Chapter 141: The Legend of the West Chamber Customs

'The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man is dark. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win and there are countless people in the world.

Tenderness is like water, the best period is like a dream, and you can endure the return of the Magpie Bridge. If the two love for a long time, how can they be there, morning and twilight! ’

On the theater, in accordance with the festival, a drama with the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl as the protagonists was staged, and the male and female protagonists finally used Qin Guande's classic to make the ending, which caused the big girls and little daughters-in-law in the audience to cry and say yes.

To put it bluntly, if the two love for a long time, how can they be there, morning and twilight, let the Weaver Girl rest assured to go back, they will watch the Cowherd closely. Let Li Chen, who stepped on the end and came in, heard a black line, which was too much into the play.

After a play on the stage, the actors are not in a hurry to get off the stage, and are receiving cheers and praises from the audience on the stage. The big girl, the little daughter-in-law, and the little husband under the stage... accompanied his wife and threw things on the stage.

It's not that the protagonist's performance is bad, it's not that the audience is not up to standard, and it's all money. It is vulgar to say that it is money, but in fact, they are all brightly colored silk flowers, but these flowers are all bought in advance, one by one of different sizes, divided into ten cents and poured to the value of the consistent.

When you are excited to see the performance on stage, throw this silk flower on it. The effect is similar to the previous reward. Originally, Li Chen also asked people to collect reward money, but later felt that it was so troublesome, and when the performance came to an end, the audience often calmed down, and the reward money was not so much.

It is best to start directly when the audience is excited, and the audience will be happy to reward at that time. However, throwing money on stage will hinder the performance and throw it on the ground? What to do if someone picks it up. Someone to collect? It's okay, but there are a few times when it hinders the serving, and sometimes it blocks the guests, so Li Chen thought of a way to throw flowers instead.

Throw flowers, throw what can be thrown on the table, throw what can't be thrown on the ground, and then collect it when the time comes. A flower is a different size and color, there are also different prices, sometimes bring a piece of cloth, you can also change to a different number of flowers, happy to throw away.

These flowers are not afraid to be picked up. What can you do with picking it up? The performers on stage receive flowers and can go and exchange them for money, but you are not. Stop the fun.

Flowers were thrown from the stage, the curtain was closed on stage, and then another performer came on stage. First of all, the two waiters, they hurriedly replaced a newspaper sign, the newspaper sign is to tell people, this scene is that one, directly a few vertical letters. Can't read it? It doesn't matter, anyway, before the performers go on stage, there will be people who sign up, otherwise you have to ask for literacy.

Now the newspaper board is written on the advertising time, and the announcer also loudly announces the advertising time. The people in the audience noticed it a little, and they didn't care, but Li Chen watched them react with full attention.

Then, two female voices came on stage, and everyone thought that the performance began to pay attention to the stage, but they saw two female voices on stage, and they began to perform, and the content of the performance was nothing more than to say, oh, why are you so fragrant, what is this fragrance.

The other one showed a very smelly and beautiful appearance, saying that this is a new high-quality fragrance. Tang people love incense, regardless of men and women, people who can afford it, they will bring a sachet with them, there are a lot of looks, today it is recommended to be a ball shape, skilled craftsmen to build, the appearance is a round ball, the inside is a small container. The ingenuity is that this container can move, but no matter how you roll it, since it is a spherical sachet, it can be rolled naturally.

But it is very ingenious that no matter how you roll on the outside, the inside will always be kept face up, so that the spices will not pour out.

After the people on the stage were smelly for a while, they said where they bought the incense, and the other woman ran off the stage after hearing it, saying that she was going to buy it, and the other one also chased it out, saying that she would leave a little for her.

Next, a few more people came to the stage and began to advertise rouge gouache, advertising a kind of thrush to get stones. It is said that it is a thrush stone, Li Chen can't see it, what is the difference between this and the ordinary inkstone, they all use stones to grind black ink on the inkstone, and they are using strokes, the difference is that one is painted on paper, and the other is painted on the face.

After two advertisements in a row, the audience couldn't sit still, and began to discuss the scene just now, discussing which one has better rouge gouache, whether it is recommended on stage, and there are also just rouge gouache that need to be replenished, or even just to buy a woman, saying that they are going to see it soon.

Li Chen saw this and left with a smile, launching advertisements in the intermission is the latest idea, Li Chen thinks about it all the time, referring to modern methods, and promoting the entertainment industry more. In fact, to put it bluntly, I want to make more money. He had the idea of inserting an ad between each scene a few days ago, and after a few days of hard work, it was finally launched.

