It wasn't until he came out of Qinglong Hall that Yang Zhen really understood what the Lantern Festival meant to the people of this era. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even though it was the end of the day, there were more people on the streets than during the day. Looking at the past from afar, I can see countless lights flickering in various colors on both sides of the streets, and the whole city of Hangzhou has been submerged by the sea of lights, and Hangzhou has become a city that never sleeps at this moment.

Of course, the lights are just the embellishment of the Shangyuan Festival, and the real protagonists of this festival are still people, all kinds of people. There are literati, there are also peddlers and pawns, but the most eye-catching are those big girls and little daughters-in-law who usually don't go out of the door.

These women who are kept in the boudoir or in the compound are difficult to come out several times a year, and today they naturally have to dress up beautifully, and walk on the crowded and crowded streets just to look at the people here, and the lights here are already enjoyable for them, not to mention that they can also buy some delicious food that is usually difficult to eat and new things that are difficult to see.

These women are either accompanied by their families, or they are in groups of three or five, just laughing and laughing, and their skirts are flying from here to there, and everything is new. And the existence of this scenery has also led to some people and things that spoil the scenery. The second-rate hooligans in the city also cheered up at this time, and took advantage of the crowds to lean on those young and beautiful girls, and rubbed as much oil as they could.

This will naturally provoke the women to dodge and scold, and even some women's families will even start with these second-rate people because of this. But at such a festive season, these can only be episodes of the whole joyous atmosphere, and people will soon forget the unhappiness of the previous moment and return to the celebration.

Looking at the lively scene in front of him, Yang Zhen was a little in a trance. It was the first time he had seen so many people together since he came to this era, and it gave him the illusion that he had returned to his previous life. And Cai Yingyang's eyes were even straighter, and then his face turned red, and he pulled up one of Yang Zhen's sleeves and said, "Second brother...... Let's go to the street and see the lanterns. I have never seen so many beautiful lanterns in Zhuji. ”

Hearing this, Yang Zhen looked at Zhang Jingyun on the other side to see what she meant, after all, he accompanied her to the inn to pick up her luggage this time. Zhang Jingyun also stared at the lanterns not far away at this time, and when he saw Yang Zhen looking at him, he echoed again and again: "Yes, yes, let's go and see those lanterns." I can watch it once a year, so it's a shame to miss it. After speaking, he walked towards the street full of all kinds of lanterns in front of Qingbo's gate, and his steps were not slow.

Seeing this, Cai Yingyang hurriedly chased after him, and shouted: "Hey, wait for me ......"

Yang Zhen smiled helplessly, and had to go over, in fact, he should have thought of this result.

The shops on both sides of Qingbo Street have been hung with lanterns of various styles, including lotus flowers and lotus flowers, and some are made into boats, buildings and various animals, which look very delicate. Because of the different materials, the lanterns exude colorful colors under the light mapping, which is really dazzling and fascinated, thinking that they have entered the divine realm.

Zhang and Cai looked at these overwhelming lanterns and had long forgotten the people and things around them, but they just kept watching in the crowd, and they were amazed. Although Yang Zhen also sighed at the ingenuity of the design of these lanterns and the beauty of the lights, he was used to seeing all kinds of modern neon in his previous life, but he was not completely conquered by the lanterns of this era.

"Wow, look there......" After squeezing for a while and seeing many lanterns, the two of them didn't feel a little tired, but their interest became higher and higher. At this time, Zhang Jingyun raised his eyes and saw a mountain of lights towering in the distance, more than three feet long, and couldn't help but scream, took the hand of the person next to him and jumped and shouted: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look." ”

Yang Zhen was grabbed by her hand, and had to move forward. But he muttered in his heart: "Didn't you say that ancient women were very reserved? Or is she a Dao aunt so she is not on this list? ”

Cai Yingyang followed closely beside them, and also raised his eyes to look at the tall lamp mountain, and his mouth was full of admiration: "It's so beautiful, it's like ...... It's like ......" He couldn't find the words to describe it for a while, but it was like a non-stop there, but the excitement on his face was even stronger.

Zhang Jingyun's face was also flushed, almost burning. This was not only because she was excited to see so many lanterns, but also because she realized that she was holding Yang Zhen's hand at this time, and she actually took the initiative to hold a man's hand!

Although Zhang Jingyun is only fifteen years old, she has always seen people in Taoist costumes, and she knows very little about the relationship between men and women. But the woman's natural shyness still made her feel something strange in a hazy way, and she also felt that there was something wrong with holding a man's hand like this. However, if you let it go like this, isn't it too obvious, and it will be even more embarrassing?

