"Knock, knock, knock......"

Early in the morning, Guanjie was awakened by a strange sound, he rubbed his eyes, and suddenly sat up, he remembered, today is the first day of the Spring Festival! He got up in a hurry, went to the corner of the house to fetch water, washed his face and brushed his teeth, and after five minutes of completion, he closed the door and ran out.

Guanjie is a young boy of about eleven or twelve years old, and like many children in the tribe, he is now a student.

A few days ago, his mother in the hunting party told him that the chief had issued a new rule that there would be a five-day holiday at the end of December every year, so that adults would not have to work, children would not have to go to school, and the tribe would arrange many activities for everyone to play, and he was very excited after hearing this.

After going to school, the teacher also announced the news, and she also specially explained the meaning of the "Spring Festival", which is a farewell to last year and a festival to welcome the coming year, when the whole tribe will celebrate the Spring Festival lively. The teacher also said that during the Spring Festival, the first thing you say when you meet is to say "Happy New Year", which is called New Year's greetings. The students excitedly exchanged their heads and ears, and their eyes were full of anticipation.

Yesterday afternoon, there was only one class, and the school was on vacation, and he made an appointment with a few good classmates to go to the square together today to watch his mother's performance, and heard his mother say that her hunting team was going to perform a show today, and she mysteriously refused to tell him, saying that he would let him go to the square to see it by himself, and he was naturally more curious.

As soon as he came out of the door, he saw several boys walking towards his house.

The eldest of them, a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old, saw him and greeted him with a smile: "Happy New Year, we are about to wake you up, it's eight o'clock, you are not hungry, then, leave it for you." As he spoke, he handed over a hot sweet potato.

Guanjie blushed, he bragged to his mother last night that he didn't need to call him today, he would get up by himself, but it turned out to be late, mainly because he was very excited last night and didn't fall asleep until very late......

Holding the sweet potato and eating it, he asked, "What's that sound?" ”

The other boy replied, "It's the show that's about to start, let's go." ”

"Okay."

……

When I came to the square, there were already a lot of people gathered here, and there were many people who came one after another, and almost the entire tribe was rushing here.

A few boys deftly drilled through several piles of people, and came to the front, which was the very center of the square, and on the flat land of hundreds of square meters that had been specially cleared by snow, they finally saw the thing that made a strange noise, an object as big as a bison, round like a bucket, but the mouth of the bucket was covered with a layer of python skin, and the sound was made by the wooden stick hitting the python skin.

"What is this?" Guanjie and the others asked curiously.

An adult next to them smiled and explained, "This is made by the chief, and the name is 'Drum', which is amazing." ”

The boys nodded their heads.

Suddenly, a boy shouted, "Guanjie, isn't it your mother who is beating the drum?" ”

"Guanjie's mother is so amazing~" The others praised.

When Guanjie saw it, sure enough, he immediately waved at his mother happily, but unfortunately she didn't see it, but he was not sad, but felt a burst of pride.

After the drum beat for more than ten minutes, there was a burst of cheers around, and the boys looked at the cheers and immediately became excited, it was the chief they worshipped!

With a smile on her face, she was walking through the crowd with several foreign chiefs and adults towards their location, everyone got out of the way, and the boys immediately woke up from their excitement under the reminder of the adults and got out of the way.

The chief's team stayed at the front of the crowd, and Guanjie and the others couldn't help but feel excited when they looked at the chieftain who was close at hand.

The drumming had stopped, and Guanjie saw his mother approaching, respectfully handing the two sticks in his hand to the chief, who took them, patted them on the shoulder, and walked alone to the center of the clearing. He was curious, what was this going to do?

"Mom." Guanjie called.

"Xiaojie, you're here."

"Yes, Mom, what is the Chief going to do?"

"The chief has to beat the drum himself, and with my strength, I am tired of beating for half an hour." The chief said that there was no suitable drum material here, although she didn't understand what it meant, but she also saw it, the chief regretted that it was very laborious to beat the sound of this drum, and she also practiced for several days before she could only beat it for half an hour, and the chief said that she had a good sense of rhythm, and she didn't understand it, but she only knew that at least this half an hour should be done perfectly.

