The old year has passed, the first month is the New Year, every household is lively and lively New Year, in the past year, Zhao Dezhao is like a crazy weed, where the bear goes, it is simply a bear child, as if the previous life was a dream, and the more than 20 years have been in vain.

The temperature in the first month of this year is not cold, and the warm spring breeze has faintly carried a wave of heat through the sunny city of Tokyo.

Fifteen days later, it will be the annual Lantern Festival——

The lantern festival of the Great Zhou Dynasty continued the customs of the Tang Dynasty (the Shangyuan Lantern Festival lasted for three days, that is, the 14th, 15th, and 16th of the first lunar month), that is, one day before and after the Shangyuan Dynasty, three days. These three days are equivalent to modern statutory holidays, and above the court, Zhao Dezhao's grandfather and father took three days off, and they were both at home at this time.

The day before the Shangyuan Festival was already quite lively, and it was even more noisy on the day of the Shangyuan Festival-

According to the people of the Zhao family who have lived in Tokyo City for many years, on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, there is a market selling lanterns at the beginning of the first month outside the Kuanren Gate (later changed to Donghua Gate) in the south of Tokyo City, with lantern balls, lanterns, silk lanterns, sun and moon lanterns, poetry lanterns, mirror lanterns, word lanterns, horse riding lanterns, phoenix lanterns, water lanterns, glass lanterns, and shadow lanterns. After Zhao Dezhao heard about this, he clamored to go to Tokyo to have a look, and the adults in the family had no choice but to comply with his request, and then brought his little uncle Zhao Kuangmei, and brought Li Yuanchang three subordinates to take care of them, and a total of five people.

The five of them left the Zhao Mansion and went straight to the Kuanren Gate (later changed to Donghua Gate) to Tokyo City. Because there are too many people on the road, it is like opening the Spring Festival in the future, the whole city of Tokyo is crowded, Zhao Dezhao muttered, and the five of them finally set off there.

Tokyo's Kaifeng Prefecture, a majestic city in the north during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, is backed by the Yellow River, like a giant beast crawling on the land of Kanto. The glazed tiles on the roof of the palace sparkle in the sun.

Stretching along the city gate, it was full of lanterns! Although it was not yet evening, the people who were scrambling to buy in front of those stalls were simply three layers inside and three layers outside, and they were surrounded by water.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of the piano on the river, and the eyes of the five people were all attracted to the past, and it turned out to be Tsing Yi singing on the painting boat. In the painting boat, there is sometimes the sound of the piano, sometimes there are bursts of laughter, one after another, the cruise ship is like a shuttle, and there are several boats that come to the sound of recitation, and the scene is very lively.

The water of the Bianhe River is sparkling and sliding like silk.

On both sides of the Bianhe River, the willows are still around, the spring light is like water, the sun shines on the tender green willow leaves, the pearlescent emerald color, as if splashed by the water, it is very good-looking.

The streets on both sides of the river are densely packed with people, and the whole of Tokyo is crazy on this day, tourists from all over the world flock to the bustling city of Tokyo, and the streets end with a dense crowd of pedestrians walking the streets and shouting and selling.

There are those who carry burdens and hurry, there are those who drive donkeys to deliver goods, and there are some literati and scholars who stop by the river to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Bianhe River, and occasionally recite a few lines of poetry, but they are ordinary words, where can they catch up with everyone.

The streets and alleys, the houses on both sides are lined up, there are tea houses, restaurants, pawnshops, workshops and so on.

This street is called Bianhe Street, and it can be regarded as the center of Tokyo City.

On both sides of the moat, a "bridge of lights" is formed, and everyone is vying to see these beautiful sights.

Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Kuangmei finally squeezed into a place to stay, and the three subordinates around Zhao Dezhao and Zhao Kuangmei were vigilant all the time to prevent any accidents from happening at any time.

"Lanterns—sell lanterns—" shouted a little man in a brown shirt.

"Come and take a look at that, I have a complete range of lantern styles, including peonies, lotus, mandala and other flower shapes, pick one to ensure that you like, send the children at home, send the little lady, and ensure that the children and little ladies are happy-" The ingenious lamp maker who spoke, he made the horns, feathers, glass, leather, silk, etc., and made the lamps into peony, lotus, mandala and other flower shapes, shouting and holding the lantern to greet the buyers.

Although Zhao Dezhao's soul is already an adult in his twenties, he is also attracted by the person's voice, and sees that the person is selling lanterns, so he came up in the guards of the subordinates.

Haha, there are so many types of lanterns!

