Chapter 59: The Shangyuan Festival

In Hangzhou City, Yuhang County, Tangxi Town. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The spring breeze has not blown away the chaotic thoughts, and the swaying branches are still in love with the cold of winter.

The warm breeze of early spring is as gentle as a sympathetic hand, caressing away the coolness of winter. At the beginning of the lanterns, the boats in the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal are one after another, the pianos are ringing in unison, and the streets and alleys on both sides are crowded.

On the sparkling water, there are a number of small baskets woven with bamboo and rattan, and a fragrant wax is burned in the basket, and the fire is lit, like the stars in the sky, so the star picking alley is named.

The annual "Shangyuan Festival" is here again.

"Shangyuan Festival" is also known as the Lantern Festival, Shangyuan Festival, Xiaozheng Yue, Yuan Xi or Lantern Festival, is the first important festival after the Spring Festival, the first month is the first month of the lunar calendar, the ancients called the night "Xiao", so the first full moon night of the year is called the Lantern Festival.

Every night, Hangzhou people will always gather in Tangqi Town, or use "bamboo cage incense wax" to float on the river, or light lamps floating in the sky, praying for the peace of the country and the people, and the wind and rain.

Of course, the significance of "Shangyuan Festival" does not stop there. Hangzhou City does not know how many young men and women are waiting for this day to come, just because the lights are dim that night, the water is murmuring, and the handsome men and women talk about the wind and moon in the middle of the night, Rao is a good place to talk about love. As far as the eye can see, the people who look far away from the pole are all dressed up and showcased, the son is full of romance, the young lady is secretly charming, and among the bustling crowd, the men and women are eyebrows, so coquettish.

On the Guangji Bridge, four scholars dressed as people walked in the crowd very coquettishly.

There is a beautiful boy who is walking and squeezing his eyebrows at the girl who is looking at him,

Next to him is a burly scholar, such a beautiful day to discuss the environment of Fengyue, but he put on a cold and arrogant appearance,

Next to the burly scholar is a handsome young man, holding a Tang Baihu's Spring Palace painting fan in his right hand and shaking it gracefully, looking like a decent gentleman, but it is difficult to find that his eyes are dripping and rolling around without looking carefully, and from time to time he sweeps around the breasts of the onlookers.

I couldn't help but shout in my heart when I saw the fun, this one has at least thirty-six D cups,

Wow--~ that one is bigger, like a cow,

And a white-clothed man beside him was much more serious, holding a feng shui painting fan and gently caressing, smiling from time to time and nodding to the onlookers.

"Wow--~ Look, isn't that Zhang Baiyi Zhang Gongzi?"

"Yes, it's really Zhang Gongzi!"

I don't know who suddenly shouted, and the news that Zhang Baiyi came to Tangxi Town spread instantly.

That's right, it was Zhang Baiyi who came,

When Zhang Baiyi was drowsy in the ancestral hall being taught by Father Zhang, Nan Zhuyu and Jiang Zhe suddenly visited Zhang's mansion, saying that they were going to enjoy the lantern festival with Master Zhang.

Young Master Zhang was immediately grateful to Nan Zhuyu and Jiang Zhe like a savior,

His son went to attend the gathering of scholars, of course he was happy, and he quickly agreed, for the sake of safety, by the way, he also followed Young Master Zhang out of Zhang's mansion,

Young Master Zhang changed into a brocade and embroidered robe for the Cold War, and he didn't lose the appearance of a young man when he was dressed up.

The news spread quickly, and after a while, the shouting place was already dense,

"It's really Zhang Gongzi! The little woman Xiulan has seen Zhang Gongzi. ”

"Zhang Gongzi, I am the daughter of the cow butcher, Niu Dajiao, a few days ago you said that you would take me back to the house, but you can still count?"

"Zhang Gongzi, you also molested others last month, and today the slave family decided to get rid of Zhang Gongzi!"

"Zhang Gongzi, the little woman specially lit a lamp for Zhang Gongzi today, wishing Zhang Gongzi good health and peace for the rest of his life."

"Zhang Gongzi, I am Zeng Aniu who sells meat on the street...... a strong man with a full beard said loudly, and suddenly the scene was a lot quieter, and they all looked at Zeng Aniu and Zhang Baiyi.

The usual Zhang Baiyi is annoyed by everyone, and annoyed by dogs.