Guanjie listened to his mother's words, and his eyes turned to the direction of the drum.

"Knock, knock~knock! ~~" The chief's hands were raised in the air, and they fell heavily.

One sound after another, completely different from the sound of his mother knocking out before, it was thick and far-reaching, shocking, and made him feel proud......

After three drum sounds, the crowd on the other side slowly dispersed......

"It's a dragon!" Someone exclaimed.

Guanjie fixed his eyes and saw that it was Canglong! The teacher drew them on the blackboard, and they heard that they knew the image of the dragon in the system, and although they were curious about the magical system, they knew that they could only enter it when they grew up.

Of course he knew that it was a fake dragon, because there were dozens of people holding sticks below, but this dragon was circling and swimming, nimble, its eyes blinking, lifelike, its whole body was snow-white, it should be made of some kind of animal hair, in front of it, there was a colored spherical object, and the dragon was chasing the orb, as if playing.

The drum sound played by the chief is very changeable, sometimes light, sometimes heavy, sometimes intensive, sometimes abruptly stopped, combined with the vivid picture of the dragon looking for pearls, getting pearls, playing with pearls, losing pearls, etc., the whole process is tense and interesting, everyone present, the heart with the dragon with the ups and downs, or regret or joy......

For the first time, primitive people felt the charm of music and performance......

After more than an hour of performance, the drums stopped, the dragon stopped, and the colored balls were held high above the dragon's head hovering over the body, and after a moment of silence, applause rang out in the square, and the applause became louder and louder, accompanied by a cheer, which did not stop for a long time.

The foreign chiefs looked around at the strange behavior of the people around them, and they didn't know why, but they were immediately infected by this atmosphere, and they couldn't help but start applauding.

It took a long time for Guanjie to come back to his senses, his face was especially flushed with excitement after watching it, and his eyes flashed with light, and he applauded vigorously. He likes...... Rhythmic sounds, vivid performances, changes in their feelings...... He liked it so much that a seed sprouted in his heart......

Sima Pianpian would never have imagined that her small opening performance today would create the greatest musician and performer in the future empire......

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The first day of the Spring Festival is spent in a carnival, after the chief's performance, the whole tribe slaughters cattle and sheep together, and prepares the dinner, which begins at four o'clock in the afternoon and lasts until nine o'clock in the evening, and the food at the banquet is richer than ever, and everyone eats very happily.

During this period, the chief taught them to jump hand in hand around the fire and follow a certain rhythm, and now everyone basically understands the feeling of rhythm and dances happily. The children also danced around a fire together, and the chief said that this was the simplest dance, and all the feelings in people's hearts could be expressed through guò dance, and Guanjie also took this sentence to heart.

The next two days were called "Carnival", and of course Guanjie went to watch it with his friends.

There are all kinds of competitions in the carnival, all of which are short races that quickly determine the winner and loser, and most of them are a combination of sports and games, some require skill, some require luck, and some require experience...... For example, throwing arrows with bare hands, setting rattan rings, passing through obstacles, climbing bamboo poles, trying to compete bravely, etc., adults, children and the elderly can try it, Guanjie and others have participated a lot, and won a lot of snacks for themselves.

On the fourth day, the storytelling conference is held in the auditorium, where participants can go on stage to tell stories, jokes, or make new ideas or speeches, or anything else, and the results are discussed and analyzed by the adults, and finally decided by the chiefs.

Guanjie didn't participate, but a good friend of his did, and he told a story and imagined that a man could fly in the sky, and everyone laughed, but the chief didn't laugh at him, and gave him a reward, saying, "People can fly, just wait for you to find a way." And now, his friend was full of thoughts about finding that way......

On the last day, there was no activity, it was a day of rest, and the chief asked everyone to spend the last day of the year together with the family......

The first Spring Festival feels like it has passed quickly, but these pleasant experiences will forever remain in the memories of Zài Guanjie's childhood......