Chapter 27 Qixi Festival

Since the opening of the Zuixian Building, the business has been booming every day, this day is the Chinese Valentine's Day, and there is still an endless stream of people who come to the Zuixian Building to dine. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info only because on this day, Zuixianlou not only invited the troupe to come to the hall on the first floor, but also launched a Qiaoguo with the characteristics of Shandong, and each box gave a plate. I heard that in the future, every festival will launch similar features, which makes many guests look forward to it.

The Qixi Festival began in the Han Dynasty, in the Eastern Jin Dynasty Ge Hong's "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" there is a record that "Han Cai women often wear seven-hole needles in the placket on July 7, and people are accustomed to it", and the needle begging here is also one of the customs of the Qixi Festival.

"The Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao" contains: Tang Taizong and his concubines have a night banquet in the Qing Palace every Qixi Festival, and the palace ladies beg for their own tricks, and this custom has endured for a long time among the people, continuing from generation to generation. According to legend, on this night every year, it is the time when the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd meet once a year at Queqiao. The Weaver Girl is a wise, kind, and ingenious fairy, and the women of the mortal world beg her for wisdom and skill on this night, as well as for a happy marriage.

For young girls, the seventh day of July is the Qixi Festival, and for the famous scholars, this day is the Kuixing Festival, and they want to worship the Kuixing. Among the 28 nights, the Big Dipper is the brightest, which can be used to discern the direction at night. The first star of the Big Dipper is called Kuixing, also known as Kuishou.

It is said that the seventh day of July is Kuixing's birthday, Kuixing's literary affairs, and those who want to seek fame and fame especially respect Kuixing, so they must worship on the day of Qixi Festival, praying for him to bless himself with good luck in the examination. After the rise of the imperial examination system, people called the champion "Da Kui Tian Corporal", and the scholars called Qixi "Kui Xing Festival", also known as "Book Festival".

Early this morning, Wang Lun took the little scholar Lingguan to Kuixing Temple to worship, hoping that Kuixing would bless him from high school. Kuixing Temple is on the edge of the county school, which is also for the convenience of students to worship back and forth. After Wang Lun and Xiao Lingguan worshiped Kuixing, they went to the county school to see Old Master Liu, and chatted until noon, and then went back to the Drunken Immortal Building after eating with Old Master Liu.

"Young master, I only knew that July 7 was the day when the Cowherd and Weaver Girl met on Qixi Festival, why is it still the Kuixing Festival and the Book Festival?" On the way to Kuixing Temple in the morning, Wang Lun told the little spirit official about the purpose of worshipping Kui Xing, but did not say the origin of worshipping Kui Xing.

"This ...... This is the same as the worship of Confucius and the stars of Wenqu by scholars, and it has become a festival over time. In fact, Wang Lun also doesn't know the origin of the Kuixing Festival, "This is a kind of sustenance for one's own hope, which stems from the psychology of worship." ”

"Then how did the book festival come about?" Xiao Lingguan carried forward his spirit of being studious and inquisitive, and continued to ask.

"This ......" Wang Lun's knowledge in his stomach is limited after all, and he can't answer it for a while.

"Haha, does the young master have something he doesn't know!" Seeing that Wang Lun was stumped, Xiao Lingguan was proud in his heart, and made sarcastic remarks about Wang Lun.

Wang Lun was agitated by the little spirit official, and his face couldn't hold back, and he remembered how to answer. So Wang Lun pretended to be profound and said: "How could I not know! ”

Wang Lun raised his hand and gave the little Lingguan a burst, and the painful little Lingguan rubbed his head.

"According to legend, during the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Master Sanzang came back from Tianzhu and passed by a big river called Tongtian River...... Wang Lun told Xiao Lingguan the second half of the story of Tongtianhe in "Journey to the West".

Although Xiao Lingguan usually listens to Wang Lun's stories, it is the first time he has heard stories of demons and monsters.

