Chapter 200: Poetry Society

Just while Wan Qiyang was shopping around some shops on the street, while recalling some introductions and studies in the history books, Wan Qiyang couldn't help laughing, every time the era enters a new period of cultural explosion, there will always be all kinds of novelties, such as the man's dress, the woman's own courtship and other phenomena are prevalent in this period. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Women's outings in the Ming Dynasty can be divided into two types: festival outings and leisure tourism. Influenced by business factors and social mores, some women have changed their previous life of living in a simple house and taking a car and sedan chair when they go out, and they boldly go out of the boudoir, have the courage to show their heads, freely participate in festivals and cultural entertainment activities, and travel has become a habit.

Some important festivals in the Ming Dynasty, such as the beginning of spring and the Lantern Festival, often have performances, such as drama, acrobatics, and lion dances, attracting many women to go out to watch. In the spring season of Hangzhou, "the scholars and girls indulge in joy, and the streets of Khotan are congested", in Fujian, in the spring season, "the scholars and girls pass the sights, fill the streets and alleys", and Hebei "put the lanterns and torches in the thoroughfare of Shangyuan Xi, and the men and women travel together". It can be seen that the red men and green women on the street are shoulder to shoulder, and it is very lively.

There are festivals with strong feminine colors, such as the Flower Dynasty, Tanabata, Mid-Autumn Festival, etc. The Flower Dynasty Festival is the birthday of the hundred flowers, and the girls carry out the coming-of-age ceremony or butterfly fluttering. "Shao Wuxuan woman, take this day as a butterfly flutter"; "Scholars and ladies all pick fluffy leaves and stick them on their heads." Women are more than the Qixi Festival to "set melons and fruits to beg" and pray for love. In addition, women in the Ming Dynasty could go back to their mother's home to save their relatives during the Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Double Ninth Festival. "Wan Department Miscellaneous Records" recorded: "In September, steamed flower cakes, noodles are cakes, as big as a basin, spread two or three layers of dates, and there are women to welcome back and eat together", that is, Beijing takes her daughter back to her parents' house during the Double Ninth Festival. The festival customs of the Ming Dynasty reflected more of the entertainment function, which was valued by scholars and girls.

In this land south of the Yangtze River, folk traditions have gradually evolved, and women have participated in them. Therefore, as long as there are these material conditions, and I have received some education since childhood, in order to meet the spiritual needs, I boldly use religious ceremonies and other forms to engage in leisure tourism that I love. They move more freely, expand their living space, enrich their leisure life, regulate the pace of life, and release women's pursuit of beauty. It can be seen that their daily lives are not so bleak as colorless.

At this time, Wan Qiyang has been shopping for more than half an hour, and he feels a little thirsty after walking along the river for a while, and is ready to find a teahouse to quench his thirst.

As a result, what made him extremely depressed was that he walked two streets and really didn't see a teahouse, plus he also deliberately found the locals to ask for directions, who would have thought that he couldn't understand the local dialect at all, and some local natives couldn't even understand the northern dialect, which really made him a little dumbfounded. "What's going on? I can't find the temple gate for burning incense! "Wan Qiyang's temper has come up this time, doesn't he just want to drink saliva, is it so difficult?

At this time, he was standing at the head of a bridge, and it happened that there was an old man at the head of the bridge who was buying an oil umbrella, and he saw that there were flowers and birds painted on it, and he had some skills. Wan Qiyang stepped forward and asked:

"Uncle, how did you sell this oil umbrella?"

Wan Qiyang pointed to the umbrella and asked the price, but how did he expect that this old man was a local again, and he was stunned when he opened his mouth, only looking at the other party's fingers compared to three fingers, but what does this mean? It's really nerve-wracking, when he was at a loss, a boy came by his side, a scholar dressed like a scholar, about eighteen or nineteen years old, Wan Qiyang hurriedly stepped forward to block the scholar, and when the scholar saw someone suddenly blocking the road, he was also startled and hurriedly retreated, and made a vigilant appearance.

"Don't be afraid of this son, he is a person from the north and can't understand the local dialect, so please ask this son to explain it to me." Wan Qiyang also pretended to bow his hand this time.

"Oh! It's easy to say, but are you going to buy an umbrella? This scholar naturally understands Wan Qiyang's Beijing dialect, after all, the ultimate purpose of this study is also to take the imperial examination, and he also needs to enter Beijing to take the examination, and it is impossible to not even speak northern dialect.

In the end, with the help of the scholars, Wan Qiyang successfully bought an umbrella for only three dollars. As soon as Wan Qiyang saw this situation, it was better to have a scholar who knew the local dialect ready-made, so it was better to ask him directly, otherwise although he would not be dying of thirst as a big living person, it would not sound good after all.

"Thank you very much for Childe's enthusiastic help, why don't you do it from the next and find a place for us to have a drink?" Wan Qiyang meant to drink tea, but unexpectedly, this scholar heard it as drinking.

