Chapter 119 Spring Festival to (1) Tomb sweeping

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Amid the rumbling explosion of two kicks, the most solemn festival of the year on the land of China -- the Spring Festival has arrived.

Nowadays in the city, there are various restrictions on the discharge of fireworks, which makes the smell of the New Year seem to be much lighter. But in the countryside, if you don't set off firecrackers, what is it called the New Year!

Listen to the rumbling and non-stop sound of all kinds of firecrackers, and all the negative emotions that people have accumulated for a year are all wiped out with this deafening explosion. Even children know that it's the New Year! It's a big year!

The second kicking came and went, and when the firecrackers rang off, there was no stop, and you sang and I appeared, and the sound of "pop ......" was endless, and this one was not finished, and it continued to sound over there. Occasionally, fireworks bombs explode high in the sky, blooming gorgeous flowers, bursting out of stars, and lighting up a sky.

Don't care if you are sleepy and can sleep, when you get up at five or six o'clock in the morning, then you must also wake up! I can't sleep even if I want to!

Not only is the sound of firecrackers shocking, but there is also a must-do during the Spring Festival on this day. That is, before the sun rises, it is necessary to worship the ancestors, and to burn paper and sweep the graves of the deceased relatives in the cemetery.

Not only to burn paper, but also to make a pot of wine and put a few two kicks according to custom. Now that life is good, people are not short of these firecracker money, and many people have to put a few firecrackers and a few ceremonial flowers when worshipping their ancestors, so that the deceased ancestors can have a good year with themselves. Pray that your ancestors will bless your family with a happy life, good health and good luck in the coming year!

However, like the customs of many places, in this part of the village. Sweeping the tomb during the Spring Festival can only be done by the men of the family. And it is generally young men, children and grandchildren, who get up early in the morning to burn paper money and toast the deceased elders. Women are never allowed to go to the cemetery, and it seems that there is something unlucky about listening to the old people.

Wang Yong felt that it was a man who felt sorry for women. Because the ancestor worship is to go to the cemetery in the coldest period before dawn, and the cemetery is generally in the wild farmland, and the road to there is also a small road for the autumn harvest, not to mention driving, even riding a bicycle is quite difficult to walk.

Especially in this kind of mountainous area of the mid-mountain village, you can only walk up the mountain, and the mountain wind blows. That's called a cold! When you come back after burning the paper, your hands and feet will definitely be cold, and you will be numb!

"Wang Yong? Are you up? Wang Yong listened to someone calling him, and remembered in a daze that he was going to worship his ancestors today, so he quickly got up and got dressed and walked out.

"Haven't woken up yet? It's a bit late! ”

"Yikes! When did you come back? Wang Yong looked at Wang Qiang and Wang Gang who suddenly appeared in front of him, and was very surprised. I went to bed after being pulled by Wang Qian to set off fireworks for more than half an hour last night, and I didn't hear that these two guys were coming over at that time!

"Stop inking! In the past, Wang Liang and I went, but this year, the team has grown a lot! Isn't it? Bright? "Wang Qiang, as the boss of this generation, is absolutely indispensable for burning paper during the Spring Festival! No matter how busy the work is. Every year this morning, he also has to go to his house to take the lead in this very solemn thing.

"No, I haven't participated since my brother graduated from college, and I go with my eldest brother every time. You're all back this year, and it's up to you! Burning paper money will be left to you. Wang Liang, who had just come back for two days, echoed Wang Qiang and said.

"Alright! Stop talking nonsense. Hurry up! It will be dawn in a moment! Wang Gang had never participated in this event, so he had a lot of curiosity and couldn't wait to urge.

"Let's go! Wang Liang went to get paper money, and I went to get firecrackers. You two are going with flashlights! Wang Yong got up late, so he quickly diverted the conversation.

"Alright! We're all set! It's just waiting for you, let's go! "Wang Qiang as the eldest brother. mercilessly pierced Wang Yong's disguise.

The four brothers, each with something to worship and a shovel, went out of the house and walked to their own cemetery in the back mountain. From time to time on the road, I met people in the village who also went to the grave to burn paper, and said hello to each other or walked together for a period of time, or immediately divided into Yangbi and went their separate ways.

The four brothers worked hard all the way to the mountainside cemetery behind the house, where the ancestors of the Wang family, including Wang Yong's grandparents and parents, were buried. Almost all of the graves of those ancestors have been filled in when the graves are returned to the fields. The grave bag could not be found at all, so I could only burn some paper money in the approximate location and mutter a few times. Only the four graves of grandparents and parents are prominently piled there, accompanied by Qingshan, guarding this mountain, this village, and the relatives in the village.

Bumping and bumping along the way, the four brothers walked cautiously for almost half an hour, and finally arrived safely at their own cemetery located halfway up the mountain. Wang Qiang, the leading eldest brother, immediately began to assign the three younger brothers to do their own thing, and he didn't dare to delay at all, because the sky was already white, and there was almost no time.

