Chapter 577: The festival begins

Although he was a guest at Liu Qing's house, the lover and the eagle still did not relax their training, and urgently prepared for the upcoming Divine Bird Festival.

Every day is busy and fulfilling, which makes Liu Qing and Liu Hong brothers and sisters admire this.

Obviously, he has left his peers far behind, and his lover and his Pokémon are still strict with themselves, and this hard work and attitude alone makes Liu Hong, who is the same age as him, very ashamed.

Two days later, as soon as the morning dawned, the whole city became lively.

Citizens are still preparing breakfast at home, and the early bird Pokémon is already hovering and singing in the sky over the city.

As a settlement of bird trainers, every household in Inyu City has cultivated bird Pokémon, whether it is Kanto, Chengdu, Fangyuan, Sinnoh, ......, all kinds of bird Pokémon can be seen in the sky above Inyu City.

"Shhh~"

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"Gull~"

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"Beep Carving~"

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"Quack~"

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"Goo~"

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"Keli~"

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Bone swallow, king swallow, long-winged gull, large-billed gull, eagle, large-billed finch, owl nightjar......

In this grand festival, there are no gorgeous banners, streamers of hydrogen balloons, and festive fireworks, just the energetic figures and melodious singing of various beautiful birds and Pokémon.

But even so, the fresh and green natural city of Yinyu City, the treetops rubbing shoulders with each other, also become frolicking in this festival.

He ate breakfast with Liu Hong and Liu Shi, as the president of the Bird Tamer Association, Mr. Liu Sheng, today's "Divine Bird Festival" needs him to coordinate and command the whole process.

Liu Qing is the leader of this year's Yinyu City Bird Tamer lineage, and he and the juniors of the clan are the main participants in today's Divine Bird Festival.

"Xiaohong, Liangren, if you two are ready, we will set off for the downtown square." Downstairs in the villa, Liu Hong's father Liu Shi shouted.

"Okay, okay~"

"Uncle Liu Shi, I'm also ready here."

Downstairs with the Dumb Beast and Leo Lu, Bidiao had already joined the Bird Pokémon of Liu Qing and Liu Hong, two brothers and sisters, and joined the 'Bird Honor Guard' in the sky.

"Alright, let's go." Liu Shi's face was full of red light, and he looked very happy.

"Lover, Xiaohong, you two have to cheer for today's challenge~"

Following the father and daughter of the Liu family in a long car, the three of them rushed towards the central square where the sacrifice was held.

Liu Shi has no talent as a trainer and is not a high-ranking bird trainer, so he cannot participate in many of today's rituals.

Liu Hong is a girl, a lover is an outsider, and the ancestors of the birdtamer lineage are sacrificed, and the two of them don't need to participate.

However, in this grand and solemn festival, the father and daughter still wear the traditional national costumes of the bird tamer.

The Liu family was very hospitable, and after three days of stay, he became very close to the family.

For this reason, whether it is to follow the local customs, or simply to show closeness and respect to the Liu family, the lover also asked Liu Hong to help him prepare a set of traditional costumes for the bird trainer today.

He wears a black cloth hat with bird feathers on his head, a black cloak called 'tsawa' on his body, and a pair of green and white cloth shoes on his feet.

Usually dressed in a casual urban style, suddenly wearing such a set of strong national clothing, the lover raised his hand and looked at himself left and right, which looked very novel.

"Giggle~" Looking at the interesting appearance of his lover, Liu Hong, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't help but giggle.

"Brother Liangren, don't look at it, you are a walking hanger, no matter what style of clothes you wear, you are very handsome." Liu Hong hugged the dumb beast and said with a sigh in her tone.

"Really?" Some of the beloveds are skeptical.

As a youthful girl, Liu Hong is wearing an embroidered placket and a white pleated long skirt today, and the lower edge of the skirt is inlaid with multiple layers of colored cloth.

Different from Liu Shi's solemn appearance in black and the heroic and handsome main color of the beloved black basket, Liu Hong's dress today is bright but harmonious and beautiful, giving people a very unique charm.

The sun is getting taller, and after breakfast, more and more citizens rush to the central square of the city, and the closer they get to the center of the city, the greater the flow of people, and the car they take in cannot continue to move forward far away.

"The car can't drive over, so let's walk there." Liu Shi asked the driver to pull over, turned his head and said to his lover, Liu Hong, who was chatting.

"Good~"

"Wow-"

The soundproofing effect in the limousine is very good, but when the three of them pulled the car door and got out of the car, all kinds of sounds came over instantly.

"It's so lively!" Liu Hong approached her lover and shouted to preach to him.

"It's really lively." The lover picked up Leolu, who was not tall enough, turned his head and shouted with a smile at Liu Hong.

Some time ago, I was alone with Pokémon in the rainforest, and I was a guest in the Liu Family Manor for the past two days, and the environment is also very quiet and quiet.

Suddenly in the noisy crowd, the lover was really a little uncomfortable for a while, but in this jubilant festival celebration, everyone had a smile on their faces, so the lover did not exclude it.

Following Liu Hong's father and daughter towards the sacrificial square, close to the sacrificial square, the trainer of the bird tamer set up a wooden fence that strictly forbade outsiders to approach.

