Chapter 8 Jizo Basin
Wang Tianxie would take little Lori Wang Tianling every day to run around the streets of Sakai Port, asking about his father's whereabouts. Fortunately, at the beginning, the iceberg big cat and the little beauty used to take Wang Tianxie around to deal with businessmen from all over the world, so everyone took good care of their brothers and sisters.
In addition, his father Wang Weishang is also a celebrity in Sakai Port, and everyone is very happy to help him, but now, after three years, everyone has no impression of this matter.
Until one evening half a month later, when the two brothers and sisters were sitting in the guest room chatting, Wang Tianxie overheard two people talking and showing off to each other in the opposite guest room.
"Aha, brother, do you remember, in the summer of three years ago, Oda Danmasa, the head of the Oda family in the four counties of Owari Kunita, suddenly announced that he would be exempted from all customs duties in the four counties of Owari Kunita for one month, celebrating his marriage to the thirteen-year-old Iwamuro as a concubine."
"Of course I remember, at that time, it attracted a lot of people to join in the fun, and it is said that there were even many businessmen from Nanyang......
"That's right, brother, don't say it, I'm just taking advantage of that time to make a lot of money back in Qingzhou City! I didn't say it, but this is the most I have earned in so many years! Haha......"
Three years ago, wasn't it when my father came to Ben, could it be that my father also went to Cheongju City? Oda Nobuhide, there may be many people who don't know this person, but Wang Tianxie was extremely impressed by this person in his last life. You must know that this person has a great background in the Warring States Period! Why? Because this person gave birth to a Sixth Heaven Demon King who has been famous all over the world for a long time โ Oda Nobunaga!
Early the next morning, Wang Tianxie took the little Lori to bid farewell to the Haruko family and embarked on the road to Qingzhou Castle in Owari Province. When parting, Haruko gave Lori three strings of three-color balls and grass cakes made by herself, and let Lori eat them on the way.
When the two siblings entered the territory of Owari Province, it was already mid-August.
"Na, na, brother, brother, what are these people doing? Why do everyone hang a string of red or white lanterns in front of their homes? The curious little Lori grabbed Wang Tianxie's sleeve with one hand, walked on the street and looked at it, and asked Wang Tianxie beside her.
"Hehe, the child must be from Kanto, right? The day after tomorrow is our annual Jizo basin festival in Kansai. If there are boys in the house, they will hang a string of white lanterns; If it's a girl, you'll hang a string of red lanterns, which is a festival for cute children like you. After hearing Little Lori's words, an old woman smiled kindly and said to Little Lori.
The old woman is in front of her house, instructing an older Lori who is about 14 or 5 years old and looks like the granddaughter-in-law or granddaughter of the old woman how to hang a string of white lanterns horizontally under the eaves in front of the door.
It is said that children in the Warring States period generally held a coming-of-age ceremony around the age of thirteen or fourteen, indicating that they have reached adulthood, especially girls, and it also means that they have reached the age of marriage. (Wang Tianxie: "Therefore, it is the kingdom of heaven for all heavy loli lovers!") โ๏ผ
"At that time, in addition to the large festivals, all the streets leading to Atsuta Jingu will be filled with all kinds of small stalls, and there will be temple fairs in the shrine, and cute and good children like you will receive sweets and grass cakes as gifts...... "The old woman touched Lori's head and continued to smile.
"So that's the case in Kansai, brother, brother, let's stay until the end of the celebration, and then go to Cheongju City, okay, okay?" Little Lori grabbed Wang Tianxie's hand, and kept shaking it, and said coquettishly.
Looking at his sister's coquettishness (selling cute?) Wang Tianxie said that he really couldn't refuse. So, after saying goodbye to the old woman, the two found an inn to live in and waited for the celebration two days later.
According to the old woman's words, as early as the Heian period, everyone began to believe that life is reincarnated from the six realms, which are the so-called six reincarnations (ใใใฉใใใใญ): hell, ghosts, animals, Shura, the world, and the heavens, which are also the heavenly ways (ใฆใใฉใ), the human world (ใซใใใใฉใ), the Shuro Road (ใใ ใใฉใ), the animal life road (ใกใใใใใฉใ), the hungry ghost road (ใใใฉใ), and the earth hell road (ใใใใฉใ).
Jizo Bodhisattva is a child guardian deity derived from the path of hell. It is said that children who died earlier than their parents, because they were charged with unfilial piety, could not cross the Santu River (Styx) on their own, and could only keep piling up one hundred and eight small stones of the same size one by one in Sai River (Styx River Beach) into a long, strip-shaped stone tower to cleanse themselves of their unfilial sins.