"Tang Sanzang was thrown into the water by the old turtle of the Tongtian River, and for a moment the waves were monstrous, the lightning flashed and thundered, and the scriptures were also wet. Finally, he finally went ashore to avoid the wind, fog, thunder, and lightning, and Master Sanzang found that the sutra bag was wet, so he opened the sutra and put it in the sun to dry. Later, after Master Sanzang returned to China, this matter was known, and over time it evolved into today's Book Festival. ”

Wang Lun finally said to himself that he had compiled a book festival, and the little spirit official listened to the story and was fascinated by it, and he didn't find any flaws in Wang Lun.

Wang Lun was addicted to telling stories, and at the same time, he was afraid that the little Lingguan would ask some strange questions, so he told the little Lingguan about the ancients.

Liu Yiqing's "The World Speaks New Words" records such a story, Hao Long is a famous man in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he is witty by nature. When he was young, he read without books and had a reputation for erudition, and he was proud of it. On July 7, everyone posted books, but Hao Long ran to lie down in the sun to dry his belly, and when someone asked him why he did this, he replied: I dry books. ”

Xiao Lingguan listened to the story attentively, just curious about the content, but ignored the inconsistencies between the two stories told by Wang Lun. If it was a book festival in the Tang Dynasty, how could anyone post books in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

The county school is not far from Zuixianlou, and Wang Lun and the two arrived on the street of Zuixianlou after a while. Habitually looking at the Drunken Immortal Tower, Wang Lun happened to see two people entering the Drunken Immortal Building one after the other.

"Why is he here again?" Wang Lun thought to himself. Although Wang Lun only has one side of the relationship with the person who came, Wang Lun admits that he will not admit his mistake about the person's clothing and appearance.

With something on his mind, Wang Lun didn't delay any longer, and took the little spirit official back to the Drunken Immortal Building quickly. As soon as he entered the Zuixian Building, Wang Lun first noticed that the opera team had stopped performing and there was no one. Du Qian, Wang Xin, and Zhao Xiaoliu were busy upstairs and downstairs.

"Hey! Brother, there are a lot of guests today. Du Qian had just finished delivering a plate of Qiaoguo, and when he saw Wang Lun, he said with a smile. If there are still tricks in the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will definitely be more people. ”

Wang Lun's mind was not on business at this time, and he asked Du Qian directly: "What about the two people who just came in?" ”

"What two people?" Du Qian was just serving food and greeting guests, but he didn't know which two Wang Lun was asking.

Wang Lun frowned slightly when he saw that Du Qian didn't pay attention to the two people who came in, he didn't have a good impression of the people who had just come in.

"That's right, brother! After you left in the morning, the two said they were looking for you. "Du Qian remembered one thing, thinking that the person who came in the morning was the person Wang Lun inquired about." One claimed to be Xiao Shusheng, and the other didn't know that Zhu Gui was accompanying him on the third floor. ”

As soon as he heard Du Qian's words, Wang Lun knew that it was probably Xiao Rang who came with a friend, and nine times out of ten it was Jin Dajian. At this time, Wang Lun didn't care about looking for the person who had just come in, and ordered Du Qian to continue to take care of the downstairs. Xiao Lingguan also stayed downstairs to help, and he went directly to the third floor himself.

The third floor has always been a place for Wang Lun to meet guests, and there are not many people who usually come up, but today he was brought up by Zhu Gui just because Xiao Rang came to visit Wang Lun. Wang Lun told Zhu Gui that he liked Xiao Rang's skills, so Xiao Rang brought friends to Zhu Gui to entertain him.

"Wang Lun is late to return, guilty of sin!" Wang Lun entered the room and saw that it was Xiao Rang, so he made a gesture.

Xiao Rang saw Wang Lun enter the door and stood up, and the friend beside him also stood up. I only heard Xiao Rang say: "Where is it, it is clear that my friends and I know the benefits of your drunken immortal building, and we have come to be an uninvited guest!" ”