Chapter 719: Dragon Boat Festival
But although he may not be able to remember, propaganda is still necessary, Li Yang, who has been cultivated from the powerful propaganda machine of modern times, knows this very well, and some articulate people in the school and the government have also been selected, and Qu Yuan is worried about the motherland, and angrily throws himself into the river, and people are boating on the river in order to salvage Qu Yuan's body, which has gradually developed into a dragon boat race. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The people were afraid that the fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home one after another to bring rice balls and throw them into the river, so as not to spoil Qu Yuan's body with fish and shrimp, and later it became the custom of eating zongzi, and this story was told vividly.
Not only must these clever ones be selected, but Li Yang also has to be played. There are also some local societies that specialize in performance activities, and Li Yang, according to some of his own ideas, asked them to rehearse a simplified version of Qu Yuan's worries about the country and the people, who was victimized by traitors, lived in a foreign land, worried about the motherland, and threw himself into the river in anger, preparing to hold a grand performance in the open space outside the city gate.
Everything is ready, everything is just waiting for the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival.
The day before the festival, the air was very tense, and the whole city was filled with a restless atmosphere, in fact, many aborigines didn't even figure out what the Dragon Boat Festival was, but after a relatively lively Spring Festival, they are now full of longing for any festival.
Some of the merchants who have been stationed in Yaeyama Castle all the year round rushed back to Miyako Island in advance, just because the Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated around Miyako Island, and they did not want to miss this excitement, but also because they found better business opportunities.
What Li Yang wants is this effect, so that everyone knows that the Dragon Boat Festival is an important day, and the festival of the Dakang peopleThe story of the Dakang peopleThe way of thinking of the Dakang people will gradually immerse themselves in this land, until everyone thinks that he is a Dakang person, which is the power of cultural assimilation.
The next day dawned very early, and the factories were not working today, but everyone appeared on the street early, and they were waiting for something.
"Hair zongzi, hair zongzi!" At the end of the street came the cheers of children.
I saw a few big cars slowly coming, the people in the car kept sending zongzi to the crowd, and everyone received the zongzi at the same time, someone had someone on their forehead and palms to point a few points of realgar, and at the same time told them to "wipe realgar on the Dragon Boat Festival to drive away evil spirits and keep a year safe."
All the people were infected by a magical force, they reverently stepped forward to receive a zongzi, and then asked people to light realgar for themselves, with a longing look on their faces.
Half a morning just passed with zongzi.
Next is the appearance of the dragon boat, the finished dragon boat has long been parked on the beach outside Miyako Island, but the dragon boat team still has to set off from the city lively.
This is the first year that such a grand dragon boat festival has been held, and the army, government, and chamber of commerce on Miyakojima Island each have a team, and the people have also organized a team spontaneously, and each team has set off from its own landmark building or base camp, wearing bright clothes and turbans, and several drummers and gong players are in front of the queue.
Under the leadership of Su Donglai, several good and rich sons bought a large string of firecrackers and put them up "crackling", causing a burst of chickens and dogs in the crowd.
Today is a real empty alley, everyone goes out of the city with the dragon boat procession, and Miyakojima is left with only the guards who stick to their posts. The dragon boat on the seaside is draped in red and hung with colors, and the platoon leader of each team steps forward to take off the dragon boat with his own hands, and everyone can officially board the boat. In the distance along the coast, several anchored ships had drawn a line of markings, and the first to cross the line was a victory.
The dragon boat organized by the people of Miyakojima is the most popular, and a large number of lower-class people gather around the dragon boat to cheer loudly. And the army, the government, and the chamber of commerce all have their own supporters.
After some lower-class people cheered for their dragon boats for a while, they ran to the dragon boat of the chamber of commerce where they worked to cheer a few words, and then ran to the dragon boat of their brother or younger brother in front of the army to cheer a few times, and finally thought about their neighbor's aunt's nephew who was not doing an errand in the government, so they simply ran to the dragon boat of the government to cheer a few times.
For a while, the scene was lively and spectacular. On this occasion, Li Yang, who was standing on the temporary stage, shook his head and laughed, he still wanted to make a speech, but seeing this situation, few people listened to it, so it was better to order it.
"Attention everyone, I, the master of Miyakojima, have announced this year's dragon boat race and are ready to start!"
In an instant, the scene fell silent, and countless pairs of eyes looked at Li Yang.
"Ready! Begin! ”
Hearing the order, the four dragon boats moved, like arrows off the string, rowing forward with the platoon leader's horn. The boiling crowd followed the dragon boats and ran along the coast, and the cheering never stopped. It's close, it's close, at this time the army team is still in the lead, and it is really the best player selected in the army, and the discipline and coordination are very good, and the frequency of strokes is almost the same, so it is not surprising to rush to the front.
"Oh!" The members of the dragon boat team of the army who crossed the line first cheered, followed by the people's team, the chamber of commerce team, and the government team. The people on the shore are still shouting, although there have been similar horse racing and boat racing activities before, but not everyone can watch, now this event is really to give them a chance to vent for the people at the bottom, all people regardless of men, women, children, skin color, race, are sincerely together to enjoy their own joy.
Finally, Li Yang's award, the winning team each issued a bronze medal and hung it around their necks, everyone thought that this was just another form of medal, only Li Yang himself covered his mouth and was happy next to him, only he knew the secret, a little lonely, but also a little free.
At noon, everyone was given a rest, after all, everyone was a little tired from the joy of the morning, until the sun was tilted in the afternoon, and the storytelling points set up in various parts of the city began to be lively, telling nothing more than the story of Qu Yuan and the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival.
But in this era of extreme lack of mass entertainment, everyone listened to it with relish, and many people listened to it ten times or eight times and were still reluctant to leave, one by one silently remembered in their hearts: I will go back to the village to tell this story to everyone, and I have to let the three children in the village invite me to eat a meal of white rice.
When the sun sets, the main event begins, the stage outside the city gate is about to start, almost all people hastily put something before the storytelling begins, and as soon as the storytelling field is withdrawn, these people immediately go to the theater outside the city, while some people with clear thinking and resolute minds evacuate early before the end of the storytelling, preferring to listen to the story less than to occupy the position of watching the play.
Although Li Yang is really not interested in the drama of this era, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy, and he has to show his pro-people demeanor, so at this moment he is still honestly sitting in the middle front row under the stage.