The custom of putting lanterns on the Lantern Festival flourished in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, the lantern time was three days, after the establishment of the Zhao and Song dynasties, Song Taizu issued an edict in the first month of the fifth year of Qiande: "Shangyuan Zhang Lantern old stop for three nights." Now the court has nothing to do, the district is safe, and the harvest of the valley is abundant, and it is appropriate to indulge the people in their fun. It ordered Kaifeng Mansion to put 17 and 18 night lights. Later followed, for example. ”

After Chunyou of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was increased to six nights, and the lights began to be put on the thirteenth day of the first month.

Therefore, for the Song people, the Zhongyuan Festival is far more lively than the Spring Festival. Since the thirteenth day of the first month, Yongzhou City has been on the night tour of the lights. Since the 15th, the night tour of the lanterns has reached its peak. People from outside the city have entered the city to play, and for a time, Yongzhou City, which was originally sparsely populated, is also like a prosperous state, such as Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Li Boyan and Qiu Jianmei came out of the village, and after entering the city, they took Fang'er and Qijin and ate some soup dumplings in Liu Ji. Tonight's moonwave lake, graceful like a flower ribbon on a girl's head, colorful, dazzling and moving.

Li Kangda and several aunts also came, except for Duan Qiniang and Gu Sanniang, who were still recovering and recuperating, and the family gathered together and enjoyed themselves.

However, Qiu Jianmei was tossed by these aunts a lot, and he asked no less than three times for his birthday, and finally Li Boyan saw that she couldn't resist, so he took her downstairs and went to Yuebo Lake to enjoy the lanterns.

Kang Tou came over and asked, "Young Master, when will it start?" ”

"It's almost time to start. Send more men, don't crowd together and cause a riot. Li Boyan saw with his own eyes the stampede accident caused by the competition for the so-called voucher red envelope in a square.

"Don't worry, there are a thousand people from the village, and there are many places in the city to distribute them."

Li Boyan nodded and said, "That's good." Sister Qiu and I went to the lake to enjoy the lanterns. ”

Kang Tou glanced at Qiu Jianmei, and found that Qiu Jianmei on the side had a fugue posture, thinking that he was afraid that it would cause embarrassment.

After Kang Shuaibo left, Qiu Jianmei turned around and asked, "What kind of wealth are you going to scatter this time?" ”

Li Boyan put on the leather gloves sewn by Fang'er, and said with a smile: "I'm not a boy who scatters wealth, where is scattering wealth, this time it's gathering wealth." ”

"Then what kind of fame are you doing this time?"

"Guess the lantern riddle." Li Boyan changed his words and called Qijin Fang'er, who was still in a hurry to eat the soup balls, and walked towards the lake together. Tang Rui, who was upstairs, looked down and said with a smile: "Bo Yan, wait for me." ”

With a woman to accompany him, naturally there is nothing to do with Tang Zirui, Li Boyan still thought that Fang'er would follow with Qijin, and he was afraid that Qiu Jianmei would be embarrassed, so he called over and enjoyed the lanterns together.

"Hurry up, don't wait for Tang Zirui." Li Boyan smiled and rushed into the crowd.

Tang Rui, who hurried down from the upstairs, but didn't see a few people, gritted his teeth angrily, "Heavy color and light friends!" ”

The bell rings on Liuzi Street.

It's almost halfway through the unitary hour, and there is probably some kind of blessing activity being held in the temple.

There are already a lot of tourists by the lake, stopping in front of the lanterns to guess the riddles.

Li Boyan is also the first time to see such a lively scene. This is the prosperous scene that the Great Song Dynasty should have.

"Young master, come and see me, it's so difficult." Fang'er held a riddle tied under a lamp and scratched her head.

Qiu Jianmei also poked his head over and glanced at it, "Five sentences? ”

When Li Boyan heard this, he smiled and said: "Five sentences, isn't it three words?" ”

Jia Ren on the side clapped his hands and praised: "Childe is quick to think, admire and admire." ”

Fang'er said happily: "Great, then this lamp belongs to me?" ”

Jia Ren shook his head and said: "The little lady laughed, if you guess correctly, you will change the lamp, and the villain will not go to grandma's house." Five, five for a lamp, if you guess wrong, ten cents. ”

Qiu Jinmei had already taken another one, and said a little unconvinced: "The two of them have fourteen hearts, stall owners, isn't it a 'virtue' word?" ”

When Jia Ren saw that several people came together, he smiled and said, "The girl is so smart, not bad, not bad." If a few people want to guess the riddle and change the lamp together, take a look at these lights, the conscience of the store. ”

Li Boyan swept over, different from ordinary lanterns, the stall owner guided these lights, the process is obviously a lot more cumbersome, just that lotus lantern, the use of fine bamboo strips, no less than twenty.

"How many of these lamps do you have to exchange?"

The stall owner rubbed his hands and said angrily: "No more, no more, ten is enough." ”

"Half more—Eve."

"Half of the Spring and Autumn Period - Qin Ziye."

Qiu Jian's eyebrows pulled and swept coldly, "Tears are like rain today, huh...... Zhangzi, is it? ”

The stall owner who was still smiling just now was stunned instantly, probably because he had encountered a ruthless stubble, this Li Boyan and Qiu Jianmei opened their bows left and right, and pulled his eight riddles in one go, and none of them were wrong, so guess again...... There is no return.

Li Boyan stopped the riddle that Qiu Jinmei picked up, threw it over, and said with a smile: "Which one does Fang'er like?" Pick it. ”

The stall owner smiled, "Childe is righteous!" ”

Fang'er took the lotus lantern and said slowly: "Sister Qiu, let's have one too, anyway, the childe guesses so well." ”

The stall owner, who was still counting the money, trembled his hand, and hurriedly put on a smiling face, and said: "Small business, small business, son, look at the right place, that guy, that lamp is good-looking, no more, no more, it is enough to guess twenty, you go there and have a look." ”

Li Boyan smiled, picked up the fried sugar rice cake he had just bought with a bamboo skewer, stuffed it into his mouth, and said with a smile: "He's your sworn enemy, right?" ”

The stall owner smiled, "One village, one village." ”

"Okay, it's hard to dismantle people, Sister Qiu, let's go to the other side and kill him again."

Qiu Jianmei glanced at it lightly and said, "I want that lamp to do, Fang'er just want one." ”

“……”

Under the water willow tree, suddenly there was a burst of gongs and drums, and the lion dance team happily paraded through the streets. Many children giggled, carrying lanterns and following behind the buttocks of the lion dance team. The adults were afraid that these dolls would not be careful, so they blew out the lanterns in their hands and let them play with them.

Several people stood on the side of the street, waiting for the lion dance team to leave, and there were Fuwa boys on stilts and lacquered behind them, shaking their fans, looking festive.

The Lantern Festival is so lively.

At this moment, there was suddenly a figure in the crowd. Qijin had sharp eyes and said with a smile: "Eh, childe, isn't that the old Zhang on Zhuangzi, what is this holding in his hand?" ”

The bell of Willow Street rang again.

Lao Zhang shouted at the top of his voice: "Come on, come on, walk by, take a look, take a look." One hundred wen can't buy a loss, can't buy a fool, one hundred wen is the owner of the first wealthy family in Yongzhou! ”

"Come and take a look, one hundred Wen becomes two hundred Wen, two hundred Wen becomes gold ingots, if you miss it, it will be gone!"

The shouting made the originally noisy street become quiet in an instant, and everyone pricked up their ears to listen to this somewhat incredible shouting......