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And when Long'er was also returning home from grocery shopping, he saw the ashes of the banknotes and the candles still burning in the corner of the alley, and suddenly remembered that it was such a time.

July 14th

On the day when the ghost gate is opened, Sakura House mostly refers to this day as the Menglan Bon Festival.

In fact, both of these have the same meaning, but the Menglan Bon Festival is mostly used by Buddhism, of course, after such a long time, the rituals performed by the flower planters and the Sakura Mansion on this day have also been different.

The flower planters pay attention to burning some money and clothes for those relatives who are suffering in the underworld, so as to hope that they will suffer less in the underworld. On the same day, a tablet will also be raised at home to pick up the deceased relatives to come back for a reunion and a meal together.

After the meal, they will burn the paper money to their relatives, and of course, the extra paper money will also be given to the nearby wandering ghosts, so that they will not rob their relatives of the paper money.

In Sakurafu, it is more complicated, they will set up soul shrines, soul lamps, and make the appearance of a pony out of cucumbers, because cucumbers are the same transliteration in Japanese as Kuailai, so there is such a custom.

Formally, after 4 days with their loved ones, they will be given a soul lamp on the last day, or a pony made of eggplant, which means to leave slowly. And on this day, the Sakura Mansion will also raise a bonfire and dance the Menglan Bon Dance together.

Of course, you won't find anything else in a cosmopolitan city like Tokyo or Osaka.

And the ash that Long Er saw on the wall in the alley also smiled slightly, but he didn't care so much.

Because in this life, there are no relatives to carry out the ceremony, and it is not that I have never thought of burning some paper money or something for my original self, but it seems too hypocritical. So Long Er didn't do it.

Carrying the vegetables he bought, he returned home, brushed the vegetables and cooked, and Long'er worked consistently.

At noon, the meals were served one by one, and all the people in the family, such as Long'er, Taizi, Yami, Tongnai, Dahe, and Yuxuan, gathered here to eat the meal.

"By the way, do you smell the smell in the air~" Kirino said with a little loss of appetite.

At the beginning of listening, Long Er knew what Tong Nai was talking about, so he also said: "You forgot, it's been the Menglan Bon Festival in the past few days." ”

"That's right!!" Kirino showed a very pleasant look, and then the next second he returned to his usual appearance and said: "Anyway, we're on vacation now, and it's almost the same whether there is or not." ”

There is also a lunar calendar in Sakurafu, so Kirino also knows this point in time, and July 14 in Japan is equivalent to a large-scale festival, second only to New Year's Day, and people who work in Tokyo also take advantage of this time to return to their hometowns to participate in this festival and reunite with their families.

It can be said that it is equivalent to the Spring Festival and Qingming Festival of the flower planters.

Therefore, the streets of Tokyo will rarely look deserted these days.

Of course, what surprised Long Er was not Kirino's changed mood, but asked Kirino with surprise:

"Where did you know the words this time?"

"In the live barrage~" Kirino said as it should be.

"Are you still playing this?" Long Er looked shocked.

"There's money for nothing, don't be in vain, anyway, I'm playing games all day long." Kirino shrugged, not paying much attention to Long'er's shocked appearance.

How can this sound like a complaint~ Long Er touched his chin and thought like this.

Of course, he also replied to Kirino: "Don't worry, you won't be relaxed for long, school will start at the beginning of September, and by that time a new environment, new teachers, classmates, and texts that you may not understand are waiting for you~"

"How could this be so hard for me!" Kirino said without any modesty.

"Fortunately, it's not me as your teacher, otherwise you should let you feel what pain is!"

Ami said after glancing at Kirino.

Speaking of which, this time Yami also came according to the list of international students this time, the only difference is that she is still a teacher.

And Kirino also knew this, but he was still unconvinced: "I really don't believe that anything can make me feel pain." ”

"Huo ~ Okay, that's it, wait for you to come to my room, I'll teach you what the Four Books and Five Classics are." Ami said with a defiant smile.

"Fourth Uncle endless? What's the matter with Uncle Guan? Although Kirino can still use Chinese in daily life, he still does not have a deep understanding of some professional and obscure words.

"You'll find out later." With a mysterious smile, Ami said like this.

And Long'er, who was watching the excitement on the side, also shook his head, not daring to imagine that Tong Nai would face a lot of things in classical Chinese next, after all, there are fake words in one word, and there are three meanings, this feeling is too painful.

It's just that at this time, Long'er also discovered the big river that has been a little silent on the dining table.

Wait, go and ask her.

With such a decision in his heart, Long Er also slipped all the way to Dahe's room after lunch.

Gently slammed the door, and a somewhat absent-hearted voice came from inside: "Who~"

"I~~" are too familiar with each other's voices, and Long Er doesn't have to say too many words.

"Stinky dog~ Come in."

Listening to the voice after the reply, Long Er also pushed the door in.

When I entered the small hall of the room, I saw Dahe leaning on the table with his hands on the table, his chin resting on the back of his arms, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Did something happen?" Long Er asked straight to the point.

As if it was a matter of course, Dahe didn't consider whether this matter should be said by Long'er, and the next second when Long'er asked, Dahe said directly to Long'er:

"Last night, my mom called me to go to a man's house to attend Meng Lan... No, it's called the festival of July 14 here. But anyway, this is a family member who participates, right? ”

Dahe looked a little hesitant about this kind of thing, and Long Er said with a smile: "The folk call it the 14th of July, the ghost gate is closed, the Taoists call it the Zhongyuan Festival, and the Buddhists call it the Menglan Bon Festival."

It's all about ghosts, creatures that we don't know.

However, in fact, after the Song Dynasty of the flower planter, the three religions of Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism gradually merged, in fact, the last thing that these three festivals have in common is about filial piety. ”

"Filial piety?" Dahe tilted his head, somewhat unable to understand the word.

You can think of it as a general term for the return of support between children and parents, but these two are actually more complicated.

Let's not mention these for the time being, let's go back to the original topic, whether it is July 14 or Zhongyuan, in fact, the current festival is more just to reunite the family.

Your mother's mind may not be as complicated as you think, and what do you think of your mother's family now? ”

This question made Taiga think for a long time and then replied, "It's not annoying." ”

Listening to such an answer, Long Er said slightly: "If I asked you like this half a year ago, how would you answer." ”

"Disgusted!" Dahe replied without hesitation.

"So... Do you have the answer now? The dragon asked Dahe.

The comparison of the two answers made Dahe himself a little stunned, and after coming back to his senses, Dahe also smiled and said to Long'er:

"Thank you, Stinky Dog!"

"It's not a dog, it's a dragon!"

Long Er said with a smile still like this.

(To be continued.) )