In a blink of an eye, it is the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Around the 15th Lantern Festival of the first lunar month, the snow has finally stopped completely after a whole month of intermittent fall, and it has been sunny for several days, and the mood of the people in Pinghai Town is as bright as the warm sun.

During the day, the streets are lively, all the streets of the old street are lively, the roads are congested, and the people from the countryside also go to the old street with their goods.

Su Can's family put on new clothes and waited at home, Su Fang's family of three also came early, Xie Ningtian was wearing a thin blue cotton jacket, wearing a white hat, a white scarf, and a ponytail to tie his hair, smiling slightly, very quiet.

Su Chengfang came at more than eight o'clock, not too late, not too late, but to the surprise of Su Can's family, the second uncle actually brought a woman.

The woman's face was quite beautiful, but she was very restrained, especially the juniors like Su Can Xie Ningtian looked at her curiously, which made her face flush even more, just like a yellow flower girl who had not yet come out of the cabinet. Su Can couldn't help but think about it a lot at this time, could it be that the second uncle's second spring, who has always been stuffy wood, has finally arrived?

Su Can also learned from Su Chengye's mouth, why Su Chengfang has not started a family for so many years, it is said that the second uncle had a woman when he was young, but the woman wanted to go to the sea to get rich, and told him to wait, but this time he went, he didn't come back, and there was no news, the second uncle was honest and honest, and he was afraid of disappointing other girls, so he kept waiting, and waited until the third uncle Su Fang's daughter Xie Ningtian was fourteen years old and still single.

Su Can pondered, the second uncle is afraid that he can't bear loneliness for so many years, once this person can't bear the loneliness, he will find something to do, maybe he will find someone who can talk, and at this time, this woman and the second uncle are estimated to have known each other since they came and went, so the dry wood is burning? Su Can touched his chin, people, it's really a wonderful animal.

The whole family is basically here, this time there is no matter whether there is Su Can and their family, as well as Liu Lei and their family, but Liu Lei and they did not gather at Su Can's house, but waited at Bitan Bridge first.

The No. 6 bus surrounds the old taste of the town, ten years like a day on the streets, the light spots are sprinkled with the shadow of the camphor trees, everything is like the old movies can see the old buildings, in Su Can's field of vision, the bus is speeding as if constantly pushing these buildings to disappear in the era of 1998.

At the other end of the Bitan Bridge, Su Can and the others saw Liu Lei's family, Liu Zicheng, Han Rong, and Liu Lei waiting for Su Can and them under the tree, and then converged together and went to the market together to join in the fun.

Looking at this crowded scene, Su Can and the others watched with interest, Su Chengye told them about the Lantern Festival, and the others also listened to him, "Like when we were on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there was this saying that the Lantern Festival was made, and the Lantern Festival was mainly on this word, and the fifteenth year was over." ”

"I see, Dad, what kind of trouble is it?" Su Can asked.

"In my childhood memory, there are several things that are necessary for the traditional Lantern Festival, one is to eat glutinous rice balls, the second is to hang palace lanterns and play red lanterns, and the third is to make Lantern Festival." Su Chengye said while walking around: "As for what kind of trouble? The main ones are playing lions, pulling donkeys, stepping on stilts, twisting Yangge, rowing boats, dancing dragon lanterns, setting off fireworks, etc. ”

The picture of the Lantern Festival is a reunion, prosperous, lively and lively, praying for good luck in the new year, wishing the wind and rain to be smooth, the five grains to be abundant, and the rui qi to be auspicious.

Basically, every time the tenth day of the first lunar month is over, some folk artists will spontaneously organize themselves and go to the villages and streets to hold Lantern Festival cultural activities every day, especially when it is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

At this time, it is just after the Spring Festival, people are still immersed in the festive atmosphere of visiting relatives, although the taste of the New Year is light, but it will not disappear completely, and the Lantern Festival is equivalent to the New Year's momentum when it is about to burn out, add a fire.

Su Can said: "There seems to be this kind of lion dance in the old street, but I haven't seen it carefully." ”

"In that case, let's go over and have a look." Su Chengye immediately agreed, and led a large group of people to surging with the flow of people.

The old street is indeed much more lively than in the past, even if it is not so lively during the New Year, mainly before the New Year, there are many people who buy New Year's goods, and the New Year is at home, otherwise it is to go to relatives, and the streets are deserted.

Su Can and the others went all the way, and there were a lot of delicacies on the street, such as fried stinky tofu, fried sausages, taro cakes, ring noodles, flour dumplings, fried dough sticks, barbecue snails, peanut paste, sesame paste, glutinous rice balls, wontons, beef balls, ramen, hot and sour noodles, they were full of spicy food, especially Xie Ningtian's little Nizi's lips were stained with chili oil, and she was spicy, "It's so delicious!" ”

Dongjie vegetable market, usually this is a place to sell vegetables, but at this time it was opened up a wide open space, where the artists who played the lion performed their performances, everyone gathered in a circle, and the "crackling" gongs and drums sounded.

Su Can and the others stood at the front of the crowd and watched with relish, eating spicy food in their mouths.

I saw a colorful lion dance in the center of the field, two people were hidden inside, one in front of the other, with tacit understanding, dressed in the costume of a lion, the bell jingled, showing off the might, with the sound of the gong and drum in the hands of the artist, the lion began to shake his head and tail, jumping up and down to play.

"Jump up! Yo, we're going to see the lion dance fly! The onlookers asked the lion dancers to play stunts, and Su Can and they were also looking forward to it.

The performer who struck the gong turned around and took out the firecracker, and then hung it high with a bamboo pole, and lit the small firecracker with a lighter, and the male lion suddenly rose into the air in front of everyone's eyes, jumped on the long and wide wooden bench prepared in advance, and walked along the end of the bench to the other end, the lion's head opened its bloody mouth, blinked its eyes, and stuck out its tongue and wagked its tail for a while, bowed its head for a while, moved left and right for a while, and even rolled over, so that the crowd of onlookers, including the big children, were stunned, and then caused bursts of laughter.

"Let me tell you, this kind of single lion dance is not the most lively, the most lively is the double lion dance or the group lion dance, that kind of scene is bigger, more artists are needed, and there are more tricks to play, but the technique is difficult to pass down, and it should be rare to see it now." Su Chengye said to Su Can and them with emotion.

However, Su Chengye only sighed, and continued to watch with Su Can, the background of the times is different, there is nothing to say.

With the sonorous sound of gongs and drums, the lion began to perform the rolling hydrangea, and then after a while, it began to perform step by step climbing and jumping steps, or performing a jumping seesaw to find balance, every movement is thrilling, and each group of performances requires a high degree of coordination and tacit understanding.

Often after a lively performance, the lion dance entertainers will see them covered in sweat, red necks and faces, and a satisfied smile on their faces at the curtain call.

Su Can and the others were still unsatisfied, and at this time, they were walking and looked like Yan Shan, only to see Xie Ningtian pointing to the street to the south and saying, "Su Can, look, how can there be rowing boats over there!" (To be continued.) )