Chapter 70: The Temple Fair (I)
The temple fair was also called "temple market" in the Song Dynasty, which was one of the forms of market in China.
The temple fair sprouted in the Han Dynasty, formed in the Tang Dynasty, and customized in the Song Dynasty.
After the New Year's Eve, there is a temple fair in Kaifeng Mansion in Song Dynasty, and the venue for the temple fair is the largest temple in Kaifeng Prefecture, and it is also the largest and most majestic Buddhist temple in the whole world, one of the "Eight Views of Tokyo".
In and near the temple fair of the Great Xiangguo Temple, once it comes to the New Year's festival, there are activities such as rewarding the gods, entertaining the gods, praying for the gods, traveling and governing, bazaars, sumo wrestling, juggling, and even martial arts competitions, literati fighting poetry and other activities, it is really one of the most important festival activities of the people of Kaifeng.
"Brother, brother, hurry... Hurry, hurry. The little bean sprouts riding on Li Sanjian's neck patted Li Sanjian's head excitedly and shouted happily.
The small bean sprouts on Li Sanjian's chest kept swinging, like riding a horse.
Although it is still a cold winter, the sun is warm and warm.
Li Sanjian and Ran Yunbiao and Zeng Gongming took the small bean sprouts to Daxiangguo Temple on this day, and there were crowds of people along the way, shoulder to shoulder, Li Sanjian also expected that the temple fair, which was loved by the people of Kaifeng Mansion, would definitely not be less, but Li Sanjian never expected that there would be so many people?
Li Sanjian and the others were two or three miles away from the Great Xiangguo Temple, they could hardly walk, and as far as the eye could see, there were people wearing various costumes, men and women, old and young with various hair buns, and they couldn't squeeze forward at all.
Li Sanjian had no choice but to let the little bean sprouts ride on his neck, but he still let Shankui open the way, and Ran Yunbiao and Zhang Daoshi protected them on both sides, so that they could barely approach the Great Xiangguo Temple.
In the cold weather of Kaifeng Mansion, Li Sanjian and others were stunned and squeezed out of a stinky sweat, Zeng Gongming was sweating like rain, but his body was much warmer.
"Wow..." Li Sanjian and others finally squeezed to the Xiangguo Temple bridge in front of the mountain gate of the Great Xiangguo Temple, looked at the majestic and stretching Great Xiangguo Temple, and sighed together.
Daxiangguo Temple, formerly known as Jianguo Temple, was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty Tianbao six years, the first year of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Ruizong because of the commemoration of its ascension to the throne by the Xiangwang, given the name of the Great Xiangguo Temple. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiangguo Temple won the royal respect, expanded many times, and was the largest temple in the capital and the center of Buddhist activities in the country.
Yuanfeng five years, Emperor Shenzong issued an edict, the sixty-four courtyards of the Xiangguo Temple are eight Zen and two laws, the whole Xiangguo Temple is the red wall and blue tile, the temple is majestic, the frost Zhong is far away.
The area around Daxiangguo Temple is also crowded with people, crowded with good men and women from all over the Song Dynasty, in addition to the pilgrims, there are countless small merchants and vendors, peddling all kinds of commercial goods, whether inside the temple or outside the temple.
There are all kinds of commercial goods, mainly incense paper, candlesticks, meat, fruits and vegetables, drinks, all kinds of snacks, all kinds of gadgets, etc., Li Sanjian and others even saw some overseas merchants and Hu merchants selling all kinds of rare and exotic products from overseas countries.
In addition, there are some restaurants, tea shops, goulans, etc., and even green buildings that stand outside the Great Xiangguo Temple. . .
"Ouch, that little Langjun downstairs, come in, my sister will sing you two songs to relieve your boredom."
"Come on, sister, I don't take a penny here, I'll give it to you for nothing, hehe."
"Oh, look at the little Langjun with the child, the flesh on his body is white and striped, I can't help it, sister."
"I said Sister Rong, that little minister is wearing clothes."
Dressed in silk and satin, the little ladies standing in the green building were dressed up in fancy clothes, laughing and joking, attracting guest officers.
"Hurry up, hurry up." Li Sanjian was so embarrassed that he blushed, hugged the legs of the little bean sprouts, and urged.
"I said, young lady, the flesh on my body is also white, how is it? Can you take a night tour with candles? ”
"Go, just your fat body, do you want to make the young lady eat? I said, young ladies, although I am thin and small, the flesh on my body is fairy meat! How? Interested? ”
Zeng Gongming and Zhang Daoshi were not afraid, and the two of them hooked up and went toe-to-toe with the ladies of the Qinglou, fighting with each other. . .
Ran Yunbiao stood aside laughing and watched the excitement.
"Let's go, it's more lively over there." Li Sanjian had no choice but to lure Zeng Gongming and Daoist Zhang to their advantage.
Zeng Gongming and Zhang Daoshi were extremely reluctant to leave the young lady of Zhongqinglou, and followed Li Sanjian and others to an extremely noisy place.
There is a low and not low earthen platform in the noisy place here, there are some curtains around the earthen platform two feet from the ground, Li Sanjian and others look down on what is in the curtains, but they see that there are some weapon racks on the earthen platform, some swords, guns, swords and halberds are inserted upside down on the weapon rack, the four corners of the earthen platform are also inserted with various colored cloths, and some cases are also placed on both sides of the earthen platform, and the big plate on the case is covered with colorful brocade, which should be a place for martial arts.
