Chapter 107: Chinese New Year
Wang Chuan wrote the lunar calendar from the Mid-Autumn Festival to the present, and four and a half months have passed unconsciously. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info A lot has happened during this time. The tribe has also increased by a number of people. Whether it is to commemorate the events of this time, or to let the people of the tribe form a better cohesion effect, or to continue Wang Chuan's own habit of celebrating the New Year, he feels that this year should be organized. At the very least, let everyone live differently than usual.
Before the Chinese New Year, Wang Chuan commanded everyone to burn pottery in a kiln. These clay embryos are made indoors with warm water and mud, which is more difficult to knead than before winter. Among these pottery. Wang Chuan tried to do something different from usual.
Among them are clay pots the size of barrels. A large amount of manure is used for planting in the spring. If you make a wooden barrel, it will take too much effort to make it without a saw. It is better to replace the barrels with these clay pots. As long as you put a rattan basket with ears on the outside, there will be no problem when the time comes. It's just heavier than a barrel, but you won't mind until there's something lighter.
Wang Chuan also used the method of drawing a circle with a simple compass, and pinched a few round potter's wheels to come out. He was going to try his hand at making a turner for pottery. Ceramics made without a rotator are always irregular. First, it affects the appearance, and secondly, it is easy to break due to uneven heating during firing and use.
He also carefully kneaded several relatively round cups, bowls, basins, etc., and ground the iron ore to trace different patterns on them. In this way, the pottery is fired with colorful patterns. There are not many of these things, and they are used as ritual vessels or rewards for the mother. It must be a meritorious person of the tribe to be able to use these, and the gold ring has an effect.
This kiln pottery is burned, and the year is approaching. Wang Chuan organized the more idle people in the tribe to remove the ice and snow from the tribal roads, cleaned the caves and sanitation, repaired the houses and fences damaged by the ice and snow, and repaired the sunken pavement with stones to make the tribe look more tidy.
The day before Chinese New Year's Eve, Wang Chuan told everyone about the meaning of the New Year and the etiquette that should be there, and discussed with his mother that everyone would have three days off from Chinese New Year's Eve. This made everyone happy, most of the people in the tribe didn't know much about what a festival was, but they were proud and liked the various festival etiquette.
The bark always has a heartfelt preference for various etiquette. After learning that there were many particularities in the New Year, he was even more diligent in learning from Wang Chuan, and then he began to be busy on the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve.
Everyone cleans and gets a haircut, which is a must-do. The sacrifice of the ancestors should not be sloppy, and all kinds of preparations must be the most solemn. Wang Chuan said that this is the most important day of the year, so all kinds of sacrifices should be more than usual. Today, there is also a slave's initiation ceremony, and the mother's dress must also be solemn and mighty. This meal on Chinese New Year's Eve is called a reunion dinner, and it is also unacceptable. This meal must also be sumptuous, and the women and pregnant women must make all the dishes that Wang Chuan has taught......
After such a request, the people of the tribe became busy. The fires inside and outside the cave were lit up, and the newly fired clay pots and clay jars began to boil on the fire. Sharpen all kinds of knives to shine, and let the more mature people trim everyone's hair and bangs. A bearded man like Bihu also trimmed his beard, and the province was like a mess of grass, which was not powerful at all. The sacrificial pig head and sheep head are ready-made, the crocodile head is not, and the sacrifice of the three fresh sacrifices is replaced by a fish head. The bark shouted for the deer riders and the others, and to take their bows and crossbows to hunt across the river temporarily, and that the deer with big horns would be the best, and if not, some of the larger beasts would come back. Bark looked at the baby elephant and felt that its head was the most suitable, but it was a pity.
The woman tried her best to dress up her mother in the cave. By the way, dress yourself up too. Bihu's strong bow, machete, newly made crossbow and axe were also taken into the cave, and they didn't know what they would look like in the end.
Today's slaves are even worse off. Because Ling couldn't go in to accompany his mother, he was very angry. All kinds of rules and regulations are required to be memorized now. Washing hair and bathing in plant ash can only be done in a leaky toilet. And it's too late to boil water, and many times it's cold water. If you are not satisfied, you will be scolded loudly...... But the smiles on the slaves' faces when they turned around still cracked their cheeks.
Wang Chuan took the tiger and the baby elephant down to the creek, took out several large ice cubes from the pools of the stream, and let the baby elephant pull back to the entrance of the cave. Then he began to carve it with a shovel spear.
