Chapter 22 Mid-Autumn Festival
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For thousands of years, although Qingzhou City has undergone several changes, it has always been an important center of Qilu. Since the Tang Dynasty, Qingzhou has been one of the major states in the world. After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Qingzhou City has always been the place where the envoys of Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu are located.
Tang Dynasty was the king of Qi first, and then was named the king of Longxi County by the imperial court Ziqing Pinglu Jiedu envoy Li Na, when he was in charge of Qingzhou, in order to facilitate pleasure, ordered people to widen and deepen the Nanyang River, so that it is convenient for boating on the water, and built pavilions and pavilions on the banks of the Nanyang River.
Since then, Nanyang River has become an excellent place for literati, famous prostitutes and ordinary people. On the surface of the Nanyang River, there is an endless stream of painting workshops all day long. In today's Great Song Dynasty, the two grandest festivals in Qingzhou, the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Festival and the Yuan Xi Lantern Festival, are both held on the Nanyang River.
Qingzhou City in the Great Song Dynasty was not only the seat of Qingzhou Prefecture, but also the location of Jingdong Road in the Great Song Dynasty. At this time, Qingzhou was known as the "big country in the East", and Qingzhou City enjoyed the lofty reputation of "Haidai Famous Capital" and "Eastern Xia Capital".
During the Northern Song Dynasty, thirteen prime ministers served as governors of Qingzhou. Kou Zhun, Wang Zeng, Chen Zhizhong, Xia Zhu, Fu Bi, Fan Zhongyan, Wen Yanbo, Ouyang Xiu, etc., all of whom have served as the governor of Qingzhou, said that "the county has thirteen sages and the world is unparalleled called Shangzhi, and the country is the first district in ancient times at the age of 800", which shows the prosperity of Qingzhou in the Song Dynasty. Of course, this is a later story, but it also shows the important position of Qingzhou in the Great Song Dynasty.
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When Zhong Hao, Wan'er and Xu had dinner and walked on the streets, the streets and alleys of Qingzhou City were already crowded.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the grandest festivals of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the streets and alleys of Qingzhou City have been lively since the daytime.
And in the evening, the carnival and excitement of the Mid-Autumn Festival reach a climax.
There is no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, and the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Shangyuan Festival, the two most important and lively festivals in the Great Song Dynasty, are not even closed in Qingzhou City.
The excitement and joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival. It will last all night, and it will gradually dissipate until the early morning of the second day.
Looking at the lively scene in the streets and alleys, Zhong Hao felt: The people of the Great Song Dynasty are still very happy, at least there is nightlife to live. Of course, I am also glad that I have traveled to the Great Song Dynasty, if I go to another dynasty, there will be a curfew as soon as the drum sounds at three o'clock, which is a nightmare for Zhong Hao, who is used to living a nightlife from later generations. You must know that in history, except for the Song Dynasty, other dynasties have implemented curfews.
Soon after dinner, the people of Qingzhou City came out from each house and gathered in the most prosperous street downtown centered on Haidai Street and Nanyang River.
Not only the people in Qingzhou City, but also the farmers and people outside the city took advantage of the rare leisure after the autumn harvest to enter the city to participate in this grand carnival. In the counties under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, there are also countless literati and scholars, wealthy businessmen and ladies, who have worked tirelessly to come to Qingzhou to participate in this grand event.
The lanterns on Haidai Street and the banks of the Nanyang River are weaving everywhere, like a mighty and unquenchable fire. Hawkers shouted and peddled their wares; The dragon and lion dance procession walks by, beating gongs and drums; There are also jugglers who gather in the streets, bustling with people.
When Zhong Hao and the three of them passed through the crowded crowd and arrived at the bank of the Nanyang River, the bank of the Nanyang River was already crowded with people, like a sea of joy.
The banks of the Nanyang River are hung with countless lanterns, the lights are bright, and the Nanyang River at this time is like a bright pearl of Qingzhou City.
In a brothel village on the bank of the Nanyang River, there is a faint singing voice to solicit guests, and sometimes you can see the dance inside, and people go in and out from time to time, which is very lively.
