Chapter 112, Dragon Boat Festival

After lunch, Xiao Nan said goodbye to Lin Xiucai and his wife, and prepared to go home. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"Auntie, ...... you" Wang was stunned at first, and then remembered that Xiao Nan had gone out to buy vegetables and disappeared for a period of time, and his heart suddenly tightened, and he opened his mouth to ask carefully.

"Laneige, don't ask so much, since the eldest lady said that the matter has been resolved, it must have really been solved." As soon as he spoke, he was interrupted by Lin Xiucai, in recent months, Xiao Nan's extraordinary performance made Lin Xiucai unconsciously no longer regard Xiao Nan as a child.

After Xiao Nan returned to Sangyu Village, for several days, she really didn't hear any rumors unfavorable to the Lin family, she finally let go of her heart, before she spoke, she was still a little worried that Zhou Yangou jumped off the wall or broke the jar, regardless of the disregard to fight with herself, fortunately, this person has the common disease of most sanctimonious hypocrites, who not only cherish feathers, but also greedy for life and fear of death, which did not let things develop in the worst direction.

The rumors passed, Xiao Nan's life returned to calm, she practiced martial arts and hunting every day, went to the tea garden when she was free, checked Zi Xiu's homework at night, and taught Xiao Xiao Zhen to read and practice calligraphy, Xiao Xiao Zhen also wanted to practice martial arts with Xiao Nan with Zi Xiu, Xiao Nan was worried that he was too young and injured his bones by practicing martial arts too early, so he told him that he would practice martial arts with Zi Xiu after he was five years old.

No one disturbed the days are very leisurely, in the blink of an eye to the Dragon Boat Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival in the Tang and Song dynasties is second only to the Spring Festival a grand festival, this festival in the Northern Song Dynasty lasted for five days, that is, from the first day of the fifth month of May to the beginning, until the fifth day of the first month, are in the festival, the fifth day of the fifth day of the fifth month of May is called the big Duanyang.

The Dragon Boat Festival has several characteristics, one of which is to eat zongzi. The Dragon Boat Festival of the Song Dynasty, the zongzi is the upper room of the heavenly family, down to the common people, are indispensable as a festival food, "Miscellaneous Records of the Year" said, the Dragon Boat Festival zongzi, there are many famous products, the shape is different, there are horn zongzi, cone zongzi, rhombic zongzi, tube zongzi, scale mallet zongzi, nine sub zongzi and so on.

In addition to zongzi, the Song people also ate fragrant candy seeds, white balls, perilla, and drank pu wine. "Sweet candy" is made by shredding calamus, ginger, apricot, plum, plum, perilla, etc., and making them with molasses. "Calamus wine" is made by soaking calamus, "with calamus or wisps or crumbs pan wine".

In addition to wine and food, the Song people also like to make Baisuo, sachets and hairpins in the Dragon Boat Festival to wear, "Baisuo" is embroidered with clear silk threads into a variety of ornaments, can be worn, hung around the neck, can also be given to each other, children are wrapped around the arm; "Fu Gong", is to cut the color into a small charm, wear it on the head, insert it on the sideburns, so it is also called "hairpin head symbol", among which wearing the "five poison symbols" is the most special, "five poisons" refers to centipedes, worms, snakes, scorpions, grass insects and the like, the Song people thought that the "five poisons" can be used to treat boils, can poison the rest of the beneficial insects, so it is cut into a pattern, worn on the body.

Wearing a sachet is quite particular. In order to prevent disease and fitness, the elderly generally like to wear plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, peaches, apples, lotuses, dolls riding fish, dolls holding roosters, double lotus and other shapes, symbolizing the fragrance of birds and flowers, all the best, husband and wife love, family harmony; Children like birds and animals, such as tigers and leopards; monkeys on poles, cockfights and rabbits, etc.; Young people wear sachets are the most exquisite, if it is a lover in love, the amorous girl has to carefully make one or two chic sachets very early, and give them to her lover before the festival, and the young man wears the sachet given by his sweetheart, which naturally wants to arouse the comments of the men and women around him, and praise the young man's ingenuity.

Ordinary people's homes are so cautious and enthusiastic about the Dragon Boat Festival, not to mention the government and merchants, the government will order the state, county, and town to organize dragon boat races as early as possible, as for the merchants, in late April will begin to decorate the shops to their heart's content, and at the end of April, the streets and alleys of the bazaar are full of lanterns, and the shops are lit up in front of the doors, trying their best to show their own sales methods and enthusiasm, in order to enrich their own purses.

The girls and daughters-in-law who love beauty will dress themselves up in a dazzling way in these days, and go to the streets in groups to play and buy, and suddenly there are so many pretty daughters-in-law and little girls on the street, and naturally those scholars and young people who come to chase beauty are indispensable......

Xiao Nan remembered that there was a poem in the Water Margin, which vividly depicted the cheerful and lively festival of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Great Song Dynasty. The crystal curtain rolls shrimp whiskers, and the splendid screen opens the peacock. Calamus cut jade, and the beautiful woman smiled and held the Zixia cup; The horns are piled up with silver, and the beauty is high in the green jade case. Cooking is different, and the fruit is new. In the wind of the sunflower fan, the sound is clear and beautiful; In the fragrance of lotus clothes, there are all kinds of delicate dances.

In addition, the most important program of the Dragon Boat Festival in the Dragon Boat Festival of the Great Song Dynasty is how prosperous and lively it is, in addition, the most important program of the Dragon Boat Festival is the dragon boat race, the dragon boat race is a very enthusiastic competitive activity, the physical fitness and mental state of the contestants are higher, the most prosperous period is the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty in history because of the suppression of martial arts, the dragon boat racing is very national, and can strengthen the body of the festival activities, gradually began to wither, of course, this refers to the Song Dynasty that Xiao Nan is familiar with.

Now this new Northern Song Dynasty is not, Taizong period, the dragon boat race this activity has been vigorously developed, to this time the degree of attention, has been similar to the Tang Dynasty, every Dragon Boat Festival, led by the government, calling on all levels of townships and counties to hold dragon boat competitions, and will prepare countless rich prizes in advance, as a reward for the winners of each township and county.

With the strong support of the government, this kind of activity that can ignite the blood and passion in everyone's bones has naturally been supported and responded to by the people of the whole country.

Qingfu Town is a well-known wealthy town in Song County, there is no shortage of rivers around Baiyun Mountain, there is naturally no shortage of dragon boat races here, each village is as early as mid-April will be their respective participants list reported up, Qingfu Town has a total of more than 100 villages, a total of only ten teams are selected to go into the water, the competition is quite fierce, some small villages are often several villages united, forming a dragon boat team.

Sangyu Village is a large village in Qingfu Town, there are more than 400 people in the village, there are more than 100 young adults, there are more than a dozen hunters in the village, and it is not a problem to organize a dragon boat team of 19 people, the dragon boat race in Sangyu Village in previous years has Xiao Dalang in, he takes the lead, and he can win the first place in Qingfu Town every year, and there are so many people in Qingfu Town who know Xiao Dalang and the dragon boat race. (To be continued.) )