The content is quite cheesy, it is a direct advertisement, but the effect seems to be pretty good now. As long as you attract customers to take a look, as long as the effect comes out, businesses will flock to it, and you won't ask grandpa to sue grandma like now, please give it a try.

As usual, he had to patrol the Vashe, and when he saw that there was no problem, Li Chen would return to his residence as usual, but today was Qixi Festival, and he was very busy, so he first turned to see the situation of Qixi Festival.

In the open space in the courtyard of Elysium, a bridge was built, and when Li Chen turned around, there were also many people gathered here, most of them were women... Li Chen didn't go too far, just watched from the sidelines and observed the situation.

This bridge is called the Incense Bridge. The bridge is about 4-5 meters long and about 0.5 meters wide, and the whole bridge is made of incense, and the decoration of the railing on the bridge is also composed of various colors of silk threads. There is an incense pavilion in the center, made of sandalwood bags.

This bridge, which was built in the morning, continues until now, and finally burns it down in the evening. You say it's a pity to burn it, it's all made of incense powder, it's very expensive.

Li Chen will tell you that he is not the only one who pays anyway. Generally, the materials for the construction of the incense bridge are donated by pilgrims, and so is Li Chen? Of course not, Li Chen just found a lot of sponsors, and it can't be said that he didn't pay for it, but he just wrote a certain line and a certain store sponsorship in many places like later advertisements. In this way, the cost is much less.

Now on this bridge, there are many women gathered around, plus the bridge, the whole aroma hits people, Li Chen sneezed, turned around and went home. But before he returned, he found Da Da and told him carefully, 'Do you know that you must pay attention to the candles?' When the fireproof equipment is prepared, it must be used, and the water and sand should be remembered where to put it. ’

Because this incense bridge is to be burned at night, it symbolizes the magpie bridge that the Cowherd and Weaver Girl have passed, and it is naturally to be burned. In this case, the issue of fire prevention is very important, and it has always been that the incense bridge has been burned on Qixi Festival, not that it has not been burned to the "back burn house", so it is necessary to pay special attention to safety.

When he returned home, he was not idle, and he was very busy when he was young, and Xiaohu and they were busy drying books. This habit is handed down during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the new language of the world mentions a person named Hao Longde, who was busy drying things on the seventh day of July, and saw that he didn't dare to do anything, so he lay in the courtyard and showed his belly, and asked him what he was doing if he didn't dry things. And he said, 'I'm full of learning.'" The elegant matter of drying books spread.

Xiaohu and the others were busy taking out many of Li Chen's books to dry, although these books were newly bought, they still took them out to dry. Then Datou and Ah Xiang were busy begging.

The clever way to do it is to try to make the embroidery needle float on the water, which is the same as the Dragon Boat Festival egg, which requires a little skill. When they got up in the morning, they put a basin of water in the courtyard. What is it used for? Let the water cover the dust, so it's easier to float the truth. But...

'Oh, why can't I float up?' The big head was so angry that he threw the embroidery needle in his hand into the water, "I see if you are floating." ''That means you're a stupid girl.'' Ergou laughed, in exchange for a beating.

'Come, uncle, to show you. Ah Xiang really floated up, but he couldn't get the big head right, Li Chen couldn't look at it and helped. He took a little oil, smeared it on the needle, and put it down. Oil and rain are incompatible, and the surface tension is greatly increased, allowing the needle to float easily on the water.

'Wow, uncle is amazing. Datou admired, Li Chen took the opportunity to point to the needle, and said why the needle can float on the water, but no one listened, Datou and Ah Xiang looked at the basin intently, and then clapped their hands and shouted, "I see this needle is like a bottle." '," said the big head.

I look like a candle, which means that the big head is stupid. Ergou didn't learn a lesson, continued to laugh, and was beaten again. I look like a fish. Ah Xiang soothed her cheeks. Floating the needle on the water is only the first step, but also to see how the needle forms a projection in the water to see what it looks like.

Li Chen was very strange, how to see what this looks like, but is it just a needle. But there are always people who can look at animals, birds, animals, etc., are the best evaluations, and there are clouds or flowers. Again, things like shoes, scissors, and water bottles are also medium. At worst, it's like a candle, or an axle.

, 'Don't look at it, Kouheng', the big head stopped looking at it, and began to pull Zhuang Ding, and then he was commanded by Ah Xiang and the big head here and there. Do what? Build a model.

What kind of model to build? In fact, a few days ago, I had already done it, found a small wooden pot, put some thin soil on it, and put some corn on it, and these days it has sprouted, and now I am taking these seedlings to see the model. Build a village, or a model of a village.