In the brothel of each family, the slightly famous Qinglou women have a place to go tonight, and occasionally seats can be found in the hall, and from time to time there will be news on the street that there is a new oven of a certain son, which is one of the highlights of tonight's grand festival carnival. Then you can hear a famous prostitute in a green building chanting this poem. Soon, I could hear the news that another son's masterpiece was also released.
Talented people compete with each other, and the beauties decorate these talents with a beautiful crimson atmosphere.
Of course, the lively festival is indispensable for lantern riddles, performances, moon viewing and other links. Talented and beautiful people are competing in poetry, singing and dancing, while most of the ordinary people are enjoying the lanterns and watching the excitement.
The way of poetry has flourished since the Tang Dynasty, and after hundreds of years of development, the status of poetry has reached a glorious position. Although being able to write good poetry does not necessarily mean that you are capable, if you can really write a good poem, it will definitely not lack respect and courtesy wherever you go.
The elegant atmosphere is the imprint of this era.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, there were many literati who brought their poems to recommend themselves to high-ranking officials, and there were many excellent works. Poetry has also become an important weapon for literati to win the appreciation and recommendation of those in high positions.
Now the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty, who once served as the British prince Xia Zhu of Qingzhou, when he was young, he once brought a poem of "the mountain bee waist is broken, and the stream swallowtail is divided", and bowed down in front of the prime minister at that time, Li Xin, so as to get Li Xin's recommendation. Xia Zhu also became the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty step by step from a small military attache of the "three-class messenger", thus achieving a good story in the Great Song Dynasty.
During the Tang and Song dynasties, the flourishing and vast poetry culture has precipitated into the foundation of the entire society and has become the most shining part of the history of the development of Chinese civilization. Countless masterpieces such as the stars and Hengsha set off the most important part of the Han civilization.
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At this time, in Qingzhou City, Haidai Street and Nanyang River are the most lively and prosperous places. And in these prosperous places, there are a number of merchants put out of the display boards, each talent can get their hands on the poetry works, one after another gathered here, from time to time someone recited aloud, there are also shrewd merchants in front of the display board to arrange a girl who can sing a song to sing a paragraph.
On the streets, in the nearby teahouses and restaurants, in large and small gatherings, literati and students shook their heads and commented on the best poems, appreciating whose poems could be sung the longest. Even the small people in the market who have never studied can feel such an artistic conception in such an atmosphere, and discuss with the people around them, and get some elegance.
Zhong Hao has been in the Great Song Dynasty for a few months, and I feel that this is the essence of truly seeing the true prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty.
The joy and liveliness completely infected Zhong Hao, and he pulled Wan'er and Xu to shuttle through the crowded crowd, watching juggling, guessing lantern riddles, buying snacks, and watching people compete in poetry.
Zhong Hao and the three of them had just stood up after eating a few strings of lotus duck sticks at a small food stall, and Wan'er shouted: "Ah, rock sugar gourd!" I'm going to eat rock sugar gourd. ”
Zhong Hao looked at Wan'er's little hand carrying a packet of pine nut candy. I saw a merchant selling rock sugar gourds not far away, all kinds of red, green, and green rock sugar gourds were inserted on a pole wrapped with thick linen cloth, not only the rock sugar gourd of hawthorn, but also mountain red, begonia fruit, grapes, hemp yams, walnut kernels, bean paste and so on. Zhong Hao walked over, waved his big hand, and shouted heroically: "Let's get the same one!" ”
"Ah, Brother Hao is the best!" Wan'er said happily.
Xu Shi said angrily on the side: "Da Lang spends money again!" Of course, the Xu family just said casually that now they have a lot of income every month, and they can still afford to spend this money.
Zhong Hao took the six or seven strings of various rock sugar gourds handed by the merchant and asked Wan'er to pick them first.
"I want hemp yams, walnuts, and bean paste." Wan'er picked up three in one go.
Xu picked a begonia fruit casually, and Zhong Hao picked up the hawthorn's rock sugar gourd and ate it.
Mid-autumn and August is the season of hawthorn harvest, Zhong Hao bites a hawthorn fruit wrapped in maltose syrup, the skin is crispy, a little not sticky to the teeth, chew a few times, sweet and sour together.