Now it has become a "fragrant glutton", even if it is a woman, there is a strong man with a beard,

"I didn't expect Brother Zhang's preferences to be so chic?" Nan Zhuyu resisted the urge to vomit and said,

Nan Zhuyu said and moved two steps outward, Jiang Zhe and the cold war, who had always been silent, also looked at Zhang Baiyi with disgust,

"Who is this guy, I don't know him?" Young Master Zhang hurriedly cleared up the relationship with Zeng Aniu,

"I'm sorry, I haven't finished talking yet," Zeng Aniu scratched his head a little embarrassed and said, "I want to say that I have a younger sister, she looks so smart, she is fourteen years old this year, Zhang Gongzi married her, my father said, I don't want your bride price......"

All the women secretly breathed a sigh of relief when they heard Zeng Aniu's words,

Do you give away your own daughter as an object like this?

Besides, with you looking like this, where else can your sister see?

"This Zeng, Gongzi, Bai Yi is obsessed with books and has no intention of marrying, so don't mention this matter again," Zhang Baiyi secretly wiped the cold sweat on his forehead,

Say, without waiting for Zeng Aniu to react, he continued to walk forward,

When Zhang Baiyi and the four of them walked to the top of the bridge, Zeng Aniu's honest voice came from a distance behind them: "Zhang Gongzi, my sister will wait for you!" You don't want to let her down,"

Some of the introverted women around envy Zeng Aniu's sister for having such an older brother, and sighed secretly in their hearts, how nice it would be if they had such a brother!

The change of everyone to Young Master Zhang is also due to Zhang Baiyi winning the top spot of the poetry club.

"Brother Zhang also came to enjoy the lantern festival, what a coincidence!" Two people came to meet them, one was the very handsome son Shi Lidao, followed by an entourage,

"Dong Gongzi is also here, it's really a coincidence!" Young Master Zhang hurriedly replied,

"Of course it's a coincidence, we've been waiting for you here for a long time," Xiao Lan behind Dong Xiaoqian muttered quietly,

Dong Xiaoqian glared at Xiaolan, who stuck out his tongue in fright,

When Dong Xiaoqian saw the cold war behind Zhang Baiyi, she was stunned for a moment, and glanced at him suspiciously, but then regained her composure,

asked Zhang Baiyi, "I don't know who these three are?" Brother Zhang won't introduce it. ”

"Come, let me introduce, this is Dong Xiaosheng Dong Gongzi," Zhang Baiyi Dong Xiaoqian introduced,

The three of them arched their hands to Dong Xiaoqian, which was regarded as a greeting,

"This is Jiang Zhejiang's son," Zhang Baiyi pointed to a son dressed in white.

"This is Nanzhu Yu Nan's son," Zhang Baiyi pointed to a handsome boy beside him,

"This is Cold War Cold Big Brother," Young Master Zhang pointed to the burly Cold War and introduced,

Dong Xiaoqian saluted the three of them one by one, and the three of them returned the salute.

When the Cold War was introduced, Dong Xiaoqian glanced at the Cold War with deep meaning,

Cold War's eyes signaled that he would not meddle in things,

"There is an activity of guessing lantern riddles ahead, I don't know how many sons are interested in guessing it." Dong Xiaoqian proposed,

"Guess the lantern riddle? Where is it? also asked Brother Dong to lead the way, "Nan Zhuyu suddenly became interested when he heard the lantern riddle, he came for the lantern riddle,

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Several others also seconded the motion,

Dong Xiaoqian, who came to Hangzhou for the first time to participate in the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, was like a curious baby, looking east and west, and going up to fiddle with fresh things.

Dong Xiaoqian suddenly passed to the front of the four of them, chewing on the sugar gourd in her hand, and said inarticulately, "Brother Zhang, the Shangyuan Festival is so interesting, do you know why there is a Shangyuan Festival?" ”

Everyone was stunned, they didn't expect Dong Xiaoqian to ask this question, everyone in the world knows about the Shangyuan Festival, but very few people know the origin of the Shangyuan Festival.

But Jiang Zhe is just a very small number of people outside,

"Shangyuan, it means the first full moon night of the new year. The origin of the Shangyuan Festival, recorded in the "Miscellaneous Records of the Year", said that this is according to the Taoist stereotype. At the end of the Han Dynasty, an important sect of Taoism, Wudou Midao, worshiped the gods of heavenly officials, earth officials, and water officials, and matched them with three officials, saying that Shangyuan Tianguan was born on the 15th day of the first month, Zhongyuan Diguan was born on July 15, and Xia Yuan Shuiguan was born on October 15. In this way, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is called the Shangyuan Festival.

The great writer Wu Zimu said in "Dream Lianglu": "The New Year's Day on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the day of blessing from the heavenly officials of the Shangyuan Dynasty." It is said that the heavenly officials bless the sins, and the local officials forgive the sins, and the real motivation of the Lantern Festival is because it is at a new point in time, and people make full use of this special time stage to express their wishes in life. Therefore, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month is positioned as the Yuan Festival. ”。