"Oh!? Childe is too polite, the effort of raising his hands is not enough to worry about his teeth, Xiaosheng has already eaten lunch, so he doesn't have to care about what happened just now. This scholar is still very gracious, so he politely refused Wan Qian's invitation.

"Childe, there is still something to advise below, I don't know where there is a teahouse nearby?" Wan Qiyang simply stated his purpose directly.

"Huh!? Tea house. This is difficult to do, and generally only restaurants. Because you can also drink tea in the restaurant, not to mention that there are many green houses on both sides of the river now, and there are really no tea houses. Hey, yes. Childe, why don't you go with me, Xiaosheng is also going to participate in a poetry club this time, only need to be able to test a poem to be eligible to participate, it is said that the poetry club is sponsored by the daughter of the Caoyun Governor's Palace, in order to raise silver two for the Jingjiang flood victims of the civilians to escape to open a porridge place. At the same time, there were also merchants from all over the world, and of course this must be the face of the governor of Caoyun, as long as anyone who wrote a good poem could sell it for a good price. Childe, what do you think, of course, there will be tea and snacks at this poetry club. "This scholar is really active, maybe he also dressed up Wan Qiyang as a businessman!

"Oh?! Is there such a thing? That's great, I also want to see such a scene, then trouble Childe to lead the way, I'm very sorry, I haven't asked Childe's name yet! In the Lower Moyang. Wan Qiyang agreed to this scholar's words, after all, he was fine, and besides, this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, and he had never experienced such a thing in person, so he could appreciate the daughter of the governor of Caoyun, and what kind of woman could be with such a heart. At least there is such a purpose for holding such a poetry meeting, at least to make people feel that this person's moral character should still be good.

"Xiaosheng is exempt from your surname Jiang, the word Chunfeng, Mo Gongzi can call me Chunfeng! So let's go? This is coming soon, in the second row of buildings in front. Jiang Gongzi pointed to the place for Wan Qiyang, and it turned out that he had crossed the bridge and arrived.

"Please!"

"Please!"

The two came to the front of a pavilion one after the other, this building also has three floors, the riverside side is quite spacious, Jiang Gongzi also introduced on the road that this place also belongs to the green building, this Cao Yun daughter and this green building 'everyone' are best friends, so she set up this poetry club here, which is also convenient for her to set up the purpose of the poetry club - to raise money!

Wan Qiyang naturally knew what the situation of Qinglou was like in this era, but he didn't expect that he would really have the opportunity to come and see it, and it was really a bit incredible that the daughter of the governor of Caoyun could also come here and be his best friends with his 'everyone'.

The women of the ancient Qinglou can be roughly divided into four categories: the study, the long three, the two, and the pheasant.

Study: The highest level, not selling your body. Young and beautiful, elegant temperament, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Chang 3: The level is lower than that of the book, and the performing arts are also sold out, but they do not receive ordinary guests, only responsible for VIPs, and specialize in providing "VIP services".

Second: It belongs to civilian consumption, that is, the kind of fireworks woman we usually understand.

The pheasant, who is the woman who is responsible for soliciting business at the door, is full of charm.

Then there is another important person, that is the old bustard, whose position is equivalent to the current general manager. Other popular names can also be called:

Seiki: Refers to prostitutes who only sell their art and do not sell their bodies, kabuki, etc.

Everyone: Famous prostitutes or kabuki, who are very good at sex, are similar to female artists in ancient times, but they are actually laughers.

Red card: The most beautiful and popular prostitute in the green house, usually quite talented. (both art and body)

Oiran: Usually refers to the most beautiful and talented of all the green houses and red prostitutes in a place.

Girls' School Book: Originated from the allusion of Xue Tao, a famous prostitute in the Tang Dynasty. Refers to a famous prostitute with outstanding literary talents, proficient in poetry and calligraphy,

Female music: The government-raised singing and dancing girls usually perform at the banquets of the bureaucrats, but in fact they are often forced to lose their lives in private.

Teaching Division: In ancient times, the official institutions that managed women's music were actually official prostitutes.

Fireworks Woman: A pronoun or derogatory term for a prostitute in general in ancient times.

Camp prostitute: a prostitute or kabuki in the ancient army (arguably the most tragic type, more famous is Yan Rui in the Song Dynasty)

Prostitution: In ancient times, without the approval of the government, the prostitute household (similar to the current unlicensed traders) who operated secretly was also a more miserable category, usually operating in their own homes, or a boss controlling some homeless women who were wandering and begging because of famine in private, not to mention, it was also a breeding ground for violence, crime and venereal diseases.

Wan Qiyang was stopped at the door, it turned out that the person who came needed to explain in what capacity to participate in the poetry club, because this 'Xingfang Pavilion' is not open to the public today, if you come to participate in the poetry club, you must register, but this registration is also divided into two categories: businessmen and students, if it is a businessman, you can only wait on the second floor, naturally there are also people to entertain, it is a poetry friends must first chant a poem, otherwise it will be regarded as an indiscriminate person who is not allowed to go up to the third floor. It seems that this is still treated differently, and some scholars still look down on businessmen in their hearts, and this status businessman is still not as high as that of a gentleman!

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