Now there are no Spring Festival couplets and firecracker lanterns, Wang Chuan always feels that something is missing. Finally, I am going to make a few ice lanterns to decorate it and set off the atmosphere. Is there a better decoration for the New Year than an ice lantern during the Ice Age?
Wang Chuan originally wanted to dig a gap in the ice cube and put a little animal fat mixed with an oil lamp made of twine. Later, when he saw the baby elephant next to him, he was playful, so he joined hands with the strong ox and carved it in the shape of the baby elephant.
Wolf Ting looked interesting, and also carved the appearance of a wolf on another piece of ice. Bihu was on hand to help.
Blabla, who was watching everyone busy, watched beside him for a while, and also asked Wang Chuan for a spear to carve on the ice next to him. However, he carved the appearance of a wooden house and a mud brick house. This fat man is very hands-on. The houses he carved out not only had doors and windows, but also had similar proportions to those houses. It's just that the mud brick house is carved out in the shape of a toilet, and a row of lamp rooms are carved out of it like a cubicle......
When it was getting dark, the hustle and bustle of the tribe had finally come to an end. Riding a deer with people but a little depressed back, they ran for most of the day, not to mention the deer, not even the older yellow monkey did not see. The tribe celebrates the New Year, and it seems that those animals have also gone back to celebrate the New Year. Wang Chuan stood up to comfort everyone, saying that this regret is nothing, work hard next year, and make up for it with a bigger bull and tiger head next time, God and ancestors will not blame. Everyone cheered up again, used the fish head as a sacrifice, invited the mother out, and began the sacrifice ceremony.
My mother was dressed up really solemnly. At least heavy. Her head was adorned with tiger teeth, wolf teeth, crocodile teeth, ox horns, and deer antlers. He wears clothes made of cowhide, wolf skin, crocodile skin, tiger skin, deerskin, etc., pants and boots. Carrying a big bow and arrows on his back. He carried a knife on his left waist and an axe on his right waist, and a light crossbow hung on the hem of his clothes. It wasn't a spear in his hand, but a whole ivory that had been wagered against the Vulcan tribe and had not been exported. He wears several gold rings on his fingers. Under the neck of the fox skin, a fist-sized jade stone was also exposed......
Wang Chuan was afraid that she would be tired, so he hurriedly helped her to the seat prepared at the entrance of the cave.
But the effect of this dress is still amazing. At least the slaves were a little afraid to look at their mothers.
The worship of the ancestors of heaven and earth for several months has also made the people of the tribe have more awareness and awe of these. Wang Chuan's rendering of everyone, intentionally or unintentionally, also made everyone slowly form the idea that the River tribe is a race that is born to raise the blessing of their ancestors.
In addition to reporting to the ancestors of heaven and earth on the current population, territory and various achievements in construction of the river tribe, the content of "correct name" was also added at the request of Wang Chuan.
This part of the proclamation reads: "...... Feeling the grace of heaven and earth, the people of the river tribe are in the wilderness. I have a little achievement today, and I dare not be ungrateful. Invite the ancestors of heaven and earth to give surnames and give names, and spread the kindness of heaven and earth with their names...... All the people of the tribe, all surnamed Wang, take the meaning of the tiger to deter the mountains and forests...... The grandmother is the queen mother and is honored as the grandmother...... The fire boy gave the name of the river, and took the meaning of the mountains and rivers to nourish ......"
The so-called righteous name is just an excuse for Wang Chuan to correct his name. He was so dissatisfied with the name of the fire lady. However, with the emergence of various acts of burning wood, clay, and stone, his name has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and everyone is reluctant to change it. He had no choice but to use this method in the name of his ancestors to correct his name. That way, at least after you go out, you can tell others your name.
In order to facilitate the life of the tribe in the future, the habit of changing the name at any time also needs to be broken. Otherwise, after there are too many people, it is really difficult to tell who is talking whom. With such a form of correct name, I believe that everyone will not change their name at any time. In addition to the fact that he justified his own name, the names of many people in the tribe were also formalized. Bihu is also called Bihu, but it is called Wang Bihu. The bark of the tree is no longer called the king bark, but the king tree. In the same way, Zhuang Niu also changed his name to Wang Zhuang. Ling changed his name to Wang Ling'er. Wolf Ting's name is Wang Wolf Ting...... However, it is customary for people to still not be able to change their verbal salutation for a while. Wang Chuan also prepared to give the name Huo Yanzi to the people of the tribe as a milk name.
The ceremony was long, but everyone was extremely respectful. Finally, by the time the slaves had completed their initiation ceremony, it was already dark. The fires lit up in all directions. The light from several ice lamps at the entrance to the cave is especially beautiful.