However, every time the children are about to put the last pebble on top, a ghost pawn will come and knock down the stone tower, so that the child's soul will never be able to cross the River Styx. However, the compassionate Jizo Venerable Bodhisattva will come to save the souls of these children, so that they can cross the River Styx safely and enter the underworld. Therefore, everyone will line up the stone statues of Jizo on the streets, in place of the parents who are still alive, to protect and comfort these young souls.
Wang Tianxie took the little Lori in the guest room where the two lived temporarily, and paid tribute according to the rituals taught by the old woman.
The memorial ceremony is actually very simple, first set up the altar in front of the house, hang white or red lanterns under the eaves in front of the door, and then offer flowers and sweets on the altar. Finally, the family sits in a circle, holding a string of rosaries about 2.3 meters long, and the family takes turns counting the rosary beads one by one, praying in their hearts as they count.
After counting the rosaries, parents take their children on a tour of each of the Jizo statues in the town, and distribute sweets and straw cakes to the children.
Since it was in the guest room of the inn, the two siblings hung up the red and white lanterns that symbolized themselves in the guest room, arranged the altar, and began to sit together and count the rosaries.
Then, the two of them joined hands and went to worship at each Jizodo Hall in the town.
Most of the Jizo halls are placed in a row of six stone statues, and there are stone tablets next to them. Only a small part of the Jizo Zun is Makohito's appearance, and the rest are all with big round faces, very cute, with a small owner who bends upwards and has a lovely smile, and each small owner is very happy to smile, holding a magic weapon in both hands. It is said that this is because the Dharma body of Jizo Zun has six hands, each holding a different weapon.
After inspecting all the Jizo Halls, the sun was almost setting, and the two siblings began to set off towards Atsuta Jingu Shrine with the people on the street to participate in a large temple fair.
I saw that both sides of the path leading to Atsuta Jingu Shrine were already covered with various types of houses. Some of them are selling snacks, some are playing small games such as catching goldfish, and some are selling traditional Chinese noodles and all kinds of dolls on sunny and rainy days......
Wang Tianling, who is a child's surname, pulled Wang Tianxie to take a look at the stall, and she was very excited to walk around that stall.
Little Lori's little mouth is also very busy, roasted cuttlefish balls, ramen, three-color meatballs, water steamed buns, bean Daifuku, buckwheat tempura, all kinds of grass cakes, all kinds of stoveside barbecue skewers, as long as they see something delicious, they will shake Wang Tianxie's arm and be coquettish......
Wang Tianxie didn't eat much, but he was very interested in catching goldfish. I remember when I played the heartbeat back to the X series of a game company in my last life, I asked the girl to go to the edge on the second Sunday of August every year, and my favorite game to play was to catch goldfish, you can catch small turtles, black and red goldfish, and other unknown small tropical fish.
It's a pity that Wang Tianxie didn't have the opportunity to travel to Yuben in his last life, so he has never really experienced the taste of catching goldfish.
The two of them came to the goldfish fishing house, and there was an oval-shaped, two-meter pond in it, and the little turtles would definitely not have them, but there were many small goldfish of different colors, swimming happily in it. The pool was surrounded by a group of children, each of whom was excitedly holding a small net made of paper and scooping it up in the pool.
Wang Tianxie pulled his sister into a vacant seat by the pool, handed twelve yuan to the uncle who set up a stall inside, and got two small bowls and four small nets. The two siblings rolled up their sleeves and started the big battle with the goldfish with a grin.
Small nets made of paper can easily rot when they are put into the water, so be sure to put them into the pool as quickly as possible, and then immediately lift the net and put the goldfish in a small bowl.
"It's easy to put it in theory, but when it comes to doing it, you find it very difficult!" --Wang Tian's heresy
"It's fun, it's just that the net is too easy to break, woo...... I ...... crying" - Wang Tianling said
After the little Lori broke through the fourth small net, she still didn't catch a goldfish, her two big eyes became watery, and she was about to cry when she blinked......
Wang Tianxie has also broken through five small nets, looking at his sister Chu Chu pitiful, holding the newly obtained sixth small net, suddenly his eyes are shining, the whole person seems to be on fire, his little hands are waving quickly towards the pool like a rainbow, and finally before the net is broken, he scooped up three small fish and handed them to his sister!
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