In the thirty-fifth year of the New Song Dynasty, on August 15, the moon was full.

On the south bank of the river, the Southern Tang Dynasty was immersed in the Mid-Autumn Festival, the word Mid-Autumn Festival was first seen in the "Zhou Li", and the "Book of Rites and Moon Order" said: "The moon of mid-autumn nourishes aging, and the original sentence of the porridge diet is: "It is the moon. Nourish aging. Give a few rods. Eat a porridge diet." At the same time, there are also records of the Mid-Autumn Festival in "Zhou Li, Chunguan" and "Zhouli: Tianguan".

Medal palm, drum, pig. In the middle of the spring day, beat the earth drum, and sing poems to reverse the heat. The same is true for the Mid-Autumn Festival night. Source: "Zhou Li: Spring Official"

Si Qiu's palm is a big Qiu, and he is dressed as a king to worship the sky. Mid-Autumn Festival, offering good fur, Wang Nai line feathers. Source: "Zhou Li: Heavenly Official"

In the Tang Dynasty, the most active activity on the Mid-Autumn Festival was the activity of "women's moon worship", and the Tang Dynasty poet Li Rui described in the poem "Worship the New Moon": Open the curtain to see the new moon, that is, go down to worship. Whisperers don't hear it, and the north wind blows the crony.

Then, when Xuanzong arrived, according to the record of "Kaiyuan Tianbao Legacy: Wangyue Platform": "On the night of August 15, Xuanzong and his concubine came to the Taiye Pool, looking at the moon with the railing, and the emperor was unhappy, so he issued an edict: 'Don't build a hundred-foot platform on the west bank of the pool, and look at the moon with my concubine in the coming year. 'After passing through the soldiers of Lushan, there is no more to be placed, but only the base site. ”

The New Song Dynasty also contains, according to the record of "Tokyo Menghualu": "On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the noble family decorates the pavilion, and the people compete to occupy the restaurant to play the moon"

On this day, many restaurants in Kaifeng City of the New Song Dynasty sell the good wine of Xinkaifeng. The fruit shop is full of fresh fruits, and the bustle of the night market is rare in a year. Dignitaries and wealthy families, admiring the moon in their own pavilions, are elegant and endless. Ordinary citizens are vying to occupy the restaurant first, and get a sneak peek of the moonlight.

To this day, the custom of viewing lanterns is also incorporated into the moon viewing. However, unlike the Lantern Festival, these lanterns are mostly placed on the water, and the hanging lanterns in the markets around the country are also hung to help the moonlight.

The Mid-Autumn Festival activities in the Southern Tang Dynasty are more abundant, "the people give each other moon cakes to take the righteousness of reunion." On the eve of the day, people have the act of admiring the moon, or take the lake and the sea, and travel along the dawn. On the Su Causeway, they sing together, which is no different from the daytime. And on the river, 10,000 'small dot red' (lambskin lamps) are cast, as bright as the stars, which is very impressive. ”

In addition to the Mid-Autumn Festival, you must eat Jinling's famous dish osmanthus duck. "Osmanthus duck" should be marketed when the osmanthus is fragrant, fat but not greasy, delicious and delicious. After drinking, you must eat a small sugar taro and pour cinnamon syrup, which is beautiful.

"Cinnamon syrup", named after Qu Yuan's "Chu Ci Shao Si Ming" "Aiding the North and Drinking Cinnamon Syrup". Cinnamon syrup, a sugar osmanthus, picked around the Mid-Autumn Festival, pickled with sugar and sour plum. The women on the banks of the Qinhuai River are skillful and turn the poems into delicacies on the table. Jinling people enjoy the moon together and call it "celebrating reunion", group sitting and drinking is called "full moon", and traveling to the market is called "walking the moon".

The palace banquet in the palace is more grand, the Mid-Autumn Festival lasts from noon to the evening when the moon stars are scarce, during the palace banquet, the palace door is opened, the lights are bright everywhere, the nobles in the palace gather in Xingqing Palace, ascend to look at the moon, put the palace banquet, help the poems, this day, get drunk for a night, enjoy it.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sound of the palace banquet came slowly from the Xingqing Palace, and the dignitaries and dignitaries who participated in the banquet walked up the stairs one after another.

There was an old man, in the age of a sixtieth year, walking step by step towards the high palace with a cane, and his face looked very different from the others, not jubilant, nor cautious because of the grace he had received, but showed an extremely plain and impatient look.

Probably after these decades, he has looked down on the world, and he seems to have figured out everyone's thoughts, and he disdains to please him, he is different from others, his expression is different, and his clothes are very different.

All the nobles are decorated with gorgeous clothes and jade belts, while the old man only wears a gray and white shirt, and even his hair is tied with dead wood and branches, which looks no different from the old man on the street, but more than his detached worldly temperament.

No one went to pity the old man, not so much no, but not daring, the old man's temper seemed to be very big, every time the young children came forward to help, but the old man stared, and those young children were so frightened that they trembled, and fled one after another.

Finally, he climbed up and saw the three big characters of Xingqing Palace, on crutches, knocking on the ground again and again, and when he entered the door, someone finally dared to step forward to help.

The person who came was a middle-aged man, very thin, with a sallow complexion, as if he was sick, he stepped forward, slightly supported the old man, and said, "Mr. is a great Confucian, you don't have to come to this kind of leisure meeting, you are tired, and thousands of students are afraid that they should be heartbroken!"

"It's time to come or to come, you and I can go in!" The old man's expression changed slightly, and he entered the hall with the support of the man.

Not long after the two entered the palace, there seemed to be some eye-catching things happening outside the Xingqing Palace.