Zhang Jingyun would never admit that the last thought was just a weak reason why he didn't want to let go of Yang Zhen's warm hand. However, with such a reason to convince herself, Zhang Jingyun continued to pull Yang Zhen's hand and kept moving forward, but her eyes kept glancing to the side, but she found that Yang Zhen didn't seem to feel it at all, just looking at the lantern. In such a situation, Zhang Jingyun didn't know whether to be happy or discouraged, at this moment, the girl's heart was a little messy, and even the lantern was not as attractive as just now.

No matter what the thoughts of the three of them were, with Cai Yingyang, a person with infinite strength and curiosity, rushing forward, they still quickly came to the lamp mountain. Looking at this lamp mountain, which was lit by thousands of glass oil lamps and added many skilled craftsmen and craftsmen, the three of them were still attracted by this rare scenery.

This lamp mountain is divided into three layers, the first layer is five feet high, not only placed on it many oil lamps, but also made of wood and other things to build the mountain trend, trees and flowers; The second floor is close to a zhang, in addition to looking at the brighter lights, you can see some mountain scenery such as streams and strange rocks under the lights; The third floor was only five or six feet long, but in addition to the top of the mountain, there was a small temple made of wood, and there were also a few oil lamps in the temple that flickered.

The cost of the entire lamp mountain is already a lot of money just for oil lamps, not to mention the ingenuity in it. Even Yang Zhen couldn't help but be amazed when he saw it, and he couldn't speak for a long time. This is not a later generation, everything is made by people by hand, thinking about the difficulty, he has to admire the skills of the craftsmen at this time.

"Which shop made this lamp mountain? That's a lot of money. The people beside him also felt that this lamp mountain was extraordinary, and couldn't help but ask other people.

Of course, he didn't ask about the craftsmen who made the lamp mountain. In fact, except for a very few, most of the lanterns in this city are made by some merchants with money, in order to make a name for themselves. At this time, businessmen already had some business acumen, especially in places like Hangzhou in the south, with the economic development, the status of businessmen was no longer as low as in the past, and their minds were naturally lively. In order to make a name for themselves, they will use various methods, and the lantern festival of the Shangyuan Festival, which the people of the city will come to visit and watch, is naturally the focus of what they can't let go.

However, although the shop or a big businessman will invest a lot of money in this lantern festival to create more eye-catching lanterns. But like the one in front of you, the lamp mountain, which costs a lot of money, is still rarely man-made. That's when someone was curious to ask.

"At first glance, you are not a native of Hangzhou. What is this lamp mountain, do you need to ask? Of course, it is the handiwork of Linyin Temple, the largest Buddhist holy place in Hangzhou. Don't you see that there is a temple on this mountain? Looking at the trend of this lamp mountain, is it somewhat similar to the northern peak. ”

"Oh, I see, no wonder." As soon as he heard that it was a lantern made by Lin Yin Temple, the man nodded again and again, and he was very convinced.

At this time, it is common knowledge that the big temple is rich. These temples not only have vast temple properties and fields, but also do not have to pay various taxes to the government, which is really a natural cash cow. And when these temples have more and more money, they can not only annex more fields under the mountains, but even lend their spare money to the people, so as to obtain greater rewards. It is said that the earliest pawnshops originated in the temples of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and this alone can be seen.

As the largest and most famous Buddhist holy place in the whole of Hangzhou and even Zhejiang, Linyin Temple is naturally amazing, not counting the incense money donated by various good men and women from time to time. Spending a lot of money to build such a lamp mountain here today is not even a drop in the bucket for them.

"This Lin Yin Temple is really a rich master." Yang Zhen listened to their words, but he had a question in his heart: "I don't know if when the world is in turmoil and the people are not happy, will these monks who keep saying that they accumulate virtue and do good deeds open the door of convenience and save the people?" ”

After these thoughts, when Yang Zhen looked at those lanterns again, he already had a feeling of excitement. It's just some people's fat and people's ointment, so what can it see?

But the other two still watched it with relish, and they watched it in a circle under the lamp mountain, and they sighed twice from time to time.

This mountain of lights is indeed the most eye-catching, and hundreds of people are always around it to look up. Under the scramble between people, there must always be some quarrels, but fortunately, today is a good day, and no one takes it too seriously.

But no one thought that danger was approaching.

People are still tasting and laughing in front of the lanterns, and some children are jumping around without the attention of adults, playing together, and some people even lit the cannon battle that was not finished during the New Year.

Unfortunately, one of the cannonballs did not explode on the ground, but suddenly flew into a lantern......

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