The Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", is one of the traditional festivals of the Han nationality and some fraternal ethnic groups in China, as well as one of the traditional festivals of the Chinese character cultural circle and overseas Chinese. The traditional Lantern Festival of the Han people began in the Qin Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago. 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, and when Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", the Lantern Festival was already determined to be a heavy 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.

Such an important festival, of course the Chinese in Hong Kong will celebrate, not yet in the evening, all kinds of fireworks have been impatient to put up, many parks hold lantern festivals, guess lantern riddles, enjoy the lanterns, is a good opportunity for lovers/people to date romantic, Wang Zichuan should be very happy, but he has too many dates, but depressed, Zhao Yuzhi got up early, just woke up, the phone never rang.

Jingle Bell ...... Jingle Bell ......

"Hello? Ah Chuan? ”

Wang Zichuan listened to the charming voice and knew that Zhang Meng was looking for him.

"I am ......"

Zhang Meng hesitated for a moment and asked, "Go to Tseung Kwan O Park to visit the Lantern Festival tonight?" ”

Wang Zichuan said: "I'm afraid this won't work, there is a very important guest to see at night." ”

Zhang Meng also knew Wang Zichuan's situation and did not force it.

"Forget it, I'll go back to stay with my parents."

Wang Zichuan was distracted, slowly put down the phone, and before it was clear, it rang again.

"Is Achuan here?"

"Xiao Zhi?"

Xu Lizhi was surprised: "How do you know it's me?" ”

Wang Zichuan smiled: "Of course I know, your voice is so good." ”

Xu Lizhi said: "My father invited you to eat Lantern Festival tonight, you must come!" ”

Even if there is no Lantern Festival, Wang Zichuan will not go. Maybe Xu Qi'an's brain will convulsions and ask him to hand over the gold and Hong Kong dollars, and when the time comes, the two sides will fall out, leaving Xu Lizhi in a dilemma.

"Today's Lantern Festival, you have to accompany your father, and I also want to accompany your lover/person, and after the Lantern Festival, it is better for me to come to the door."

Xu Lizhi said shyly: "Who is your father?" ”

Wang Zichuan: "It's not a matter of time before the two of us. ”

Xu Lizhi muttered: "People haven't agreed yet...... I'm hanging! ”

Jingle Bell ...... Jingle Bell ......

The phone rang again, and Wang Zichuan shuddered. Don't dare not take it, he doesn't want that beauty to kill him.

"Ah Chuan, I'm Weng Meiling."

"A-Weng, are you looking for me?"

Weng Meiling said: "The Lantern Festival will be held at the Hong Kong Cultural Center tonight, can you come?" ”

"Lantern Festival?"

Weng Meiling added in a whisper: "Sister Ling is also there." ”

Wang Zichuan smiled bitterly: "Ah Weng, I want to stay at home tonight to accompany my relatives, you and Sister Ling play slowly." ”

Weng Meiling was obviously disappointed, was silent for a while, and whispered: "That...... All right! ”

Doodoo ......

Wang Zichuan looked at the microphone of the busy sound. Grit your teeth and pull out the phone line.

Nan Nan's eyes were sharp, and when she saw Wang Zichuan coming down from upstairs, she immediately ran over and said, "Big brother, it's afternoon." How did you just get up! I've been waiting for you for a long time, but my mother won't let me look for you! ”

Wang Zichuan wanted to pick up Nannan, but he withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and praised: "Nannan." When did you grow this big. ”

Nan Nan looked at her legs and wondered: "Nan Nan has always been so big!" ”

Wang Zichuan led the ...... Jade hand, sighed in my heart. Unconsciously, it has been two years since Nan Nan came to Hong Kong, and the little girl who was not well nourished / good at the beginning, suddenly became slim, during this time, the two basically did not meet, and the impression of Nan Nan was only as high as his waist, and now he has grown to his chest.

Nan Nan pulled Wang Zichuan to the kitchen, Aunt Li and Zhao Yuzhi were making rice balls, watching the snow-white rice balls rub out of Zhao Yuzhi's hands, the technique was completely different from Aunt Li, Wang Zichuan felt weird, last night, he seemed to do the same, could it be that Zhao Yuzhi is learning and using it?

Nan Nan frowned and said, "Big brother, how did you say that the rice balls came from?" ”

This question was asked by Wang Zichuan, and he didn't know it, but he would never admit it, affecting his omnipotent image in Nannan's heart.

"What are you asking for?"

Nan Nan said: "Teacher Xiao He asked me to write it." ”

Aunt Li corrected: "In the future, I will be called Teacher He, and I am not allowed to call Teacher Xiao He." ”

Nan Nan was unconvinced and said: "Big brother is also called so, Xiao He is very happy!" ”

Wang Zichuan hurriedly covered his small mouth, looked at Zhao Yuzhi with a puzzled expression, and said with a dry smile: "I am not very familiar with Teacher Xiao He, so I call Teacher Xiao He." ”

Nan Nan blinked, she obviously saw the two hugging each other.