"The third brother's robe is good, but how to look at it is also old, didn't it wear it on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve a few years ago?"

"The eighth brother is really good eyesight, my brother is just such a robe, when to wear it, where to wear it, the eighth brother remembers it perfectly, my brother's house is in short supply, and I can't afford to buy a new robe, no, your imperial sister-in-law turned this out, brother and I have no choice, or, the eighth brother lends me some silver?"

"What my brother said, my brother has been out of the palace for many years, and every time the queen is partial, even my father and the emperor have rewarded me a lot, so don't take advantage of me, the third brother!"

The third brother, the eighth brother is now the third of His Majesty the Emperor, and the eighth son, the two seem to be very incompatible, this is also something that everyone knows, the third prince is deeper, and the eighth prince is a child.

Whenever the eighth prince said it, he ridiculed the three princes as villains everywhere, but the three princes didn't say it every time, after all, they were older brothers, and they couldn't see their little brothers in general.

So, over the years, I have always seen my younger brother looking for trouble with my brother, and outside the palace, the eighth prince seems to have found some fun again.

"Third brother, I heard that there is a woman in your house who is good at raising ducks, and the ducks raised are bigger than ordinary people, and this person is good at cooking, especially osmanthus ducks, and the ducks made are a must in Jinling, I don't know this person, can you lend me a few days?" At a young age, the eighth prince is very well-informed, and when he speaks, he likes to raise his eyebrows and make his eyes, which makes people unclear.

"This ...... Who did you listen to, there is no mother-in-law in my house as you say, even if you want to use it, I can't do anything about it, third brother! The third prince frowned and asked.

"Hey! Third brother, don't hide it, this mother-in-law is not a treasure, it's a big deal that I will exchange ten mother-in-law with you!"

"Eighth brother, this is not a question of whether to change or not, I really don't have it in this house!"

"That's true!"

"Really!"

"Why did you frown when I spoke just now?"

"Do I frown?"

"I just saw it!"

"Eighth brother is dazzled, right?"

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Everyone was embarrassed, so they naturally didn't dare to intervene, such an unprovoked matter, in a few days, it will always happen together, the eighth prince seems to have this bad taste, and the third prince is not angry, let it make trouble.

At the luncheon, the emperor did not appear at the banquet, but was presided over by Li Jingsui, the king of Yan, who is now the younger brother of the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty and is deeply favored.

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If you want to say that it is lively, I am afraid that it will have to wait until the twilight, above the dinner, at that time, the emperor led the ascending to the moon to worship the moon, sang and danced, met hundreds of officials, and Dexing the harem.

The festival atmosphere of the Southern Tang Dynasty is extremely heavy, Jinling City is even more so, not only the palace banquet on the Xingqing Palace, even the banquet in the city has several places, especially the Qinhuai River is the most lively, the twelve Qing boats, the flower boat is coherent for several miles, the singer sings the lyrics every time there is a new championship, there are many people in the upper reaches of the bridge, more drag the family with the mouth, put the river lantern at night, at that time, it is called the real Mid-Autumn Festival full moon night.

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There is an alley called Seventeen Lane on the bank of the Qinhuai River, which is under the jurisdiction of Wutong Street, and today it is a new one, looking at the dress, like the dress of the New Song Dynasty people on the north bank of the river.

Three or four carriages were lying at the mouth of the alley, two big men were busy going in and out, carrying the objects on the carriage, and the leader seemed to be a little girl of five or six years old, standing at the mouth of the alley, pointing to the two big men to be careful.

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Confucius Temple on the bank of the Qinhuai River is crowded, where the Wutong Street is located, there is still a section of the core area of the Confucius Temple, but at this moment, it is also a lot more crowded than usual, plus three or four carriages across the alley, the crowd is crowded here for a while, can not move forward.

"On this Mid-Autumn Festival, is your New Song Dynasty person occupying the street like this?"

The little girl at the entrance of the alley turned her head and saw someone asking in a loud voice, pursed her eyebrows, and came to her with a strong man, and responded, "My family has settled in Lane 17 of Wutong Street today, and in the future, it is the Southern Tang Dynasty, occupying the street is only for a while, and half an hour is good!" Guys, let's take a detour!"

"Pedestrians are cheap, which is the virtue of my Southern Tang Dynasty, but today is different, I am in a hurry to go to the Qinhuai River to see the painting boat, I can't wait for half an hour! Please give way!"

"I told you to wait, you waited, where is there so much gossip, don't you want to eat a certain family's fist?" The strong man beside the little girl seemed to be a little reckless, grabbed the man by the collar, and shouted.

"Hehe, it's a joke, how can you splash groceries like you on Wutong Street, why do you still want to do it?" The man was not afraid, although the man in front of him was really tall and vicious, but he expected that this man would not dare to make a move, after all, there were so many people, and he was afraid that he would be angry.

The man frowned, rolled up his sleeves, and without waiting for the little girl to speak, he picked up the man, pushed away the crowd, and threw him into the Qinhuai River next to him.

With a "plop", the man entered the water, and the splashes in the churning river splashed everywhere.

"Fool, if you dare to shout, I will throw you into the river, but it is not in this river!" The man clapped his hands, as if he had done something extremely casual, and then returned to the little girl, glaring at everyone.

"My family is here today, half an hour, please take a detour!" The little girl smiled and said again to the crowd.

"......"

"Why, you want to go to the river to take a bath...... "The man glared and roared.

Suddenly, the crowd around scattered one after another, and Wutong Street was immediately cleaned, and no one dared to pass here.

"Let's go! Move!"

"Gotcha!"

The two of them, one big and one small, took steps to start the work they had to do today.