The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", is one of the traditional festivals in China, as well as one of the traditional festivals of the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The traditional Chinese Lantern Festival began more than 2,000 years ago in the Qin Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty ordered that the fifteenth day of the first lunar month be designated as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrificial activities of the "Taiyi God" were set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. The One God is the God who governs all things in the universe. When Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", he had already identified the Lantern Festival as a major festival. The first lunar month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night "xiao", and the fifteenth day is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Lantern Festival. Also known as the Little New Year, Yuan Xi or Lantern Festival, it is the first important festival after the Spring Festival.

Legend has it that the Lantern Festival was set up to commemorate "Pinglu" during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty. After the death of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lü, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was cowardly and indecisive by nature, and the power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. After Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Empress Lu monopolized the government and turned the Liu family into the Lu family's world, and the old ministers in the court, the Liu clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of the cruelty of the Empress Lu and dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

After Empress Lü fell ill and died, Zhu Lü was terrified and feared being hurt and ostracized. So, he secretly gathered at the house of General Lu Lu and conspired to cause chaos in order to completely seize the Liu family.

This matter reached the ears of Liu Xiang, the king of Qi of the Liu clan, Liu Xiang decided to raise an army to fight against Zhu Lu in order to protect the Liu family, and then got in touch with the founding ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to relieve Lu Lu, and the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was finally completely quelled.

After the rebellion, the ministers supported Liu Bang's second son, Liu Heng, to ascend the throne and called Emperor Wen of Han. Emperor Wen deeply felt that the peaceful and prosperous era was not easy to come by, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month to quell the "Zhulu Rebellion" as a day of joy with the people, and every family in the capital put up lanterns to celebrate. Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a folk festival celebrated by the whole world - "Lantern Festival".

The festival period and festival activities of the Lantern Festival are extended and expanded with the development of history. As far as the length of the festival is concerned, the Han Dynasty is only one day, to the Tang Dynasty has been three days, the Song Dynasty is as long as five days, the Ming Dynasty is from the eighth day of the first month, until the night of the seventeenth day of the first month, the lights are a full ten days. Connected with the Spring Festival, the city is lively during the day, and the lights are lit at night, which is spectacular. In particular, the delicate and colorful lights make it the climax of entertainment activities during the Spring Festival. In the Qing Dynasty, dragon dances, lion dances, dry boat runs, stilt walking, Yangge twisting and other "hundred opera" content were added, but the festival period was shortened to four to five days.

Since ancient times, one of the activities of the Lantern Festival is "guessing lantern riddles", also known as "playing lantern riddles". Lantern riddles were there in the Spring and Autumn Period, at that time it was called "hidden language", and it began to be called "riddle" in the Han and Wei dynasties, and some people wrote riddles on the lamp in the Southern Song Dynasty, and let people guess the lantern riddles in the Shangyuan Festival. After the Southern Song Dynasty, appreciating lanterns and guessing lantern riddles made the atmosphere of the Lantern Festival lively and warm. Because the lantern riddle is difficult to guess, just as the tiger is difficult to be shot, it is also called "Lantern Tiger", also called Wenhu. The production of traditional lantern riddles requires a certain format, and it requires the use of ingenuity to produce very exquisite lantern riddles, which is an original literary art in China.

One year, during the Lantern Festival, Emperor Qianlong took a group of civil and military ministers to watch the lantern festival with great interest. On the left, the various lanterns are colorful and beautiful; The various lanterns on the right are chic and intriguing. When he saw that he was happy, Emperor Qianlong accompanied his ministers to make a riddle and let everyone guess. Ji Xiaolan, a university scholar, thought for a while, and then wrote a couplet on the palace lamp:

"Black is not, white is not, red and yellow are not. It is like foxes, wolves, cats and dogs, which are neither domestic animals nor wild animals.

Poetry is not, words are not, and neither are the Analects. The east, west, north and south are blurred, although it is a short product, it is also a wonderful article. ”

Emperor Qianlong watched it and pondered for a long time, and the ministers of civil and military affairs scratched their ears and cheeks one by one, but they couldn't guess it, and in the end, Ji Xiaolan revealed the riddle by himself: guessing the riddle.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Jiangyang County is lit up everywhere, illuminating a small county town, and in the small square in front of the county cultural center, the lantern riddle party hosted by the county cultural center is even more lively.

Lantern riddles are also known as Wenhu, guessing lantern riddles, also known as fighting tigers, bullet wall lamps, commercial lights, shooting, solving, dismantling, etc., but people are accustomed to using the name "lantern riddles". Lantern riddles are the crystallization of the wisdom of the working people of the Han nationality and a comprehensive art of the traditional culture of the Han nationality.

Lantern riddle is a riddle written on the lantern, the riddle comes from the Han folk riddle, and then the scriptures process it into a riddle, which has a long history in China. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were "hidden words" or "words". During the Qin and Han dynasties, it became a kind of written creation. During the Three Kingdoms era, guessing was prevalent. In the Song Dynasty, lantern riddles appeared. People tie riddles to colorful lanterns for people to guess. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, guessing lantern riddles was very popular among the Han people.

After eating "glutinous rice balls" in the evening, Yue Haohan brothers and sisters met together, went to the small square of the county cultural center to play, watch the lights, guess the riddles, the lantern riddle party lasted until more than twelve o'clock in the evening, the four brothers and sisters played very happily, the whole guessing process, Yue Chunfang, Yue Chunxia sisters guessed the most, when the party ended and went home, the four brothers and sisters won more than a dozen notebooks and seven or eight pens, although the prize was not big, but the four brothers and sisters felt a sense of accomplishment, and they were very excited to chat and return home.

Because he officially went to work on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, on the afternoon of the sixteenth day of the first month, Yue Haohan arrived in Wulong Township in advance, convened all the personnel of the party and government office, held a short meeting, and arranged the recent work. In the evening, Yue Haohan carefully revised his paper "Some Thoughts on Reducing the Burden on Peasants" and prepared to mail it to Chen Wenhao of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee the next day.

After the official start of work on the 17th day of the first lunar month, not only the cadres of the entire Wulong Township organs, but also the personnel of the township units and the masses who went to the township government to do business clearly felt the changes in the Wulong Township party committee and government. People who know the inside story have even more admiration for Yue Haohan's management ability, deputy director of the Party and Government Office.

In the next few days, the township will hold the annual township economic work conference and township people's congress after the Spring Festival. At the Township People's Congress, Lin Ping was officially elected as the head of the township, and He Anqing was elected as the chairman of the presidium of the Township People's Congress.

The days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of April in the solar calendar, and everywhere was full of spring vitality; In the construction of the bridge on the Longwang River, under the coordination of Yue Haohan and Wang Jinxi, the county second construction company was forced to terminate the subcontract with Wu Yongqiang, and the county second construction company personally undertook the construction, and the project progressed quickly.

Wu Tao, the former director of the Party and Government Office of Wulong Township, also came out to deal with the decision, and PC and Wu Youde, the former secretary of the Party Committee, embezzled 350,000 yuan of funds for the Longwang River Bridge Construction Project. After Miao Xiaoqin was discharged from the hospital, she handed over the accounts to Wang Jinxi and went back to work at the agricultural technology station.

On this morning, Yue Haohan, who had just gone to work, was sitting in the office of the headquarters and was looking through the task list of the three mentions, five unifications, and special agricultural taxes issued to the villages, Huang Zijian took a newly arrived Zhongnan party building journal, smiled and went to Yue Haohan's office, shook the publication in his hand, and said, Director Yue, congratulations, your paper "On Reducing the Burden of Peasants" has been published in the party building magazine.

Yue Haohan looked up at Huang Zijian and said with a smile, is it? Take it for me to see.

Huang Zijian opened the party building magazine to the page where Yue Haohan's paper was published, handed it to Yue Haohan, and then sat down on the stool opposite Yue Haohan, looked at Yue Haohan with very admiring eyes, and said, Director Yue, the paper also added an editor's note, and Zheng Haifeng, director of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, gave instructions on it, take a look.

Yue Haohan looked at the pages of the magazine and added an editor's note under the title of his paper: "Three rural" issues are the focus of our province's attention at present, and the issue of peasants' burdens is the focus of attention. Through in-depth investigation and study, the two comrades, Chen Wenhao and Yue Haohan, conscientiously analyzed the current situation and reasons for the peasants' burdens in our province, and conducted certain discussions on how to reduce the peasants' burdens from the aspect of rural grassroots organization building, and put forward corresponding policy suggestions.

Editor's note: This paragraph is embellished with the name of Zheng Haifeng, Minister of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, Yue Haohan read Zheng Haifeng's instructions, and quickly browsed the entire paper, and found that at the end of the paper, there is a parenthesis at the end, and it is written in parentheses, Author: Chen Wenhao, Yue Haohan.

When Yue Haohan was looking at his paper published in the party building of Central and South China, Gu Zhengshan, secretary of the Jiangyang County Party Committee, was sitting in his office and was also looking at the party building of Central and South China; Gu Zhengshan has a habit of going to the office every day, and the first thing he does is to browse the party newspapers and party journals that are delivered that day.

When Gu Zhengshan saw the paper "Some Thoughts on Reducing the Burden of Peasants" published, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he was attracted by Zheng Haifeng's instructions in the editor's note. Glancing at the author's name in parentheses at the back, Gu Zhengshan didn't care much at first, picked up the cup on the desk and took a sip of tea, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he sat up straight. Why is the name Yue Haohan so familiar?

