The winter solstice is one of the 24 solar terms of the lunar calendar, and it is also a very important festival in traditional customs.

"November winter solstice, the most important festival in Beijing, although to the poor, a year, the accumulation of pretenses, to this day is easier to new clothes, prepare food, enjoy the ancestors. The official release is closed, and the celebration is just like the New Year's Festival. ”

Song Jingshi attaches the most importance to the Winter Solstice Festival, even if the poor family is on this day, they must change new clothes, prepare food, worship ancestors, set up games in the government, and the people come and go to celebrate, just like the New Year.

In the Song Dynasty, the winter solstice became one of the "three major festivals" alongside the day and the cold food, also known as the "sub-year", and the eve of the winter solstice was also called "winter division".

It can be seen from this that the Song people attached great importance to the Winter Solstice Festival.

The winter solstice is similar to the custom of Chinese New Year's Eve, and children can play all night on the night of the winter solstice, which is called "keeping winter", which is said to be a long life.

On this day, from the emperor and hundreds of officials, down to the people of Li and the people of Dousheng, they all plan to spend the winter solstice, and even the beggars on the street also ask passers-by to reward three melons and two dates, and put some wine and food, new clothes, and live a lively festival.

Not to mention those who have surplus wealth at home, on the day of the winter solstice, they should prepare some gifts of different thicknesses, visit relatives and friends, and congratulate the winter solstice.

Because the winter solstice is not far away from the Dan day, and the winter solstice cost a lot of money to the Song people, so when it comes to the New Year, it is not as lively as the winter solstice.

The Song people also called it "Fat Winter and Thin Year" because of this. . .

"Bai Nier, Bai Nier, where are you going? Come back and put on new clothes. ”

In Li Sanjian's house, a white light flashed, and a fluffy object flashed, and then Li Nan, who was wearing a festive new clothes, chased after him out of breath, shouting as he ran.

Li Nan was really angry in her heart, and she finally begged her mother to make a few clothes that Bai Nier wore in winter, but just tried on a set for it, and it ran away as if it were running for its life...

It's really a fox biting Lu Dongbin's brother, I don't know the hearts of good people!

"Nannan, Nannan, why are you going? Don't run, come back quickly, I'm about to worship my ancestors, I'm going to be angry when I wait for my mother. Seeing this, Wang Wen, the second lady in the house, cried and laughed and called out to Li Nan.

During the winter solstice festival, Li Sanjian's family is no exception, and they also plan to celebrate the festival lively, so in addition to preparing new clothes, dumplings, chaos, fresh fruits and vegetables, etc., they should also prepare to worship their ancestors, worship Li Sanjian's father Li Qing, and worship Li Sanjian's grandfather Li Xu and grandmother at the same time.

Originally, Li Sanjian planned to get rid of these vulgar rites, but his mother Fu Erniang insisted on refusing, saying that this is a book of forgetting ancestors... As a great unfilial person, Li Sanjian thought about it, so he listened to his mother's training and responded to the matter.

"Erniang... Li Nan looked at the direction of Bai Nier's escape, and then looked at Wang Wen, looking extremely reluctant.

"Let's go, or my mother will be angry." Wang Wen then dragged Li Nan, who was still reluctant to miss Bai Nier, to the "ancestral hall" at home.

The so-called "ancestral hall" in Li Sanjian's house is located on the left side of the courtyard, and a side house is temporarily used as an "ancestral hall".

Worship ancestors have been practiced since ancient times. The ancestral hall is called a "family sacrifice" or "bed sacrifice", and the difference between the ancestral hall and the cemetery sacrifice is that the place of sacrifice is different.

Up to the emperor, hundreds of officials, down to the small people of Dousheng, there are places to worship ancestors in the family, but the name is different, the place where the emperor and some officials worship their ancestors in their homes is called "family temple", and the place where the ancestors are worshiped in the homes of ordinary officials or ordinary people is called "ancestral hall" or "ancestral hall".

The emperor's "family temple" is the "Taimiao".

"Family temple" is not something you can build if you want to, or if you have money, you can build a family temple at will, if you build a family temple arbitrarily, you will be punished by the imperial court for "violating the system" and will be punished.

The Song Dynasty has strict regulations on the establishment of family temples, that is, the official is a product, the Pingzhang Shi or above the four temples, the governor of the political affairs, the privy deputy envoy, the same knowledge of the Privy Council, the signing of the academy above, see Ren Tong Xuanhui envoy, Shangshu, Jiedu envoy, East Palace Shaobao above, all set up three temples, and the rest of the officials are sacrificed to bed.

That is to say, only those who live in the second grade or above can build a family temple, and the rest can only "sleep sacrifice" in the ancestral hall at home.

There is also a big difference between the appearance and furnishings of the family temple and the ancestral hall.

When Wang Wen pulled Li Nan to the ancestral hall of the family, the ancestor worship arranged by Fu Erniang was about to start.

"Sister Wen'er, are you here?" Dressed in new clothes, Cai Rongxue, who was standing at the door of the ancestral hall, saw Wang Wen coming, smiled and took Wang Wen's little hand and walked into the ancestral hall.

Generally speaking, women who are concubines and concubines are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall, let alone participate in ancestor worship, but Li Sanjian's family is an exception. Cai Rongxue knows that although Li Sanjian practices etiquette, he never discriminates against women, as long as it is his woman, he treats her sincerely, although he can't completely achieve a bowl of water, but basically treats everyone equally.

Therefore, although Cai Rongxue disagreed with it in her heart, she did not dare to anger Li Sanjian or cause Li Sanjian's disgust.