In addition, there are some officials wearing various official uniforms of the imperial court on the earthen platform, and some officials also carry waist knives around their waists, which makes Li Sanjian wonder.
Is it a competition organized by the government? Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.
Around the earthen platform is a dense crowd of people, crowded, and from time to time there is a commotion.
Li Sanjian's greatest desire is to see a martial arts competition to recruit relatives... Although Li Sanjian has no power to restrain the chicken, it is quite good to look at the excitement.
However, what happened next made Li Sanjian a little disappointed.
A moment later, in the midst of a tight gong and drum, four men appeared on the stage, walked to the center of the platform, and stood on the left and right.
The two men who carried the waist knife cross-body and wore the regular uniform of the Song military attache did not surprise Li Sanjian and others, but what surprised Li Sanjian and others were the two men on the side of the military attaché, both of whom were five big and three thick, and the flesh on their bodies was hanging and flicking, piled up like a mountain, extremely strong, and their bodies were almost defenseless, in addition to the ribbon around their waists and the crotch of their lower bodies, they also wore a poofed head on each head.
Aren't they cold? Li Sanjian looked at their appearance, and he had goosebumps on his body.
These two people really don't seem to be cold, and the naked flesh in the air is still bubbling with a trace of white air...
Although Li Sanjian doesn't know what they want to do at the moment, looking at their appearance, it should be a sumo wrestling show, and Li Sanjian still has some understanding of this.
Sure enough, a moment later, the two military attachés each separated the two strong men with rattan sticks, and one of the military attaches then turned to the crowd and said loudly: "Yiguli fights with wit, Xi Lao Lang catches his legs and climbs his waist, Sai Yao Nian has a smooth wind and rain, and everyone is allowed to gamble and compete... ”
"This is Guanzhongpu and Zhennanjiao. After the sumo opening sentence was recited, another military attache sang the names of the two wrestlers.
The crowd under the earth platform suddenly let out a burst of cheers when they heard this, and let out a burst of restlessness, Li Sanjian thought that it was about to start, but he didn't think that after introducing the two punks, a few people turned around and walked down the earth platform, and then a few little girls came up...
"The slave borrowed the treasure land to perform to make everyone happy. Pierce guns, knives, kicks and kicks feet, the mountains come from the west, the water comes from the east, and the sea waves from north to south. . . Several little girls dressed up sang together.
Everyone in the audience is accustomed to it, and the colorful sound is thunderous, and they are getting more and more excited.
After several small Nizi in strong suits arched their hands, they walked to the center of the earth platform together, their feet were open, their hands were raised, and they fell down slowly, and suddenly they snorted, their arms were spread, as if they were dividing the water, the tiger was vigorous, their fists were clenched around their waists, and they were angry dantian, and then their left hands rushed out of their waists, turning their horse steps into lunges, and then, they kicked straight at homeopathy, and their bodies were as light as swallows, and they kicked again in the air.
Quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit! The movements are clean and neat, the posture is also extremely beautiful, and the most commendable thing is that the movements of several people are neat and uniform, without a trace of deviation, and the discerning person knows at a glance that it has been trained for a long time.
Sumo wrestling is also known as wrestling or wrestling, the Song Dynasty's hundred operas, sumo wrestling is the most exciting, in addition to the government, there are also people who specialize in performing sumo wrestling as a means of making a living.
In order to attract more spectators, there are usually women's or children's sumo wrestling performances before the official appearance of the pun.
Among them, women's sumo is the most eye-catching, and sometimes there is even a sumo between men and women in addition to the women's own play.
Among the women's sumo, the most eye-catching is the women's naked sumo, which is almost naked women fighting each other, which makes the audience extremely excited.
This situation lasted for a while until the reign of Emperor Renzong.
During the Renzong Dynasty, in addition to the folk like sumo, Emperor Renzong Zhao Zhen also loved it, and liked to secretly watch the folk wrestling, and enjoyed it.
The scene of hand-to-hand combat and cheering made Emperor Renzong very excited, and rewarded him greatly, which angered the important ministers of the imperial court, and the court officials led by Sima Guang then angrily played a chapter, saying that women's sumo wrestling violated the etiquette system and was immoral, and alluded to Emperor Renzong's loss of imperial dignity, so women's sumo wrestling was banned from the beginning of the Renzong Dynasty.
However, although the imperial court prohibits it, the folk are still repeatedly banned, and some folk wrestling still has women's sumo. Now the New Year's Great Xiangguo Temple Fair, such a lively scene, is not afraid to have a women's play, but to young female artists performing martial arts skills instead, after the women's performance is over, it is the majestic Han officially debuted.
The women's performance won the full field of colorful voices, Li Sanjian and others also watched it with relish, and the little bean sprouts were holding Li Sanjian's braincase, screaming happily.
At the end of the women's performance, it was the majestic and majestic Han debut.
Guan Zhongpu and Zhennanjiao appeared on the stage, both of them were staring at each other, their eyes were as wide as copper bells, and they couldn't wait to swallow each other.
Everyone in the audience held their breath, and only the heavy wheezing sound of the fluttering man was left in the entire venue.
In an instant, the two pouncers let out a loud shout at the same time, and then scuffled together.
According to the rules of the game, when fighting between the Han and the man, they can explode foul language, and they are allowed to punch, kick, wrestle, and twist, but they are not allowed to grab the other party's webbing, tear off the opponent's crotch cloth, and not allow the use of weapons.
Zhennanjiao obviously had the advantage, roaring like thunder, holding the other party to the ground, and pressing it hard, so that Guanzhong was unable to move.