"It's a full moon night again!"

Looking up at the starry sky, the full moon high above is so white, if the beads are round and round, emitting a soft light.

Gao Zhi stood in the long pavilion in the mansion with his hands in his hands, sighed lightly, and his eyes wandered.

All in all, today is the Lantern Festival.

The first month of the lunar calendar can also be called "January Month", the ancients called the night "Xiao", because the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the first full moon night of the year, so the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the "Lantern Festival".

Speaking of which, Gao Zhi also came to this world to know that the original Lantern Festival originated in the Han Dynasty, and the cause was the famous "Zhulu Rebellion" in history.

Since the death of Liu Bang, the former ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, the son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Hui was cowardly and indecisive by nature, and the power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu.

After Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness, Empress Lu monopolized the government and turned the Liu family into the Lu family's world, and the old ministers in the court, the Liu clan were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of the cruelty of the Empress Lu and dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

After Empress Lü fell ill and died, Zhu Lü was terrified and feared being hurt and ostracized.

So, they secretly gathered at the house of General Lu Lu and conspired to cause chaos in order to completely seize Liu's country.

This matter reached the ears of Liu Nang, the king of Qi of the Liu clan, and Liu Nang, in order to protect the Liu family, decided to raise troops to crusade against Zhu Lu, and then got in touch with the founding ministers Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to lift Lu Lu, and the "Zhulu Rebellion" was finally completely quelled.

After the rebellion, the ministers supported Liu Bang's second son, Liu Heng, to ascend the throne and called Emperor Wen of Han.

Emperor Wen deeply felt that the peaceful and prosperous era was not easy to come by, so he set the fifteenth day of the first month to quell the "Zhulu Rebellion" as a day of joy with the people, and every family in the capital put up lanterns to celebrate.

Since then, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month has become a folk festival celebrated by the whole world - "Lantern Festival".

That is, the Lantern Festival inherited by later generations.

According to the liveliness of later generations, the traditional customs of the Lantern Festival include traditional folk performances such as going out to admire the moon, lighting lanterns and setting off fires, guessing lantern riddles, eating Lantern Festival, playing dragon lanterns, playing lions, stepping on stilts, rowing boats, and playing Taiping drums.

However, the Han Dynasty did not have so many rules, and only needed to light the lamp on the day.

It was night, just like the lights on the four sides of the city, and the lights and the stars in the sky reflected each other.

To tell the truth, it was also the first time for Gaozhi to face the large-scale customs of ancient holidays.

Burn the lamp...

With the passage of time, there will be no special lights lit in modern times, compared to modern neon lights, Gao Zhi feels that these handmade bamboo lantern lights are more charming.

Although with Lu Bu's ascension to the throne, with the unremitting efforts of him and Lu Bu, the power of Bingzhou continued to accumulate and expand outward.

The prestige of the white horse spear Gao Changgong is also spreading day by day, and the glory and wealth and power are growing day by day.

In this era, he can also pat his chest and say that he is worthy of the identity of the traverser.

It's just that the joy is getting less and less...

Power, and freedom, perhaps, are really opposites, right?

"Why are you here? Mother and mother are all in the front yard, waiting to worship heaven and earth! ”

Lu Lingqi's light voice came from behind her.

Gao Zhi came back to his senses in a trance, turned his head to look at Lu Lingqi, and smiled.

"It's okay, I'm just thinking about something."

"Let's get over here." Gao Zhi stepped forward to hold Lu Lingqi, and the two joined hands and walked to the front hall.

Lantern Festival, as an official, they also need to have a ritual.

For example, the object of the Son of Heaven's sacrifice to the heavens is to worship the Taiyi God, and the sacrifice is carried out in spring and autumn, and the location is usually located in the southeastern suburbs.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the sacrifice of the Taiyi God was also officially set on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. (Taiyi: the god who rules all the universe), it is the reason why Sima Qian created the "Taichu Calendar", and also deliberately listed the Lantern Festival as a major festival.

Although there are some suspicions of pretending to be posturing, but etiquette cannot be abolished, this is also the "rule" of this era, even today's Zhao Wang Lu Bu cannot avoid it.

Officials, big and small, carrying large and small gifts, have gathered in the front yard, and when Gao Zhi arrives, everyone will start the ceremony.

From today's highest official, Lu Bu, who was canonized as the king of Zhao, as the leader, stepped forward to light incense and worship heaven and earth.