Wang Yong lit the paper, Wang Liang and Wang Gang set off the cannons, and Wang Qiang himself wanted to spill the wine from the wine jug around the cemetery after Wang Yong lit the paper money, which toasted the deceased relatives. After that, the grave will be rounded together, and the grave will be filled in and filled in, and this ancestor worship will be over.

Wang Yong took out a lighter and lit the paper money cut out of very rough straw paper. In the past, people bought paper money and made it themselves. Use a piece of fifty or a hundred real money as a mold and compare the whole sheet of paper to the paper. There is also paper money cut with scissors, which is the kind of paper money that everyone often sees in TV and movies. However, the local area is not disassembled, it is a large one.

However, after the economy develops and everyone's life improves, these things are directly bought as finished products. Generally, ten yuan can buy five small bundles, and you have to take a pile of printed dark coins, which is a super ticket of 100 million yuan!

This year's burning paper was prepared by the aunt, and each of the four relatives had a large bundle and forty yuan. The money is not much, but it represents the mourning and mourning of the people living in the world for these deceased relatives.

Wang Yong lit four piles of paper money in turn, and Wang Qiang immediately sprinkled wine one by one. Generally speaking, the jug is filled with ordinary water, not real wine. This is just an expression, but this year, before going to bed last night, Wang Yong told his godmother that all the wine jugs were filled with old tribute wine with a history of more than 300 years.

Now that everyone's life is better, a few bottles of sake don't cost much, so many families have started to use real sake for worship, instead of pouring water on it as before. Of course, there are many people who do not have the Spring Festival worship, and they even spend the Spring Festival outside. It won't come at all.

This year, after Wang Yong's adventure, it can be said that his life has changed dramatically. came into contact with people and things that I couldn't think of before, such as Zhang Kai's family, if it weren't for this adventure, it is estimated that I would not have this opportunity at all, neither the second master nor the uncle would be willing to let themselves come into contact with these political figures who are high up in the eyes of ordinary people. "Boom, boom, boom......" The two kicks continued to explode sparks in the sky, echoing far away in the sound of firecrackers one after another. A thousand firecrackers have been lit. The "crackling" can't wait to sound, the sound is deafening, and it spreads far away under the starry gaze of the sky, and the Buddha is far away to the ground, so that the deceased relatives wake up from their slumber and celebrate the New Year with everyone!

In the dancing flames and red light after the paper money burned, the four brothers who blushed their faces all opened their mouths or silently recited their wishes in their hearts, hoping that the deceased relatives could bless themselves. Bless yourself with the fulfillment of your wishes.

After that, everyone began to fill the grave with a few shovels of soil. This is called the round tomb, which is generally only carried out in Qingming, but now many people go out to work and go to school. Qingming Qingming will definitely be able to come back, so many people change to the Spring Festival to round the tomb and repair the "house" for their relatives!

This tradition is held all over China, and the customs vary from place to place. But they all express a kind of remembrance and nostalgia for the deceased ancestors, as well as gratitude! It can be seen that this is not just a superstitious activity. It is an important measure for today's people to express their emotions, wishes, and will to their ancestors, and to encourage future generations to carry forward the past, pursue the future cautiously, unite family affection, inherit excellent traditional ethics and morality, and carry forward the national culture and spirit.

In ancient times, this tradition had been introduced to neighboring countries along with Chinese culture. In South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and other neighboring countries, there is a custom of worshipping ancestors during the Spring Festival, and like South Korea, this kind of ancestor worship ceremony is more solemn than many places in China.

A gust of wind blew, setting up bursts of sparks and ashes into the air. Dancing and dancing for a long time, it seems to be dancing happily, celebrating this annual Spring Festival!

"Oops! I haven't seen this in years. This year's burned paper money must have been received by them! Wang Liang said excitedly on the side, but it made Wang Gang, who had never been through this scene, a little creepy. Especially the gusts of cold wind that hung up from time to time, like a gust of gloomy wind, made him shiver involuntarily.

"Alright, let's go, go back!" Wang Qiang saw that the paper money had been burned out and would not cause a fire, so he opened his mouth and said to his younger brothers, planning that this year's Spring Festival ancestor worship activities would end here.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Smack, smack, smack......"

The explosions of the two kicks and hanging whips came and went, and slowly became one. From time to time, there are a few ceremonial flowers that explode in the sky and bloom one after another, which is extremely beautiful in the dark night sky.

Halfway up the mountain, I saw piles of fires from time to time, which were people in the village worshipping their ancestors and deceased relatives, lighting paper money, and giving the ancestors the sorrow and remembrance of their relatives as descendants.

The morning star on the horizon has hung in the sky, the eastern mountain tops have become red, a new day is about to begin, the new year is getting closer and closer, the pace of spring has gradually approached, the cold winter is about to pass, the new year, there is new hope, a new life.

The lush mountains of trees, the brightly lit villages, and the loud two kicks, firecrackers, and fireworks make up a lively and moving scene in the early morning of the Spring Festival in the mountain village. (To be continued......)