Gu Zhengshan put down the cup, never remembered who Yue Haohan was, thought about it, picked up the phone on the desk, and called the office of the secretary Tao Chunxiao, just put down the phone, Tao Chunxiao knocked on the door twice and came in, looked at Gu Zhengshan sitting in front of the desk, and asked, Secretary Gu, is there an arrangement?

Gu Zhengshan said, Chunxiao, this issue of the Central and Southern Party Building published a paper on "Some Thoughts on Reducing the Burden of Peasants", have you read it? The typical examples listed in it are all from Wulong Township, Jiangyang County.

Tao Chunxiao added water to Gu Zhengshan's cup, put down the boiling water bottle, and said, Secretary Gu, I read it two days ago, this paper is very practical, and it puts forward many feasible suggestions for reducing the burden on farmers; When I sorted out today's newspaper for you this morning, I brought this issue of the Central and Southern China Party Building with me.

Gu Zhengshan glanced at Tao Chunxiao meaningfully and said, Chunxiao, this article is very well written, the key is the instructions of Minister Zheng of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee! Chen Wenhao is Minister Zheng's secretary, I know, that Yue Hehan, I feel that the name is a little familiar, I can't remember it for a while, what is his origin?

Tao Chunxiao said, called Yue Haohan, Secretary Gu, you forget, Yue Haohan is the selected student of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee who has just been promoted to deputy director of the Wulong Township Party and Government Office and is responsible for the overall work of the Wulong Township Party and Government Office.

Gu Zhengshan said, yes, Yue Haohan, I remembered, no wonder Chen Guoyun and Secretary Chen were in front of me at that time, and strongly recommended this Yue Haohan to serve as a member of the Party Committee and deputy head of Wulong Township, it turns out that the mystery is here! Chunxiao, you have to study more in the future, sometimes an article can make you see a lot of ways! Tell me, what do you see in this paper?

Tao Chunxiao replied, saying, Secretary Gu, the most important thing in this paper is the instructions of Minister Zheng of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, and the special thing is that there are two authors, one of whom is also Minister Zheng's secretary; I dare to assert that this paper was written by Yue Haohan alone, and Director Chen Wenhao and Director Chen may have helped revise it, maybe he didn't even revise it, but just hung up a name, it can be seen from here that Yue Haohan has a good relationship with Director Chen Wenhao Chen.

Gu Zhengshan said, not bad! Chunxiao has made progress, and being able to see this layer means that you have used your brains. In my opinion, if it is a paper written by Director Chen Wenhao and Director Chen, there is no need for Minister Zheng to give instructions on it, add an editor's note, it seems that this Yue Haohan is also very related to Minister Zheng of the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee.

Tao Chunxiao said, Secretary Gu, I also think so, it seems that Minister Zheng wants to explore a way to reduce the burden of farmers from the aspect of grassroots organization building.

Gu Zhengshan said, yes, Minister Zheng's instructions fully show that he agrees with the suggestions put forward in the article, especially the article on how to give play to the role of grassroots party organizations in reducing the burden of peasants.

Gu Zhengshan paused, picked up the cigarette case from the desk, took out a cigarette, held it in his right hand, knocked the filter of the cigarette on the desk, and then puffed it to his mouth, Tao Chunxiao hurriedly took out the lighter on his body, stepped forward and lit Gu Zhengshan's cigarette. Although Tao Chunxiao doesn't smoke, because Gu Zhengshan smokes, Tao Chunxiao has cigarettes and lighters with him, so that he can take them out at any time when Gu Zhengshan wants to smoke.

Gu Zhengshan tilted his head, looked at the ceiling of the office, smoked a cigarette, and with the smoke spit out of his mouth, pondering, Tao Chunxiao, who was in front of the desk, stood fixedly, without speaking, Tao Chunxiao understood that this was Gu Zhengshan's habit of deciding on a matter every time, and he must not be disturbed at this time.

After smoking most of a cigarette, Gu Zhengshan sat up straight suddenly, twisted the remaining half of the cigarette in the ashtray on the desk, and said, Chunxiao, in the past two days, you arrange a time, we will go to Wulong Township to investigate the problem of farmers' burdens, and after the time is set, you will inform He Anqing that it will be time for Yue Haohan to accompany us to investigate.

Tao Chunxiao said, okay, Secretary Gu, I'll adjust this week's arrangement.

Gu Zhengshan said, okay, tell me when the time is set, and we will strive to go to Wulong Township as soon as possible. If feasible, we will take out a management area in Wulong Township this year as a pilot project to reduce the burden on farmers.

Gu Zhengshan paused, looked at Tao Chunxiao very meaningfully, and said, Chunxiao, you and Yue Haohan will have more contact in the future, you are all young people, in addition to work, you can also communicate in private, it is beneficial!