After that, the civil officials recited the speeches with a focused expression, and then one after another, the officials came forward to give gifts, and the oil lamps were ready.

A basket of prepared baskets of lamps, which were enslaved by servants and maids, were arranged in an orderly manner like an assembly line.

Then there are guards, who take two steps forward and use torches to light the lights, which are full of smoke and brilliant lights!

...

"Whew...", he exhaled a long breath of turbidity, and finally ended the "ceremony" that lasted for an hour, and Gao Zhi felt that he was about to shed a layer of skin.

Next time!

Next time, he will definitely not participate in such a tedious ceremony again!

After setting up the flag, Gao Zhi's eyes flowed, and his gaze fell on the face of Lu Lingqi, who was pouting and also depressed.

Looking at Lu Lingqi's aggrieved and depressed little face, Gao Zhi laughed shamefully.

"Hehe, Lingqi, come with me to the front hall next night, and I'll make you something delicious." When Lu Lingqi's suspicious gaze swept over, Gao Zhi whispered, and while changing the topic, he stepped forward to hug Lu Lingqi's soft waist.

"What?" Lu Lingqi did not resist, obediently leaned on Gao Zhi's chest, slightly stunned, her beautiful eyes turned, staring at Gao Zhi at close range, seeing his mysterious expression, she suddenly became a little curious.

"Hey, Secret, I'll surprise you later." Gao Zhi didn't reveal it, kissed his wife, smiled and withdrew, and went away.

“... Really, it's a bad thing, it's always pretended! Spit out her little fragrant tongue, Lu Lingqi looked at Gao Zhi's back, and complained angrily.

The corners of his mouth were quietly curled.

The love between husband and wife is always accumulated bit by bit.

....

In the middle of the night, Lu Lingqi tiptoed, softly came to the place that Gao Zhi had agreed, pushed the door in, and carefully closed the door, her little nose twitched slightly.

"It smells so good! What is it? Lu Lingqi looked in the direction of the aroma.

On the stove, a bowl of soup, accompanied by a half-open cauldron, wafts the aroma.

In the Han Dynasty, there were clay stoves similar to those commonly used in the countryside today, and even ovens similar to today, and in some places, ceramic utensils have appeared for people's daily use.

Today's Zhao Wangfu will naturally not be lacking.

However, Lu Lingqi is not focusing on this now.

She looked at it curiously, the white round food in the bowl, although she didn't taste it, it was not difficult to guess that it was a pasta.

Although the Han Dynasty was still generally eating wheat and corn, the spread rate of rice was still less, and at this time, wheat was still widely used, but in fact, the application of rice still existed.

Moreover, due to the Han Dynasty, due to mutual communication with the Western Regions, a lot of food culture from the Western Regions flowed into the Central Plains and was absorbed by the Han Dynasty.

For example, the existence of Hu cakes is very similar to the current naan, compared with the steamed noodles of the Qin Dynasty before, the taste of Hu cakes in the Han Dynasty is indeed much ahead, and the integration of various cultures, at least, the Han Dynasty has a deep insight into the improvement of pasta.

"You taste it." Gao Zhi gave Lu Lingqi a bowl and handed it over.

"Hmm... It's so sweet! You... Did you put caramel in it? Lu Lingqi's beautiful eyes narrowed, feeling the sweet taste blooming in her mouth, half enjoyment, half curiosity asked.

"Well, it's made especially for you, or I made it myself, and I call it this food, it's called tangyuan." Gao Zhi grinned and laughed.

The conditions are limited, and there are no bells and whistles in later generations, so the glutinous rice balls he made are indeed the caramel in Lu Lingqi's mouth.

The word "starch" appeared in ancient Chinese books in the Han Dynasty, and starch sugar may have been the earliest hard candy.

In the "Seven Distinctions" written by Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is a sentence of "sand and stone honey".

The word "saga" here refers to the fact that the prepared sugar has tiny crystals, which can be regarded as the prototype of granulated sugar.

"Is it delicious?" Gao Zhi asked.

"Well, it's delicious!" Lu Lingqi used a scoop of spoon again, scooped up a rice ball, and handed it to Gao Zhi's mouth.

"You eat too."

"Good! Let's eat together! ”

"Hmm!"

"It's so sweet."

"Well, it's the same as your little mouth."

"Nasty! ... Hmm..."

The moonlight sprinkled, but the figure had been stacked from two to one....

The moon is full in the sky, and the people on earth are happy!

I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival!