During the Yongping period of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ming advocated Buddhism, ordered the lamp to be lit on the evening of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and personally went to the temple to show respect for the gods, the custom of putting lamps on the Shangyuan Festival began from this, and there is a legend, Shangyuan started from Wei, because of the respect for the Taoist priests, that is, Taoism has the upper, middle and lower three elements, the Shangyuan Tianguan fire official in the three official emperors was born on the fifteenth day of the first month, so the fifteenth day of the first month is the Shangyuan, the birthday of the fire official, naturally to put the lamp on fire.

But the above is just folklore, the actual origin of the Shangyuan Festival, is from the first year of the Song Dynasty Jianlong, this year's New Year's Eve, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin climbed the Xuande Gate Tower, only to see the lights and candles, a prosperous and peaceful scene, Song Taizu was happy in his heart, and specially asked the minister Li Fang next to him: How are the characters compared to the five generations? Li Fang replied: The prosperity of people and things is several times that of five generations.

This probably triggered Zhao Kuangyin's idea of celebrating with the Shangyuan lantern, so on the first day of the fifth year of Qiande, on the grounds that the year is rich and the rice is cheap, the special edict Kaifeng Mansion will be placed on the Shangyuan Festival, and it will be held for 15 or 16 nights, and it is advisable to indulge the people and have fun, and it has been a practice since then.

In addition to the Song Dynasty's factors of needing to indulge the people's pleasure to regulate the festive atmosphere based on the strength of the country, there are also the traditional factors of the people putting up lanterns and being happy on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the Tang Dynasty before the Song Dynasty.

"Wenyu, what are you doing in a hurry to pull me out?" Walking on a brightly lit street, looking at the crowds that were more crowded than during the day, Chu Zhen felt a lot of emotion in his heart, if it was in modern times, it would be difficult to see such a traditional festival scene, just two steps out of the house, Chu Zhen felt a scorching heat wave hitting him.

This heat wave is made of incense mist, by the color mountain, by the beautiful costume, by the lamps of the family, by the brocade tent everywhere, by the bright flower market, by the dazzling golden lotus, by the flowing water of the car, such as the dragon of the horse, by the endless stream of carnival crowds gathered, walking in the streets of Bianliang City, there is really a heavy incense mist, the moon is thick, the terrace fairy battle in the colorful clouds.

"I heard that this year's Dengshan is placed in front of the Daxiangguo Temple, and Caiqing invited us to watch it together." Chu Jue said, and Jun showed a hint of excitement on his face.

"Then what are you waiting for, let's go quickly, we won't be able to squeeze into Xiangguo Temple if it's late." Chu Zhen said with great interest, and his walking speed was much brisker.

All kinds of lamps gather in one place, its highest achievement is the lamp mountain, can also be called Ao Mountain, Tokyo's lamp mountain is usually in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival a few days before the beginning of the binding, the erection time is long, the scale is large, up to 16 zhang high, 365 steps wide, there are two Ao pillars in the middle, 24 zhang long, two with a golden dragon wrapped around the pillar, each dragon mouth lights a lamp, called the double dragon title, such a spectacular scene, Chu quality only in the memory of the understanding, now there is a chance, of course I want to see it again.

"Second brother, it seems to be as you expected." Following the crowd, he walked in the direction of Daxiangguo Temple with difficulty, walked for about half an hour, and came to the front of Baokang, Chu Jue said bitterly: "We don't seem to be able to squeeze in." ”

Although there are still a hundred steps to get to the front of the Great Xiangguo Temple, but in the space of just a hundred steps, I don't know how many people have been squeezed to come to watch the lights, the crowds are crowded, bustling, noisy and noisy, but vaguely you can still see the spectacular scene of the lamp mountain, next to the lamp mountain, there is a big platform with colored ribbons around the basin-shaped, there are many wooden statues of fairy Buddha chariots and horses set up in the platform, there are up to ten numbers, the long rod that ends the colored silk, the rod is hung with the papier-mâché character image of the hundred operas, they fly by the breeze, like the gods floating in the sky.

"This is not in a hurry, there are so many people, I don't know how to find Caiqing." Chu Zhen chuckled, and turned his body sideways with difficulty, avoiding a trace of space and letting people through.

"No need to look for it, I'm already here." With his hands on Chu Zhen and Chu Jue's shoulders, Gao Shilin smiled and poked out his head, his judgment was really right, waiting here is really wise.

"Why are you here?" Chu Jue asked in surprise.

"When I came, I was like you, I couldn't squeeze in, so I had to wait here." Gao Shilin said with a smile.

"Caiqing, looking at this situation, I'm afraid it's not possible to watch the light mountain." Chu Zhen said with a smile, and he didn't feel strange, after all, this is the only way from Chu Mansion to Xiangguo Temple, and Gao Shilin is waiting here, which shows that his mind is not confused.

"I didn't intend to invite you to view the Mountain of Lights." Gao Shilin smiled and said, "Two, please come with my son." ”

Chu Zhen and Chu Jue glanced at each other, followed Gao Shilin and walked a few steps, and came to a carriage, the body of this carriage is beautiful, carefully carved with various patterns, the four corners are hung with golden copper bells, and the wind makes a pleasant sound, the carriage is richly decorated, and the seat is also cushioned with silk cotton tuanpu, and people are very comfortable to sit on.

"Caiqing, where are you taking us? It's not like you're going to sell us. The carriage drove smoothly along the street, and Chu Zhen, who was sitting in the car, said with a chuckle.

"I've thought about it too, but someone has to do it." Gao Shilin laughed.

Between talking and laughing, the carriage slowly drove into a relatively quiet place in the flow of people and vehicles in the carved wheels and embroidered hubs and green covers, where the lights were brilliant, but the pedestrians were relatively scarce, and from time to time you could see the incense car treasure cover that was hugging in front and back.

"Caiqing, what kind of place is this?" Lowering the curtain of the car with his hand, Chu Zhi asked curiously, all he saw on the road were mansions with pink walls and tiles and blue brick cornices, how could it not make people suspicious.

"Bianliang City." Gao Shilin smiled and said softly.

"Nonsense, of course I do." Glancing at Gao Shilin, Chu Zhen said, "Where is this Bianliang City?" Or rather, where are you going to take us? ”

"Jing Chun, don't worry, I won't sell you." Gao Shilin said with a smile, with a smug look in his eyes.

"It seems to be the Imperial Road ahead." Chu Jue said suddenly.

"Wenyu has been here?" Gao Shilin asked in surprise.

"I think I've been here before, but I don't remember exactly." Frowning and recalling carefully for a moment, Chu Jue shook his head and said, vaguely having a memory, but unfortunately it was vague.

"Michi? Caiqing, are you going to take us to the palace? Chu Zhen said slowly, and his mind began to fluctuate.

"Jing Chun, you're too good at guessing." Gao Shilin exclaimed, and when Chu Zhen and Chu Jue misunderstood that the purpose of this trip was really the palace and their faces changed greatly, he smiled and said: "It's a pity that I didn't guess correctly this time, what kind of place is the palace, how can I let me go." ”

"Gao Caiqing, tell me the truth." Chu Zhi's face changed again, gritted his teeth and said, folding his sleeves casually.

"I said it's not enough?" Thinking of Chu Zhi's perverted strength, Gao Shilin hurriedly said: "Since you can't watch the lamp mountain of Daxiangguo Temple, let's come to Jingling Palace to watch the lights." ”