Chapter 60: The Origin of the Shangyuan Festival
Young Master Zhang smiled slightly after listening to Jiang Zhe's speech: "I once saw a story about the Shangyuan Festival in a book,"
As soon as everyone heard the story, they all immediately gathered around Zhang Baiyi, pricked up their ears, and looked at Young Master Zhang.
Young Master Zhang was a little embarrassed by everyone's actions, and it is no wonder that everyone behaved like this, after all, they are all teenagers, and in the twenty-first century, they are just junior high school students, and the story is still quite attractive to them.
Young Master Zhang cleared his throat and said: "According to legend, in ancient times, in order to dominate the world, the Jade Emperor sent the Stove God Bodhisattva to stay in the world for a long time to understand the people's situation, and return to heaven every Wednesday every month. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć On the twenty-third day of the winter month of the summer calendar of one year, the Bodhisattva of the Stove God replied to the Jade Emperor: "The people of the world eat coarse tea and light rice for 365 days a year. If I work hard every day and never rest, I am worried that the common people will be exhausted by excessive fatigue and will not be able to produce, which will inevitably affect their contributions. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he ordered his ministers to discuss good policies. Tai Bai Xing played: "The king can order the ancestor of the Buddha to go down to earth and give some medicine to the people, so that they can slowly start to get sick, and they will naturally rest." "The Jade Emperor is allowed to play, and the mission of the ancestor of the Buddha is to do so.
On the morning of the eighth day of the first month of the Xia Lila, the patriarch of the Buddha secretly threw the madman medicine in the rice pot of the people, and the medicine turned into soybeans, peas, garlic sprouts, tofu and meat as soon as the pot was made. After the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, the madman had a great deal of medicine. The people invited the east to dinner, and the west to drink. At noon on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the people took out all kinds of delicious food, gathered around the table, and the whole family ate and drank. From the beginning of the first month, men, women and children not only eat well, but also wear red and green to play everywhere all day long. Some painted flower faces, beating gongs and drums to parade around the streets; Some invitations bring gifts and go to the New Year from all directions.
On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the Bodhisattva of the Stove God went to heaven and said: "Oh no, the people are all crazy!" Just eat and play, don't do the same work, how can you get it if you go on like this. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was very surprised, and immediately ordered the ministers to discuss a good policy. Tai Bai Xing played again: "If you want to cure the people's madness, you can make the Medicine King Bodhisattva try." "The Jade Emperor is allowed to play, that is, to order the Medicine King Bodhisattva to go down to govern.
On the evening of the 14th day of the first lunar month, the medicine king Bodhisattva turned the people's night meal into glutinous rice balls, which put some sesame seeds, walnuts, sugar and other sobering agents, and the people ate them, and the next morning the madness was all cured, and the family continued to farm and weave as usual, and resumed their usual labor.
In order to remember this day, people put lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month every year.
In this way, the cycle continues again and again, and the Shangyuan Festival is formed. ā
Seeing the obsession of everyone listening, the story has been told and everyone is still immersed in the plot of the story, I can't help but think of the scene when I was a child and pulled my grandfather's arm to tell me a story, thinking that I was not as good as them at that time.
"That's the end," obviously Dong Xiaoqian was still unsatisfied,
Everyone listened to the interesting story and suddenly asked Young Master Zhang what book he saw this story,
I can't find a good excuse for a while, I can't tell them that my grandfather from another world told me about it.
"It won't be recorded in that ancient book that Lao Tao showed you," Nan Zhuyu asked curiously when he saw that Young Master Zhang didn't speak,
Yes, ancient books, how did Lao Tzu forget this stubble,
"Yes, I saw it in that ancient book, Young Master Ben has been working too hard lately, and he has read a lot of books, so I didn't think about it for a while," Young Master Zhang said perfunctorily,
"By the way, at the poetry meeting, Brother Zhang told two allusions that were recorded in that ancient book, I wonder if there is an allusion about the Shangyuan Festival recorded in that ancient book?" Dong Xiaoqian asked,
"There are allusions about the Shangyuan Festival, but I don't remember it very clearly," Young Master Zhang recalled diligently,
"Brother Dong was also at the poetry meeting that day? Why didn't you see Brother Dong on stage that day to show his literary talents? Nan Zhuyu asked curiously,
"There are too many Venerable people in Shilou Zhoufang, and I don't like it, so I stand farther away," Dong Xiaoqian asked with some unsatisfactory answers.
"It's a pity that Jiang Zhe had some things delayed that day, otherwise he would have to go on stage to ask Brother Zhang for advice," Jiang Zhe said with some regret,
"It's a pity, it's not too late to ask for advice now," as soon as he talked about Biwen, Nan Zhuyu suddenly became interested,
As soon as he heard that he was going to compete, Young Master Zhang's head suddenly became bigger, and sooner or later this bit of ink in his stomach was squeezed dry by you so-called scholars.
