Chapter 412: Lord Ding Zhai Explains the Lantern Festival (I)
Yanon, what are you thinking about standing here in a daze? Liang Chibin and Liang Yulian took the New Year's goods, and saw Huineng standing in front of the thatched hut meditating halfway up the mountain, so they quickened their pace and came from the path on the mountainside.
"Ah, Chi Bin and Yulian, you two brothers and sisters are here." Huineng greeted him. I saw Liang Chibin carrying a bag of rice on his back, holding a live chicken in his hand, Liang Yulian holding a side of pork, yuba, mushrooms, precious silk, yellow bud white, etc., as well as firecrackers, couplets, ingots, candle incense, etc.
"Brother Yaneng, come and get it!" Liang Yulian said as she handed over the New Year's goods in her hand to Huineng.
Liang Chibin put down the bag of rice, wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hand, and panted slightly, "Just went out not far away, this chicken broke off the rope and walked out, and chased it for a while before catching it, so it was too late." ”
"You really have the heart of our mother and son." Li heard the voices of Liang Chibin's two siblings and Hui Neng, and walked out of the house.
Liang Chibin said to the Li family: "Auntie, you are polite to us again, Yamei, hurry up and help your aunt wash the pot and boil water to kill the chickens and worship the gods, Ya Dad said that tonight I will invite my aunt and Brother Ya Neng to our house for the New Year's dinner, and Ya Dad is at home." ”
"Brother Yaneng, what were you thinking just now? Thinking so intrigued. "I haven't seen her for a few days, such as every three autumns, Liang Yulian wants to stay with Huineng for a while, so she asks this and that.
Huineng: "When I was a child, I was thinking about the New Year and Ya Daddy sticking couplets, listening to my mother's story about the New Year, wearing the new clothes made by my mother and walking around the village, to show off, to tease Li Shi, and to walk around with Xiao Di in the village, go around, go through the village to see the lion dance and dragon dance!" ”
Liang Yulian coquettishly: "What else? Did you want to ......?"
Huineng smiled slightly: "Sister Lian, what do you want to say?!" ”
"I'm ...... Think...... Say, Brother Yaneng, do you want your little sister next door to suck it! Liang Yulian leaned against Li's side as she spoke, her eyes resting on Huineng's face.
Huineng was asked by Liang Yulian like this, and she didn't know how to answer for a while. When he thought of the time when he used his mouth to suck out the snake venom in Li Lan's body, chased her to play in the mountain behind the village, and inadvertently touched the raised Jade Girl Peak on her chest with both hands and quickly dodged away like thunder and lightning, his face was as red as Guan Gong, and he said hesitantly: "Yes...... Go with her...... Lion Dance ..... And also...... Go to the king. ”
Liang Yulian enviously: "Brother Yaneng, you people outside, the New Year's program is so rich, you are happy to listen to it!" When it comes to lion and dragon dances, we also have a king here for the New Year! Shall I take you to see the king then? It's so lively......"
Liang Yulian was so happy that she walked up to Huineng like a child, stretched out her right index finger, looked at Huineng affectionately and said, "Okay! Let's hook our fingers ......"
"As long as you talk a lot, you talk endlessly!" Liang Chibin glared at his sister.
Liang Yulian looked at Liang Chibin: "Brother Yaneng hasn't answered me yet, so I'm still not going!" ”
I see you're October mustard - a flower! Why don't you hurry up and go into the house to help your aunt boil water and kill chickens to serve the gods. Liang Chibin yelled at his sister.
"If you have a big king, why don't you go!" Huineng stepped forward at the right time and said to the two brothers and sisters.
"Good, good, good, I'm afraid you can't do it! Auntie, let's go into the house and boil water and kill the chickens, and let them post couplets. Liang Yulian glared at her brother, grimaced, and then held the chicken in her right hand and Li in her left hand, and went into the house as she spoke.
"As soon as you brothers and sisters came, it immediately became much more lively." Li looked at Liang Chibin and Liang Yulian, and a smile appeared on his face, which was rarely seen.
Huineng and Liang Chibin were also busy in front of the house. After they had pasted the couplets and door gods, Li scooped up the steaming pork and chicken from the pot, put them on a large plate, took them out of the kitchen, and put them on the tray handed over by Liang Yulian.
Liang Yulian set up the countertop, and Li put the pork and chicken on the tray on the countertop, and then placed the incense burner; Liang Yulian duly placed three wine glasses in front of the incense burner, filled them with wine, and Li lit a pair of candles and an incense stick, and began to worship the gods......
A series of actions of the Li family, Liang Yulian cooperated very tacitly, proud like a mother and daughter who get along day and night.
Liang Chibin just wanted to draw a match to light it, but Liang Yulian pulled out a burning fan from the incense burner and came over and lit the firecracker.
With Liang Yulian's "haha" laughter, the string of firecrackers also "crackled".
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Early in the morning of the Lantern Festival, Liang Yulian stepped on the mountain in a joyful atmosphere and invited Huineng to go to the village to see the king.
Huineng: "Okay. ”
Wudong Village under Tianlu Mountain ushered in the grand festival of "Walking King" on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.
There are more than 10 workshops in Wudong Village, each of which has an "authoritative king" handed down from their ancestors. These clay or wood carvings of the king are usually enshrined in the temple at the head of the village. On the day of "Walking the King's Day", the villagers of each square held colorful flags with the words "wind and rain are smooth" and "Guotai Min'an", and carried the king of their own workshop to patrol the village with their heads held high, beating gongs and drums, and dancing lions to open the way. This was followed by villagers dressed as samurai, armed with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and guards, shouting loudly and majesticly. Along the way, the suona eight notes played in unison, and the sound shook the sky. The sound of "crackling" firecrackers was deafening, and the debris of the firecrackers was splashing like red rain. The villagers use this to ward off evil spirits and pray for a year of happiness and auspiciousness.