Visitors with cameras are blocked at the outermost level, and even if they sign up for the "Sacred Bird Festival" challenge, they are not allowed to enter at this moment.

But the beloved is different.

Dressed in traditional national costumes, and next to Liu Hong's father and daughter to open the way, he is not only unimpeded, but also a young trainer who is responsible for maintaining order, looking at them with respect in his eyes, proper VIP treatment.

A group of teenagers carried out sacrificial activities under the leadership of the middle-aged and elderly people around, and the leader among the young descendants was Liu Qing, who followed Liu Sheng out early in the morning.

The square can't be entered yet, but a high platform has been built with wood around the square for viewing, and the lover sat down in front of the high platform behind Liu Hong's father and daughter.

Looking down—

In the middle of the central square, there is a huge banyan tree, the dense canopy of the tree spreads out in the sky like a canopy, and the lover takes a look at it and estimates in his heart, the ancient banyan tree is at least two hundred meters long.

There are at least seven or eight people hugging the trunk of the tree, the trunk is tied with a rope, the branches are tied with red cloth strips of various prayers, and the smoke of the incense burning around the tree is not dispersed.

"What a big ancient banyan tree." The lover couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course, this is the king of trees in Yinyu City, which is more than 3,000 years old, and its huge root system has covered the entire city, except for the "Forest of the Elders", the banyan trees in the entire city are all descendants of the king of trees."

"And according to the records of the clan sources, it is said that when the sacred bird festival was held in ancient times, the sacred bird landed on the branch of the tree king and accepted the sacrifice of the ancestors to celebrate the festival with the ancestors."

Liu Shi was chatting with his peers in the surrounding clan, and Liu Hong sighed when he saw his beloved, and couldn't help but explain on the side.

"Is the 3,000-year-old tree and the legendary bird ever docked on its branches? No wonder it can be called the king of trees. The lover nodded, and his heart was full of admiration.

He is a time-traveler and is very interested in the things that are full of history in the Pokémon world.

“……”

Tourists outside the square are noisy, and the festival is in full swing in the white marble square below.

There were many women and children in the stands where the beloved man was, and the women were not qualified to participate in the sacrifices, and the men in the clan were not qualified if they were not bird tamers.

Seeing the lover who was sitting together with Liu Hong, Miaomiao and Yuou, who came over with their family, also ran over after saying hello from afar.

There are still many children playing in the stands, children who have not yet reached the age of thirteen and do not have Pokémon in hand, both men and women are currently spectators.

“……”

The "Sacred Bird Festival" has been prepared for nearly a month before the arrival of the beloved, and through divination, today is determined to be the festival day, and the younger generations of the clan have entered the "Forest of the Elders" with a spirit tube, and have invited their ancestral spirits back.

The sacrifice officially began at nine o'clock in the morning, and under the leadership of the old man Liu Shi as the main sacrifice, Liu Qing and the juniors behind him began to sacrifice one by one according to the process.

Burning incense and paper, chanting and chanting......

In a magnificent spring festival music, Liu Qing and other juniors of the clan took off their shirts and were shirtless and barefoot, their bodies were poured with sesame oil, and their faces were painted with color.

First, they held hands in a circle, danced the sacrificial dance around the tree king, and sang an ode to blessings.

Sacrificing sacred birds and worshipping ancestors, first possessing the body and kneeling close to the ground, followed by a blessing ceremony.

After a while, the junior team left the sacrificial square with the spirit tube in twos and twos.

Following the route planned at the beginning, they went around the old town, returned the spirit tube to the ancestral hall from house to house, and finally returned to the sacrificial square.

The sun rises higher and higher, and all the sacrificial ceremonies are over, and it is already noon.

Some of the women and children who were responsible for preparing the festival food had already rolled up their sleeves and carried the cage drawers and set up a dam feast around the sacrificial square.

The crowd in the stands, young and old, descended to the dams around the square and sat down with the sacrificial procession, the aroma of food spreading in all directions, and the tourists outside the wooden fence could see their Adam's apples rolling.

It's a pity that this is a bird tamer, and only famous people on the ancestral hall genealogy can participate in the banquet, and foreign tourists can't participate even if they give gifts and money, but the lover is a guest of the Liu family, and there is no problem with eating a feast.

The "Divine Bird Blessing" challenge will not be held until the afternoon, and the bird Pokémon who have been flying all morning also landed to the whistle of their owners.

"Bidiao, recuperate, I'll see you in the afternoon~" Feeding the refined food prepared in advance to Bidiao, the lover glanced in the direction of the "Forest of the Elders", and said in a confident tone.

"Beep Eagle—"

At the dam feast, there was no red tapestry in the morning, the respected old people gathered in a small circle, the dignified and steady middle-aged people gathered in a small circle, and the young people who were going to participate in the challenge activities in the afternoon also gathered together to have something to talk about.

As a guest of the Liu family, the lover thought that he was just coming to eat for a banquet, except for the brothers and sisters of the Liu family and the two daughters of Miaomiao Yuou, no one at the same table should know him.

However, to his surprise, he followed Liu Qing and the others to the table, and the other people at the same table looked at him twice, looking at the stupid beast and Leo Lu in his arms, and someone called out his name directly.

"Damn, Yuan Hua~"