"Brothers, let's put the matter of the fight first, and let Brother Zhang talk about the allusions to the Shangyuan Festival recorded in the ancient books?" Dong Xiaoqian
As soon as they heard that it was about ancient books, everyone immediately resisted the impulse of the competition and waited for Young Master Zhang to explain the allusions.
Compared with poetry, Young Master Zhang is still more inclined to tell stories, after all, stories can be made up, anyway, they don't know whether they are true or false, but poetry is different, not only to see the level but also to pay attention to the artistic conception,
Young Master Zhang typed the lower abdomen in his chest,
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opened his mouth and said: "The allusion of the Shangyuan Festival is about: the legend of Dongfang Shuo and the Lantern Festival girl. ā
"According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a favorite minister named Dongfang Shuo, who was kind and funny.
One winter, after a few days of heavy snowfall, Dongfang Shuo went to the Imperial Garden to fold plum blossoms for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. As soon as I entered the garden gate, I found that a palace maid was about to throw herself into the well with tears streaming down her face. Dongfang Shuo hurriedly stepped forward to rescue her and asked her why she wanted to commit suicide. It turned out that this palace maid's name was Lantern Xiao, and she also had two parents and a younger sister at home. Since she entered the palace, she has never had the opportunity to meet her family. Every year when the spring comes, I miss my family more than usual. I feel that if I can't be filial in front of my parents, it's better to die. Dongfang Shuo listened to her plight and felt deep sympathy, so he promised her that he would try to reunite her with her family.
One day, Dongfang Shuo went out of the palace and set up a divination stall on Chang'an Street. Many people were vying to ask him for divination. Unexpectedly, what everyone wants is the sign of "burning on the sixteenth day of the first month". For a while, there was a great panic in Chang'an. People are asking for a solution to the disaster. Dongfang Shuo said: "On the evening of the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, the Fire God King will send a red-clothed goddess to visit the earth, she is the messenger who was ordered to burn Chang'an, I will give you the transcribed verses, so that you can think of a way today." After saying that, he threw down a red post and walked away. The common people picked up the red post and hurried to the palace to report to the emperor.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty took it and took a look, only to see that it read: "Chang'an is robbing, burning the emperor, fifteen days of fire, burning red supper", he was shocked, and hurriedly invited the resourceful Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo thought about it for a while, and said: "I heard that Huoshenjun likes to eat rice balls the most, doesn't the Lantern Festival in the palace often make rice balls for you?" Fifteen nights, you can make rice balls for the Lantern Festival. Long live the incense offerings, and order every family in Kyoto to make rice balls, and worship the god of fire together. Then he instructed his subjects to hang lamps on the fifteenth night, light firecrackers and set off fireworks all over the city, as if the city was on fire, so that the Jade Emperor could be concealed. In addition, the people outside the city were informed to go into the city on the night of the 15th to watch the lanterns, and mingle with the crowd to eliminate disasters and solve problems." After hearing this, Emperor Wu was very happy, and he sent a decree to do what Dongfang Shuo did.
On the fifteenth day of the first month, Chang'an City is lit up with lights, and visitors are bustling with people, and it is very lively. The parents of the palace maid Lantern Festival also took their sister into the city to watch the lanterns. When they saw the big palace lantern with the word "Lantern Festival" written on it, they shouted in surprise: "Lantern Festival!" Lantern Festival! Lantern Xiao heard the shouts and finally reunited with her relatives at home. After such a lively night, Chang'an City was really safe. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, so he ordered that every fifteenth day of the first lunar month in the future make dumplings for the god of fire, and on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the whole city will still hang lamps and set off fireworks. Because the rice balls made during the Lantern Festival are the best, people call the rice balls the Lantern Festival, and this day is called the Lantern Festival. That is, the later Shangyuan Festival. ā
"Emperor Wu of Han was the monarch of which dynasty?" Jiang Zhe asked curiously,
suffered, forgetting that this is not his own world, there may not be such a person as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in this time and space,
But I can't deny the allusion I just said,
"I don't know, this is recorded in ancient books," Zhang Baiyi said stubbornly,
"Stumped, are there really some dynasties that have disappeared in history that are unknown to people?" Jiang Zhe said thoughtfully,
"Brother Jiang, don't think about it, maybe someone is forced by the humanistic environment to make up an allusion, why should Brother Jiang be entangled in a story." Nan Zhuyu said,
"What Brother Nan said is that he is too persistent," Jiang Zhe relieved,