Zhao Dezhao stepped forward to pick out a carp-shaped lantern, Zhao Kuangmei picked a lotus lantern, and when checking out, Zhao Dezhao asked: "Shop, how much do you sell for this lantern?" ”

The vendor stretched out a thumb and an index finger and said, "The two little Langjun are so eye-catching, I just sold one left, and this carp costs five copper plates!" The lotus flower costs three copper plates, a total of eight yuan. ”

The subordinates paid, Zhao Kuangmei pulled Zhao Dezhao, and the two happily took the lanterns and left.

Leaving the gate of the outer city, a group of people went to the north, on both sides of the street, every household hung five-color lanterns, set up a lantern shed in front of the door, the lanterns depicted various characters, painted many stories, dancing, birds flying and blooming. Dragons leap and fish leap, drum music and amusement. Noisy darden.

One of the busiest places in Tokyo is the Imperial Street in front of the main entrance of the Imperial Palace, which runs from the main entrance of the Imperial Palace to the south, about 307 meters long. But it is not the street of the later generations, it has been a little more than a year since he came to this world, and Zhao Dezhao is also planning to visit the commercial street, eat, drink and have a Lantern Festival. At this moment, Zhao Dezhao and the other five people were wandering on the street.

There are trees planted on both sides of the royal street, walking along the royal street, tourists gather around them, crowded Zhao Dezhao wants to scold God again, this broken lantern will be the same as the world in the previous life, blocked and crowded.

On both sides of the royal street, there are a group of stall owners with thaumaturgical abilities, they sing and dance, there are jugglers, stilts, pills and bows, stepping on ropes and rods, and there are monkeys in a hundred plays, jumping blade doors, calling bees and butterflies, chasing ants, can be called a hodgepodge...... The music is noisy and quite shocking, the sound can be heard more than ten miles away, and the rest sell medicine, hexagrams, sand books and riddles, and there are many tricks, and a new ear and eye...... Although it has spanned more than a thousand years, the customs of the Chinese people have remained unchanged, no wonder the Chinese civilization can have a long history and be inexhaustible! Zhao Dezhao thought to himself.

There are countless people who play and watch the lanterns, and Zhao Dezhao and the five people stop from time to time to watch the wonderful performances on the roadside, and it took most of the day to complete the journey, which shows that the Lantern Festival is a lively and extraordinary!

"Zhao'er, let's go to Caishan to see the lanterns, it's fun there." Before she finished speaking, Zhao Kuangmei pulled Zhao Dezhao away.

"Hmm!"

"Shiro, Shaolang-kun wait for us." The three subordinates shouted in the back, very worried that their two little devils had been separated, worried about being ......

Next, a group of people arrived near the mountain, at this moment around the mountain, there have long been people in the style of Manjushri and Fuxian, a group of people wearing festive costumes are crossing the lion and the white elephant, each hand points to the five ways of water, its hand shakes, and the program performance has attracted a large number of people who stop and watch.

"Good!" The people watching the performance all around let out a burst of admiration.

Zhao Dezhao raised his eyes and could see a colored rope hanging over the downtown area, on which many "street lights" were hung. There are also countless "lantern poles" about dozens of zhang high, those lamps all end with ribbons, papier-mâché characters, hanging on the poles, the wind moves like flying immortals. It's still daytime, but it's the night time.

Thousands of lanterns on the mountain are built into a mountain of lights, which is the world of lights and the ocean of people! In front of the temple, a small Ao mountain is tied, and there are colorful hanging flowers on it, and five or six hundred bowls of lanterns are hung. It is said to be the largest lantern in the whole of Tokyo, and whether you look at it from a distance or near sight, it looks so magnificent that it is visited by tourists at this time of year. Zhao Dezhao has in mind the origin of Aoshan, which began in the Han Dynasty as a scene for the gathering of gods, and then slowly evolved into a simple lantern. Until modern times, the folk have to mix with mud and cinders, pile up rockeries and fake water, mix with curved bridges, pavilions in the middle, with animals and character lanterns, and can walk quickly, various large floats in the modern festival parade, is the development of Aoshan lanterns.

Zhao Dezhao and the five of them walked slowly in the sea of people.

ps. Referring to Ouyang Xiu's "Drunkard Talk", the Lantern Festival was extended from three nights to five nights along the Song Dynasty, and fireworks were set off in addition to the lanterns, and various jugglers were performed, making the scene more lively.

It is recorded in "Tokyo Menghualu": Every Lantern Festival, on the Kaifeng Royal Street, ten thousand lanterns are built into a mountain of lights, and the lanterns and fireworks are shining with gold and blue, and the splendid scenery is intertwined. Kyoto girls sing and dance, and thousands of people watch. "Visitors gather under the two corridors of the Royal Street, thaumaturgical ability, singing and dancing, scales tangential, music noisy for more than ten miles." In the streets and alleys, the lights and candles of the tea shops are lit, the gongs and drums are sounding, the firecrackers are ringing, and the lights are endless.