"Bought it for me? What did you buy? Hearing their words, Jiang Hai looked at them with some doubts, he really didn't know, and hearing what Jiang Hai said, Feng Yunchen and Ai Xiaoxi here couldn't help but glance at him, and then took out a bunch of keys, cut open the layer of tape on the outside of the package, and then a golden thing appeared in front of Jiang Hai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

When he got closer, Jiang Hai looked at the two of them a little strangely, because the contents of this box, uh, it was really a bit unlucky, this was a box of paper, but this paper, Jiang Haigong was no stranger, it was the paper burned for the old people at home.

This game should not be easy to play in the United States, and it is only available in San Francisco, which has a large Chinese population.

But Jiang Hai really didn't understand, why did he get these things? It's been a long time since the Qingming Festival.

"It's almost time for the middle of the Yuan, stupid." Seeing Jiang Hai's somewhat confused expression, Ai Xiaoxi here couldn't help but scold him.

In fact, she was also a few days ago, when she was talking on the phone with the family, her mother asked her, and by the way, asked her if she would come back for the Mid-Autumn Festival, after all, they hadn't seen Ai Xiaoxi for a few days, and after making sure that they would not come to the festival, they casually said that they would go to her grandfather's grave in a few days, and Ai Xiaoxi also wrote it down after listening to it.

Then he quietly bought this box of paper for Jiang Hai, it is indeed about to arrive in Zhongyuan, and Jiang Hai will not go back to Bingcheng to worship and sweep, burn the paper here, and show his heart, as for whether to send it or not...... Who knows?

In fact, this thing is more just a form, a way for living people to remember their ancestors.

According to the idea of materialism, when people die, there is nothing left, whether there will really be a soul or something, no one knows.

Anyway, Jiang Hai has never seen it, and as for Jiang Hai's generation, there are not many people who believe in this thing.

Maybe in a few decades, when Jiang Hai and the next generation grow up, even this tradition is estimated to disappear.

For Jiang Hai, in fact, he doesn't remember burning paper and the like, just like his mother said, life is not filial, death screams, what's the use? When people should be filial, they are alive, and when they are gone, no matter how big the pomp is, it is for others to see, and those who should really be filial cannot remember.

So before Ai Xiaoxi came, Jiang Hai burned it during the Qingming Festival, and went home to burn it during the New Year, that's all, but now Ai Xiaoxi and Feng Yunchen still remember this matter, Jiang Hai is still very pleased.

"If you don't say it, I don't remember, what day is it?" Looking at the two people in front of him, Jiang Hai touched his hair and smiled.

"This thing didn't burn on a regular day...... The day after tomorrow is a positive day, but we can burn it tonight or tomorrow. Glancing at Jiang Hai, it seems that Jiang Hai really doesn't understand these things, and Ai Xiaoxi knows a little bit about these because he was born in the countryside.

Among the traditional festivals in China, there are three yuan, but everyone is familiar with only the Shangyuan Festival, that is, the fifteenth day of the first month.

Commonly known as the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, etc., in modern people, after the fifteenth year, it means that the New Year has passed.

Of course, as things stand, very few people work after fifteen.

Basically, they have finished the fifth day of the first month, and the sixth and seventh days of the first year have gone to work, and now the rhythm of people's lives is completely different from that of ancient times, and in addition to the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, there are very few people in the middle and lower yuan who know.

The Sanyuan Festival is mainly related to Taoism, Taoism has three officials, heavenly officials, earth officials, water officials, the so-called heavenly officials blessed, so in ancient times, everyone lived the Yuan Festival, which was handed down, the earth officials forgave sins, and the water officials relieved misfortunes.

The birthdays of the three officials are the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the fifteenth day of the seventh month and the fifteenth day of October.

In ancient times, October 15 was the time for big families to worship their ancestors, but now there is no more, after all, after the establishment of New China, there is no family to speak of, so Jiang Hai and they are not more than the next Yuan Festival.

And the Midyear Festival, in fact, not many people know, but in recent years, when promoting Chinese traditional culture, it seems that this festival has also been promoted, at this time of year, there are dots of fire everywhere in China, and all parts of the country are basically the same, but there is no worship on the right day, which seems to have some sayings.

Jiang Hai doesn't understand this, but since Ai Xiaoxi understands, then just follow what she says......

After a general understanding of the situation, Jiang Hai and the others began to sort out the contents of the box, there was a lot of yellow paper in the box, and there was also a lot of paper money, in addition, there were a lot of gold ingots and the like that of paper stacks.