Zhao Yuzhi said gently: "Nannan, when you come here, what topic did the teacher assign to you?" ”

Nan Nan trotted over and said with a smile: "The teacher asked me to write an essay, called the Lantern Festival, and let us write about the origin of the Lantern Festival, Teacher Xiao He said, this is our Chinese festival, no Chinese can forget the tradition." ”

Wang Zichuan vaguely remembers that when he was in school, he read a similar joke and said: "Nannan, let the big brother sue you, after the thief Yuan Shikai usurped the achievements of the Xinhai Revolution, he wanted to restore the throne and become the emperor, but he was afraid of the opposition of the people, so he was worried all day long. One day, he heard the Lantern Festival seller on the street shouting in a long voice: "Yuan - Xiao," he felt that the word "Lantern Festival" was homophonic to "Yuan Xiao", and there was a suspicion that Yuan Shikai was eliminated, and he thought of his own fate, so before the Lantern Festival in 1913, he ordered a ban on calling "Lantern Festival", and could only call it "Tangyuan" or "Fan Guo", however, the word "Lantern Festival" was not canceled because of his will, and the people did not buy his account, and it was still circulated among the people. ”

Nan Nan smiled and said: "Big brother is wrong, Teacher Xiao He is asking about the Lantern Festival, not Tangyuan!" ”

Wang Zichuan found a chair to sit down next to Zhao Yuzhi, secretly surprised, when did Nan Nan be so shrewd? I used to be confused and cute, how good it was,

"Is this the origin of the rice balls?"

Aunt Li couldn't help but smile and reminded: "Ah Chuan, Nan Nan is already twelve years old and is about to enter middle school. ”

Wang Zichuan sighed: "Time flies so fast! ”

Lying on Zhao Yuzhi's lap, Zhao Yuzhi said affectionately: "Don't listen to your big brother's nonsense, you will be laughed at by your classmates if you write like this." ”

Wang Zichuan said: "Ah Zhi, do you know the Lantern Festival? ”

Zhao Yuzhi thought for a while and said with a smile: "Nannan, let me tell you a story." ”

"Good!" The girl clapped her hands and applauded.

This legend is related to the custom of eating Lantern Festival: according to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a / pet / minister named Dongfang Shuo, he was kind and funny. One winter, when it snowed heavily for a few days, Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found that a palace maid was about to throw herself into the well with tears streaming down her face. Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turns out that this palace maid is named Lantern Xiao, and there are parents and a younger sister at home, since she entered the palace, she has never had the opportunity to meet her family. I feel that if I can't be filial in front of my parents, it's better to die. Dongfang Shuo listened to her plight and felt deep sympathy, so he promised her that he would try to reunite her with her family. ”

Not only was Nan Nan attracted, but Wang Zichuan also listened, Dongfang Shuo? Wang Zichuan touched the back of his head, the Lantern Festival has something to do with him?

Zhao Yuzhi rubbed the rice balls and continued to speak eloquently.

On this day, Dongfang Shuo went out of the palace and set up a divination stall on Chang'an Street. Many people were vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the sign of "burning on the sixteenth day of the first month". For a while, there was a great panic in Chang'an. People are asking for a solution to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "On the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Fire God King will send a red-clothed goddess to visit the earth, she is the messenger who was ordered to burn Chang'an, I will give you the transcribed verses, but let you think of a way today." After saying that, he threw down a red post and walked away. The common people picked up the red post and hurried to the palace to report to the emperor. ”

"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and took a look, only to see that it was written: 'Chang'an is robbing, burning the emperor's que, fifteen days of fire, burning red supper', he was shocked, and hurriedly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo thought about it for a while, and said, "I heard that the Fire God Jun likes to eat rice balls the most, doesn't the Lantern Festival in the palace often make rice balls for you?" Fifteen nights, you can make rice balls for the Lantern Festival. Long live the incense offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to make rice balls, and worship the god of fire together. Then he instructed his subjects to hang lamps on the fifteenth night, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, as if the city was on fire, so that the Jade Emperor could be concealed. In addition, inform the people outside the city that they will go into the city on the night of the fifteenth day to watch the lanterns and mingle with the crowd to eliminate disasters and solve problems'. ”

Looking at the focused Zhao Yuzhi and Nannan, Wang Zichuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he could ask ATV to shoot a TV series about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Dongfang Shuo.

After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy, and he sent a decree to do it according to Dongfang Shuo's method. On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang'an City is lit up with lights, and visitors are bustling with people, and it is very lively. The parents of the palace maid Lantern Festival also took their sister into the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw the big palace lantern with the word 'Lantern Festival' written on it, they shouted in surprise: 'Lantern Festival! Lantern Festival! Lantern Festival heard the shout, and finally reunited with the relatives at home, so lively for a night, Chang'an City was really safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, so he ordered that every fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the future make dumplings for the god of fire, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole city will still hang lamps and set off fireworks. Because the Lantern Festival makes the best rice balls, this day is called the Lantern Festival. ”

Nan Nan reminisced, and begged: "It's so good, big sister, you can talk about another one." ”

Wang Zichuan said with a smile: "Sister Zhi, I want to make a TV series, the name is "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yuzhi lowered her head and thought about it, and praised: "I think the audience will like it very much." (To be continued......)

PS: There will be another chapter later