ming and Qing dynasties of the Fuxue and Confucian Temple, and close to their city wall, there is the Kuixing Tower, the Fengyuan city wall, the only building that has nothing to do with military defense. Kui Xing, also known as "Kui Su", is one of the twenty-eight stars in ancient Chinese myths and legends, the legend is the god who dominates people's literary level, so it is commonly known as "Wenqu Xing" or "Wenchang Xing", if it can be favored by his old man, then this life will be brilliant, write countless good articles that are enough to leave for future generations. Therefore, in the ancient Confucian temples or state-funded schools at all levels, Kuixing should be worshipped to bless the students with their writing.
With the further deepening of reform and opening up, people got rid of the influence of the Cultural Revolution period, and there was a trend of revival of the ancient Chinese tradition. Therefore, this Confucian Temple and Kuixing Tower have become places where many students have to come whenever they face important exams. When Lin Rong was admitted to university, Lin Qidong also took her here to burn three pillars of incense in person, so she was no stranger to this place.
Fang Mingyuan was even more surprised by this kind of thing, when he was in the capital in his previous life, whenever he came to the high school entrance examination, or the TOEFL and graduate exams, the Confucian Temple and Baiyun Temple in the capital were also crowded, and it was like a bazaar.
"I said, so many people, you still insist on going up?" Fang Mingyuan didn't like to get together in his previous life, looking at the crowd-like formation at the gate, he didn't want to go at first.
"Brother Yuan, they're all here, they didn't even enter the door, turned around and went back?" Feng Qian pulled his arm and begged, "Finally, when you have time, everyone will come out to play together." ”
"That's right, what's wrong with a lot of people, it's only when there are more people that it looks festive" Lin Rong also said unceremoniously, "It's the New Year, the time for the whole world to celebrate, why are you different from others?"
Her words made it so hard that the sweat on the backs of Li Yi and Luo Yunyan, who were standing on the side, was about to come down - this is really welcome, that is the boss of almost the Lin family, Lin Mei and Lin Lian couldn't help laughing, after so long, of course they knew Fang Mingyuan's character and cared a lot about the upper and lower levels. As long as it's not in public, some innocuous jokes, he won't be angry at all.
Fang Mingyuan nodded helplessly, in this group of people, except for himself and Li Yi, all of them were Yan Yan Yingying, and the Xia Wen brothers were temporarily dragged away from the mountain today and couldn't follow.
As the saying goes, these three women are in one play, but now there are six big and small women here, if this is provoked, he has three heads and six arms, and it is difficult to parry. Although Chen Zhong and the others will definitely follow not far away, but in this kind of thing, even if they want to help, they are powerless. The situation is stronger than people, and he can only give in helplessly.
Li Yi took the initiative to buy tickets at the ticket office in an informed way, and the group followed the crowded flow of people and walked up to the city wall.
The city wall of Fengyuan is eighteen meters wide at the bottom and fifteen meters wide at the top, and several large trucks can be driven side by side, just like a road paved with blue bricks. The organizers of the Spring Festival have arranged various stalls on both sides of the city wall, with a passage for visitors in the middle. The high-spirited citizens of Fengyuan came here with their families and friends.
"That's Kuixing Tower," Lin Rong pointed to an ancient building not far away, "There is still Kuixing enshrined in it." Zhao Ya, do you want to burn a few pillars of incense, and ask the gods to bless you with smooth sailing in your studies this year?"
"Sister Rong, you are a feudal superstitious thought, there is no god on this shijie at all" Zhao Ya said with a smile, "The quality of learning depends on your own efforts, so you don't rely on him." ”
Lin Rong pinched her nose lovingly and said: "Xiaoya is ambitious, but this is not some feudal superstitious thought, it is to respect the tradition, the Spring Festival is our traditional festival in China, and now we pay attention to science, but we don't say that the lunar calendar is abolished, right?
Zhao Ya tilted her head and thought for a while, she didn't know for a while whether she should listen to the teacher or Lin Rong.
"Let's take a look, don't you like to watch "The Legend of the White Snake"? In the Legend of the White Snake, Xu Shilin, the son of Bai Suzhen, is said to be the reincarnation of Wenchangxing. Fang Mingyuan also encouraged on the side. In Fang Mingyuan's view, these behaviors of asking for the blessing of God and Buddha, as long as they are not obsessed, are actually not harmful to society at all. It is better than believing in foreign religions such as Christianity and Islam. And in life, sometimes you still need to have a spiritual sustenance, I didn't see that in the previous life, in those famous mountains and temples, in order to grab the first pillar of incense every year, those officials and wealthy businessmen could break their heads
"Okay, let's go and see, what does this Kuixing look like?" Hearing Fang Mingyuan say this, Zhao Ya decided to go and take a look.
The flow of people to Kuixing Tower is like a long line, and the group is looking at the stalls selling all kinds of toys on both sides of the road, while tasting all kinds of snacks. Don't look at the fact that there are no nationally renowned local dishes in Qinxi Province, but this snack is quite famous.
"Yun Yan, are you still used to eating our food here?" Lin Mei pulled Luo Yunyan, Xia Wen and Xia Wu were not able to come today, and she, the eldest sister of the two families, naturally had to take on the responsibility of taking care of Luo Yunyan.
"Sister Mei, it's okay. My family was originally from the north, and then moved to Shanghai. Luo Yunyan was already attracted by the rich aroma on both sides of the road at this time, and her eyes were no longer off the food stalls on the left and right.