"This person, he drinks too much again, and every time he drinks too much, he can't close the chatterbox, and he talks nonsense and shows off his literary talents, which makes you laugh!" Yu Ling'er stabbed Xiao Rong and smiled embarrassedly.

"You cultural people just know a lot, but we mountain people don't know so much Taoism!" Lu Hong's cousin-in-law grinned, and said to Lu Hong: "By the way, you just said that you were going to go to the temple fair with your friends tomorrow, do you want your cousin to accompany you?" ”

"No need, don't forget that I grew up here when I was a child, how many times have I been to the temple fair, no problem!" Lu Hong patted his chest and said.

Then the men pushed the cups and changed the glasses, saluting and saluting, until they were all drunk, and then went to bed and fell into a deep sleep.

The next day, early in the morning, Xiao Rong and the others were woken up by the big rooster at home, washed their faces, breathed the fresh air in the mountain village, and their spirits were so good, although they drank a little too much last night, but they didn't have a headache at all, and after a simple breakfast, Lu Hong rushed to the temple fair with Xiao Rong and Yu Ling'er.

It was very lively along the way, and there was an endless stream of people who went to participate in the temple fair, which also showed the importance and love of the locals to the temple fair.

When I was about to arrive at the temple fair, I saw a five- or six-meter-high wooden shed from a distance. It consists of two wooden doors and several beams, on which are set up a number of triangular wooden frames, which are covered with various flowers and banners, and are very conspicuous in bright colors.

"What's that, so tall!" Yu Ling'er asked strangely.

"The person who called Huanmen and greeted all parties to the temple fair, entering Huanmen is the temple fair!" Lu Hong replied.

"This is Huanmen? In this way, your temple fair is really quite historical. At least the Song Dynasty had it. Xiao Rong said suddenly.

"Ahh What do you mean? I don't know how to do it! Lu Hong didn't understand.

"Huanmen. The full name should be called Cailou Huanmen. Rise in the Tang Dynasty, popular in the two Song Dynasty, the Shangyuan Festival, in order to reflect the joy with the people, the gate of the imperial city will tie up the mountain tower shadow lantern, up the terrace, Chen Baixi, just like the temple fair. It's very lively! Xiao Rong said as he walked.

"There are many records in the relevant history books about other ceremonial and ceremonial occasions in the Song Dynasty, which was originally an official festival celebration. Because the festive, lively and luxurious style of the mountain shed coincides with the atmosphere that the store decoration needs to create, so later folk restaurants, gourd soup shops and other stores imitate the iconic structures of official festival celebrations to build the colorful building Huanmen, and the gatehouse is tied with colored silk and colored paper at the entrance of the store, and is tied with wooden poles. ”

And the folk temple fair Cailou Huanmen is even more indispensable, but in the late Southern Song Dynasty, Cailou Huanmen has gradually declined, and finally disappeared. Since your temple fair still continues the tradition of tying Huanmen, then at least it existed during the Song Dynasty, otherwise it is impossible. ”

"It turns out that this Huanmen still has such a history, I have seen it for a long time!" Lu Hong is like listening to a story.

As he spoke, he walked closer. I saw a flag erected on both sides of the gate, and the colorful flags above the flag were fluttering. On both sides of the flag, dozens of cylindrical vermilion lanterns are hung.

Then came the tabernacle, which was flanked by intricately decorated wooden poles. Flags are held above the wooden poles, and four circular flower plates are stacked on the whole wooden pole, and the flower plates are full of flowers, and these rattan ornaments are hung below the top flower plate.

Walking into Huanmen is the real temple fair. There are actually merchants in antique costumes here, or carrying the goods on their shoulders, or pushing the goods carts, shouting loudly. There are also jugglers, dough kneaders, candy blowers, and rings...... Of course, there are also all kinds of food stalls, wonton stalls, barbecue stalls, marshmallows...... It's all over the place.

At the other end of the temple fair, there is the Yu Ji Niangniang Temple, the temple is not big, it is the kind of old-fashioned building with wooden beams and green tiles, but it is well maintained. There is also a stone carved temple tablet in front of the door, and there is also a copper incense burner, the incense burner is full of incense, and green smoke curls.

An antique stage was erected on the square in front of the Niangniang Temple, which was also made of wood. On the beams of the ancient stage hangs a half-length woodcut statue of the god of joy wearing a red robe and an official hat. Several flags of different colors were erected on both sides of the stage, and the drawstrings used to hold the stage were also hung with colorful flags.

What is being performed on the stage is the famous drama "Farewell My Concubine", Yu Ji complained on the stage, dancing and singing, until the horizontal sword killed herself, and the overlord cried.

After the play, the actors left the stage, and the crowd suddenly had some commotion, some women in their twenties and thirties squeezed forward, and the men and older women did not care about them, but gave up their positions with smiles on their faces and let them go forward.

"What is this going to do?" Yu Ling'er asked curiously.

"Oh, this one, it's supposed to be 'robbing the boy'!" Lu Hong replied with a smile.

"Robbing a boy? What's the deal with snatching a child? ”

"Every year before the temple fair, the temple will prepare some wood carving figures about four or five inches long, which will be thrown by the head of the temple to the people who visit the temple fair. It is said that whoever grabs the boy will have a child this year, continue the incense, and the people will prosper. Those women who want to have children but have not been able to do so, will fight desperately, wait for the excitement to see! Lu Hong explained with a smile.

"Oh, that's kind of interesting!"

"The temple is coming, the temple is coming......"

Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, and the three of them turned their heads to look, and an old man staggered from the Niangniang Temple. The old man seemed to be very old, his beard was white, the wrinkles on his face were like ravines, deep and dense, although his steps were faltering, and his waist was a little rickety, but judging from the old man's tall figure and broad shoulders, he must have been a burly man when he was young.

The old man was holding a yellow cloth bag in his hand, which should be a wood carving boy, a middle-aged man with a big belly, trotted all the way to the old man, carefully held the old man, and after saying a few words to the old man, he respectfully took the yellow cloth bag in the old man's hand, the old man turned around and returned to the Niangniang Temple.

The middle-aged fat man seemed to be the head of this year's meeting, carrying a yellow cloth bag to the ancient stage, and after saying a few high-sounding nonsense, seeing that the people below were a little impatient, he took out the wood carving boy in the yellow cloth bag and threw it to the audience.

The audience was suddenly in chaos, the woman's screams continued, desperately scrambling, and those who did not participate in the scramble hurriedly retreated backwards, forming a big circle, laughing as if watching a play. (To be continued......)