The most important thing is that Li Sanjian's mother Fu Erniang is also a concubine, if Cai Rongxue shows a little objection, then it will definitely cause Fu Erniang's bad feelings, and Li Sanjian is a filial son, so things are not good.

There are couplets on both sides of the ancestral hall, the upper one is "the book of the sages of the supremacy of man can be cultivated and read", and the lower one is "virtue is the reward of the ancestors of the rope".

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"A certain life is twenty and one year and the king dies. This year's dust spot Kodi. Gai not only thinks, but also does the revenge of the Son of Man... This is all within the power of the ancestors' lives, and those who disdain it have not been proud enough. If you have this lord, and you rely on the legacy of the ancestors, do you dare to repay it? Tianqi or Zhao Xianjun's order... ”

In the ancestral hall, Fu Erniang led the people of Li Mansion to hold the winter solstice ancestor worship ceremony, at this time Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian and others all put on new clothes, new hats, new socks, new shoes, clothes and other colors will not be colorful and bright, but black, white, blue three colors.

After lighting candles, burning incense, burning paper, setting off firecrackers, etc., Li Sanjian, dressed in black new clothes, read the sacrificial text he wrote, which probably means that Li Sanjian can get to this day, all by virtue of his ancestors... And do not forget the ancestral teachings, continue to fight for the revitalization of the family...

At this time, in the incense burner in front of Li Sanjian's ancestral throne, several pillars of light smoke and long incense were lit, and the slowly burning red candles illuminated the entire ancestral hall, and the crisp sound of striking the copper chime made it seem that the winter solstice ancestor worship is more solemn.

"A kowtow, may the ancestors be bless for all generations!"

"Two kowtows! Three prostrations! ”

If a large family or a prominent family will definitely invite a special master of ceremonies to perform ceremonies, etc., and Li Sanjian's family background is relatively thin, so the old man Zhai Liu will be the master of ceremonies.

After Li Sanjian finished reciting, his descendants knelt and bowed, and so far, Li Sanjian still has no heirs, so Fu Erniang led Li Sanjian, Cai Rongxue, Wang Wen, Li Nan, Shankui and Shankui's wife Wu to kneel and worship.

Shankui was originally a slave who was trafficked and was to be killed for "human sacrifice", and after being rescued by Li Sanjian, he regarded Li Sanjian as a relative, plus Shankui was an orphan and had no one else in the family, so he completely regarded Li Sanjian's home as his own home.

Li Sanjian is the same, and regards Shankui as a sibling.

"Husband!" Fu Erniang then looked at the tablet of her deceased husband Li Qing and cried: "Husband, have you seen it?" Our child, Jian'er, he has a future, not only the champion and the first, but also became an official, but also grew tall and strong, at this time he also married a wife and started a family, husband, the concubine body at this time to live up to your deathbed trust, pull our children up, husband, are you happy? ”

Fu Erniang knelt on the ground, looking at Li Qingzhao's tablet, crying and being stunned, as if she had returned to the time with Li Qing.

Li Sanjian saw that his mother Fu Erniang remembered his deceased father again, and his heart was also extremely uncomfortable, so he gave Cai Rongxue a look, and helped Fu Erniang with Cai Rongxue left and right.

"Mother, why are you doing this?" Li Sanjian helped Fu Erniang and persuaded: "The past is over, don't think about it anymore, we should be happy during the winter solstice." ”

Li Sanjian is not a pedantic person, the son does not allow his mother to marry, and his mother is not allowed to marry again, Fu Erniang is not yet forty years old at this time, why can't he marry again? It's been so many years of widowhood for my father, it's enough, I've done my best, why do I continue to suffer myself?

If Fu Erniang remarries at this time, Li Sanjian will definitely support it, even if he has a fake father, Li Sanjian has some reluctance in his heart, but for the sake of his mother, Li Sanjian is also willing to do so.

But the problem is that the emperor is not in a hurry, and the eunuch is in a hurry to die... In the past, as long as Li Sanjian showed a little bit of meaning in this regard, he was immediately scolded by Fu Erniang, so that Li Sanjian never dared to mention this matter again.

At this time, Li Sanjian had to double his filial piety to Fu Erniang, which not only comforted Fu Erniang, but also comforted himself.

Previously, Li Sanjian wanted to take his maternal grandfather Fu Gui, uncle Fu Mo, Fu Lin and others to Jingshi, in addition to wanting to give them a way out, the biggest purpose was to comfort his mother Fu Erniang.

I have a lot of business, I am not at home all the year round, and I can't accompany my mother every day, after bringing Fu Gui and others here, I believe that with relatives, Fu Erniang will be much happier.

"Mother!" Cai Rongxue also helped Fu Erniang and said with a smile: "What the official said is that the winter solstice festival is waiting for your old man to have a banquet." ”

"Am I old?" Fu Erniang's sadness in her heart only decreased slightly when she heard this, and she asked with a smile after brushing the hair around her ears.

"Not old!" Cai Rongxue smiled and didn't answer, Li Sanjian hurriedly replied: "Mother, you are as beautiful as a flower... It's like a twenty-eight girl. ”

"Phew, it's not big or small, do you say that?" Fu Erniang said angrily.

The two asked and answered, as if they had returned to Li Sanjian's youth, and Fu Erniang also turned sad and said happily: "Xu Biao's mother took it, right?" Let's start eating. ”

Before Xu Biao got married, there was only one old lady in the family, and Fu Erniang was careful, so she ordered Xu Biao's mother to be brought over and spend the winter solstice together.