The position of the young seedlings represents the field, or the field that is germinating, and then there are some models and some small thatched huts next to it, which can be regarded as people's homes. A few more households will become a small village, which is called shell board. Li Chen doesn't know what to do with this kind of thing, and he is not a modern child, so he doesn't even know what the farmland looks like, so why do he want to make a farm model?

It doesn't matter if you don't know, just treat it as a custom, and give them a good time when the children are happy. In addition to the shell plate, there are also activities, soak mung beans, adzuki beans, wheat, etc. in a wet container, wait for it to grow a little bud, and then tie it into a bunch with red and blue silk ropes, which is called seeding, also called Wusheng pot, or peanut pot.

After being busy for a long time, it was not easy to coax the two little girls to be happy when Li Chen was sweating profusely and had a sore back. This is not the end, Li Chen was so busy sweating profusely that he suddenly thought that this would not work.

'Little Tiger, Little Dog, Fat Ball, Second Dog, come and help. Li Chen shouted, he found that he was half busy, several boys were watching from the sidelines, so angry that he didn't come to one place, "I didn't come over to help catch spiders..." ’

Catching spiders? Yes, you heard it right. It's about catching spiders. There is a reason for this, because it is a little later to worship the moon. Why does Moon worship catch spiders? Because, usually, these things have to be left out overnight. And put it on the night will grow a spider's web...

Spiders everyone knows, it will spin silk by itself, it is considered to be a textile expert in nature, and textile is very important for women, as a result, whether the things placed can attract spiders to form webs, and what kind of webs are produced, are related to a girl's house, whether it is ingenious...

In this regard, Li Chen was speechless... What is this, superstition is not..., but there is no way, the custom is like this, Li Chen can only bear it, and take a few children to start catching spiders. After catching the spider, you should make a good offering, and when the time comes, you must take a box and put the spider and the offerings in the box, and see if you can form a web.

After a busy day, I finally caught a few spiders and could have dinner. After dinner, there are still things to be busy, but a little more relaxed, start plating, and it's time to worship the moon.

In the moonlight on the seventh day of July, move a table. Tea, wine, fruits, food, and other offerings are placed on the table. There were also a few flowers in front of the table, a bunch of red paper, inserted in a bottle, and a small incense burner in front of the flowers. This incense burner is the kind of incense that we usually smell, not the kind of incense that we go to the temple to grow on.

Datou and Ah Xiang and a few girls, the neighbors gave up some women, and began to worship the Weaver Girl. Worship the Weaver Girl, the first thing is to fast and bathe for a day, this is not a problem, now the family bathes every day, that is, fasting, yesterday I have eaten a day of vegetarianism, and I will continue to eat today, and Li Chen's mouth will fade out of the bird.

Again, before worshipping the moon, you should first burn the incense with incense, put your hands together in the fragrance and curling white smoke, and pray sincerely, while facing the Weaver Girl, silently reciting your own thoughts. Then everyone sat around the table and ate something.

They didn't just sit in rows and eat fruits, each with a needle in their hands. This needle is very special, there are seven holes on it, this is a special needle for Tanabata, not a common needle.

Under the moonlight, the girls have to thread the colorful needles and threads into the holes, and the fastest ones to wear represent ingenuity. Li Chen felt sorry for them, long-term embroidery had already hurt his eyes, and now he had to wear seven fine pinholes in the moonlight, which was not sad.

But Li Chen doesn't have a good way, customs. They can only be asked to eat more pork liver to avoid night blindness. At night, the moonlight is not bright enough, and you are still night blind, so you just raise your hand and admit defeat.

Li Chen retracted his gaze, he was now worshipping the moon with a few boys. But it's not the Weaver Girl, it's not the Cowherd, the girl worships the Weaver Girl, and she yearns for beautiful love, what is it for a man to worship? Who does not have a husband who has three wives and four concubines, and beggars must marry two wives. Worship the cowherd, like him, he can only see his wife once a year? Forget it.

On the seventh day of July, the boys worship Kuixing. July 7 is Kuixing's birthday. Kui Xing is Kui Dou Xing, Kui Xing in the Twenty-Eight Nakshatras, the first star of the Big Dipper, and later generations say Kui Shou, Kui Shou, which refers to it.

In the ancient belt, the champion was called "the corporal of the great kui world" or "winning the championship in one fell swoop", all because the burly star was in charge of the examination. Because Kui Xing can influence the fortune of the literati, every time on the birthday of the **** on the seventh day of July, the scholars solemnly worship him and pray for their luck in the examination

Li Chen didn't expect a few children to be the champions, and he didn't even have any hope that they would be able to win the title of the gold list, but since the girl worshipped, the boy should also worship, and he couldn't favor one over the other.