After the villagers carried the king through the village, the lion teams from each square gathered to the square in front of the Dawang Temple. The warriors danced the lions, flipped over, pounced, jumped, jumped high, and worshipped...... Show your best to perform, with many fancy and difficult ways to show their lion skills. Finally, the "green picking" competition was held to see which lion team could stack the highest tower and pick down the hanging "green", so as to compete for the "high" crown. Villagers dressed in new clothes surrounded the square, and the sounds of laughter, applause, cheers, gongs and drums, and firecrackers were mixed together to form a festive symphony, which was very lively.
Huineng's hometown, Xialu Village, also has the custom of walking the king, and today I spent this rare festival in Wudong Village, feeling particularly cordial and happily clapping and applauding.
At the scene of walking to the king, Huineng found that Liang Diqing was also among them, so he walked over to say hello and wish everyone festive and auspicious words such as "rolling wealth, peace and health, wishes come true, pairs, and happy reunion" in the new year.
An old man with white hair came to Liang Diqing's side, and after greeting Liang Diqing, he turned to Huineng, "Who is this?" …..”
Liang Diqing hurriedly introduced the white-haired elder to him: "This man is a distant relative of mine, Huineng, and the one next to him is the little girl Yulian. ”
After Liang Diqing introduced Huineng, he waved his hand and asked Huineng to come over, pointing to the old man and introducing Huineng and said, "Ah Neng, I will introduce a friend to you." This is the owner of Dingjiazhai in Yunpai Village, named Ding Wenhao, who was born in a person, learned to be rich in five cars, and is very good-hearted and charitable on weekdays. ”
Huineng stepped forward, clasped his hands together, and said respectfully: "Hello Lord Dingzhai!" ”
Huineng just wanted to say a few words of joy and auspiciousness to him next, but the old man in the sixtieth armor spoke first: "The old man heard Yaqing and you say the words of praise just now, do you know what it means?" ”
Huineng humbly said: "I don't know much, I want to hear the details." ”
"Okay." After the master of Ding Zhai sat down on a flat boulder on the sidelines, he began to talk to Huineng and them:
"First of all, when it comes to the origin of the Lantern Festival, I have to mention the Lantern Festival girl." After Master Ding Zhai made his opening remarks, Ruju's eyes glanced at Liang Yulian and Huineng.
Then, shaking his head and shaking his head, he turned to the topic:
According to legend, the Lantern Festival girl, who was a palace maid at the time, was separated from her relatives due to work, and she missed it even more in the moon, and was saved by Dongfang Shuo when she wanted to find a short time.
Dongfang Shuo, who cherishes flowers and saves beauty, spread rumors that "the sixteenth day of the first month burns the body" pit Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the first Lantern Festival Lantern Festival to let the palace maid Lantern Festival and her family get together, and because of the grand lantern festival activities, the Lantern Festival dumplings are delicious, and the Lantern Festival comes from this.
Then, the rolling wealth comes from the allusion of "Rolling Lantern Festival". Knead the bean paste, sesame, strawberries, green tea, and meat filling materials into a ball, roll on the glutinous rice flour after dipping in water, and continue to roll if you can't roll it, after 6-8 rolls, the mellow Lantern Festival is completed, which is not only delicious and delicious, but also means that the New Year's wealth is rolling;
Then there is peace and health, the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival dragon and lion dance activities are continuous, which first originated from the custom of "sacrificing to the sky" of Yin Shang, flourishing in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the dragon king who held the rain and the fortune teller Yuan Shoucheng gambled, because of the tampering with the rain points of the Tang capital for Wei Zheng beheaded, but then the dragon soul haunted, nightmares continued, disturbed, Tang Taizong Li Shimin ordered the whole people to dance the dragon, finally to eliminate the disaster and eliminate the evil, the dragon and lion dance has also been handed down;
The blessing of wishing come true is closely related to the lantern riddle, guessing the lantern riddle originated from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, every Lantern Festival, people will divide Cao Cao to shoot the wax lantern red, exchange guessing riddles to welcome the New Year. Because the people have difficulty in speaking, the admonisher hides the original intention in the puzzle, and the inspiration of this ingenious method is kept, and the lantern riddle continues to circulate, and it becomes a grand gathering of friends, a literati amusement, a businessman to attract guests, and a beautiful woman to invite relatives in order to pray for the New Year and win the jackpot;
Pairs in pairs, happy reunion is a lot of people's blessings, lighting the sky lantern is also the most romantic activity of the Lantern Festival, it originated from the three kingdoms Zhuge Kongming's two allusions, one is to get rid of Pingyang from difficulties, the other is to pay tribute to the heroic soul of the soldiers, the sky lantern that has been handed down has the effect of praying for blessings and welcoming auspiciousness, making wishes and wishes. During the Lantern Festival, it gathers everyone's wishes to pray for the New Year, and releases the Lantern Festival sky lantern with family members and lovers, so as to have a taste of happiness!
I hope that these allegorical legends and stories can help your future generations better understand the Lantern Festival, have more face in the cultural fight with your elders, and be more literate when biting your ears with your object......
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ps, last night, it was chapter 413, and I was happy to celebrate the Lantern Festival. I wanted to pass it by, but I got up early this morning, the sun was shining in the window, and the sun was shining, it was a good day. In order to thank readers for their love and support for this book, we will describe the lively scenes and festive atmosphere of the Lantern Festival, and share them with readers. And I wish you all a lot of money, peace and health, all wishes, pairs, and happy reunion in the new year! We sincerely hope that readers will have more clicks and more recommendation votes! Let Xiaohong's new book "Biography of Liang Shirong" become popular in the new year!
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