The customs of each place are different, and things are different, but the northeast, where Jiang Hai is located, is somewhat similar to the customs of Lu Province.

After all, many people in the Northeast went over when Lu Province went to Guandong, so a lot of things, Jiang Hai just listened to Ai Xiaoxi, and he was busy for a long time, and before the evening, Jiang Hai got these things right.

Qi Jie and Qi Ya had seen these things before, so there were no surprises.

On the contrary, Afra and the others are a little blind, Dalena and Marianne, but they went back with Jiang Hai when they were young, and naturally they have seen these things, so they are not strangers to them, Jiang Hai briefly talked to these people.

Jiang Hai and his party left the manor in the evening, this thing was burned, but it was not burned in his own home, even if Jiang Hai's home was so big, he couldn't burn it at home, because according to the older generation, burning this thing would attract some ghosts and ghosts, and it would be recruited into his own home, which was obviously not a wise choice.

So they were going out to find an intersection to burn, and after driving to Winthrop for more than ten minutes, Jiang Hai and they found a big intersection, and they didn't know if it was useful at the intersection in the United States, anyway, it was just Jiang Hai's heart.

I went to find a branch first, and then drew a circle, leaving a hole in the middle, which was the place for the ghosts to take the money.

Then Jiang Hai lit the yellow paper on which he had written the 'address', and then began to read while putting paper into the circle.

In a short time, the raging fire was already burning, and someone could see it from a long distance.

Many people living around the town saw the fires, and some even called the police directly.

Just kidding, in the United States, many Chinese customs are difficult to understand, such as traditional Chinese medicine, festivals, speaking habits, etc., etc., this Jiang Hai also said before, Chinese people like to talk politely, for example, when you have time, I will invite you to dinner! Let's get together next time! Such things are always said by Chinese people.

But in the United States, if you say that, this person will really wait for you to invite him to dinner, find him to get together, AA system is fine, if you don't look for him, then he will not be happy, think that you lied to him, there are some radical people, friends have nothing to do.

There are also some people who boil Chinese medicine at home, and then a neighbor calls the police, saying that they are making poison at home.

The same is true for festivals, except for protests in the United States, when gatherings are held, they have to report to the government.

And the Chinese should be regarded as an accident, because the Chinese in the United States do not have the idea of only children, so a Chinese family is sometimes really large, in their eyes, when they will be ancestors, or when they are partying.

Hundreds of people came at once, and at the earliest, they didn't alarm the police, but in recent years, they have only gotten better, and the paper is burned during the festival...... Hehe, this is naturally not possible in the United States.

But Jiang Hai didn't know this, and the others didn't know either, when someone saw Jiang Hai and they burned paper there, there were some good citizens who called the police, they didn't know what Jiang Hai was doing, so it was better to let the police ask.

Just as Jiang Hai was burning paper, the two police cars here drove over, and after finding out that it was Jiang Hai, the people who got off the two police cars were a lot more polite, and walked to Jiang Hai's side with a smile.

"Mr. Jiang, what are you doing here?" Looking at Jiang Hai, who was still burning paper, the two policemen asked a little strangely.

"Uh, burn paper, what do you mean about this? This is a custom in China when we pay tribute to our deceased ancestors, isn't this okay? Seeing that the police were coming, Jiang Hai was also stunned for a moment, and then remembered that this might not work...... After all, in the United States, when the memorial service is held, flowers are sent, and no one burns paper, and Jiang Hai is doing this now, which seems to be somewhat problematic.

"It's true that some of the residents don't know what you're doing, so they reacted to us, I wonder how long you're going to have to do this?" Hearing Jiang Hai's words, the two policemen also laughed, this matter is indeed not easy to say.

If it were ordinary other people, they might have to open their mouths and drive people away, but this paper burner is Jiang Hai, so they really can't say anything, but fortunately, Jiang Hai's paper burning is also burning very fast.

After hearing their words, Jiang Hai and the others also quickened their pace, about ten minutes later, the box of things burned out, seeing that the fire burned through, Jiang Hai and they also said apologetically, and then got in the car and left.

After Jiang Hai and the others left, the two policemen did not leave until they watched the fire go out.

Otherwise, if it caused some fire or something, Jiang Hai wouldn't be able to run, and they wouldn't be able to run either.

"It looks like you can't just burn paper in the future." Touching his nose, Jiang Hai grinned, this is indeed a very annoying thing, although Jiang Hai doesn't care much about these formal problems, but he will still burn it when it is time to burn.

It's just that next time, he might have to find a way to burn it again...... (To be continued.) )