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"Ma Wangye, full name 'Shuicao Ma Ming Wang', three eyes, is a folk worship deity, in the north of the 'Five Holy Temple' as the head of the five gods. Because of his honesty and dedication, he was praised by the Jade Emperor, and then he was given a long vertical eye, and since then his eyes have been like a torch and everyone is afraid. ”

"Grandpa Luo, also known as Luo Zhenren, is the grandfather of the barber. According to legend, when Wu Zetian was in power, her son, Prince Donkey, had a tyrannical personality, and whoever shaved his head could not serve him well, and he killed people at every turn. Although Luo Zu was young, he was skilled and automatically shaved the head of the donkey prince for his master, saving the world's head shaving master, so he was respected as the ancestor. ”

"The Lady of Vision, that is, the Lady of Vision, is a fairy who is responsible for treating people's eye diseases, holding a big eye in her hand, symbolizing the clear eye to get rid of eye diseases."

"White Horse Pioneer, the child is frightened and faint, and he needs to collect his soul to be cured, and one of the ways is to provide for the White Horse Pioneer. In the folk, parents need to first ask the white horse pioneer three sheets, paste them on the kang gang along the kang, provide a bowl of cold water in front of them, burn incense three graves, whisper congratulations, wait for the incense to run out, that is, send the white horse pioneer to the house, burn it with fire, and then splash the cold water, so that the pioneer can go to chase the soul. The cold water is used to drink horses, and the meaning of the 23rd day of the month is the same as that of the sacrificial stove for cold water, and the next day and three days, all like the first day, the three nights are completed. ”

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"So, who is this old lady in a beautiful dress?"

"This ...... I really don't know where it came from......"

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"It's already the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, and before I know it, it's almost the New Year," Baotian pushed open the window, looked at the endless market outside for a while, and then looked back at Zhao Zimai, his eyes flickered, "Childe, I remember that you were taken to the palace by adults when you were a child to celebrate the New Year, what is the 'year' in this palace, it must be completely different from the 'year' outside, right?" ”

Zhao Zimai was teasing the parrot raised in the inn in the corridor, and when he heard Baotian ask, he didn't look back, but whispered slowly, "What's the difference, it's not the same as outside, but there are more people and the pomp is bigger." ”

"Don't bluff me, Childe, how can the royal New Year be the same as the people, tell me quickly, I can't see the world, it's good to listen."

Baotian still pestered him, Zhao Zimai had no choice but to stop teasing the bird, turned around and smiled, "Okay, I'll tell you that, otherwise, my ears will have to grind out a cocoon for you." That year, the first emperor was still there, you know, the first emperor liked to write, so after entering the wax moon, he began to write the word 'Fu' in Chonghua Palace, the first Fu word should be hung in the main hall of the Qianqing Palace, and the rest were posted in turn all over the palace, and rewarded to the prince, the ministers of the clan and the palace guards. The first emperor did not write the word blessing like we wrote on paper, but mainly Juan, covered with dansha, and painted with golden cloud dragon pattern. And the ministers who received the gift should kneel in front of the desk, look up at the imperial book of the Son of Heaven, and respectfully bow their heads in thanksgiving. ”

He paused slightly, "I was also fortunate to be rewarded by the first emperor that year, and I got a 'blessing' word, but when I got home, my sister took it, she said she wanted to take a look, but she never returned it to me." ”

"The eldest lady also dares to rob the royal gift, and the master doesn't take care of it?" Baotian was a little indignant.

"Whatever, it's the stars in the sky, as long as she wants, my father is afraid that he will take the ladder for her to take it off." Zhao Zimai smiled bitterly and looked at the word "Fu" on the door in a daze.

Baotian was afraid of making him unhappy, so he quickly laughed a few times and turned the conversation elsewhere, "Childe, our folk custom, every New Year, every household has to post New Year's pictures." Yang Liuqing in Tianjin, Taohuawu in Suzhou, Jiangsu, and Yangjiabu in Jidong are the most famous, with woodcuts and strokes. The Yangliu Youth Painting is an imitation of Song Dynasty painting, although the skills are superb, but the colors are not bright and the characters are not vivid enough, I don't love it. I like Taohuawu, Taohuawu New Year's paintings like to use red, yellow, green, purple, strong contrast, look festive. Childe, where did the New Year's pictures posted in the palace come from? ”

Zhao Zimai knew that he was amusing himself, so he didn't want to brush off his kindness, so he just followed him and continued, "New Year paintings are also popular in the palace, and every Chinese New Year's Eve, the Holy Lord will hold an opening ceremony, and the court painters will submit the New Year paintings on time for the palace Spring Festival decoration, such as the 'Year Dynasty Map' and 'Taiping Spring City Map', I don't know how many copies have been copied in the people." ”

"I can't understand those paintings, and they must be tasteless," Baotian finished speaking, knowing that he had made a mistake in saying this, he quickly covered his mouth and smiled at Zhao Zimai, "The paintings in the palace are naturally the best, but I can't appreciate them with my elm head." But then again, although the folk New Year's paintings are rough and not as good as those in the palace, they are easy to understand, "Speaking of which, Baotian looked at the sky outside, and saw that the sun was still sufficient, so he stepped forward and pulled Zhao Zimai's sleeve, "Childe, it's better for us to take a walk on the set now, see if there are any New Year's paintings for sale, buy a few and bring them back to the house, and make them fresh." ”

Zhao Zimai has been a little embarrassed in the past few days, and he is lazy to move around, so he is noncommittal to Baotian's words. But Baotian suddenly pointed out the window and said loudly, "Hey, aren't they the great immortals?" Why did they go to the set? ”

Zhao Zimai walked to the window, and saw Sang and Mu Cripple walking towards the south one after the other, one holding a steaming roasted sweet potato in his hand, both of them were scalded and grinned, looking very funny.

Zhao Zimai couldn't hold back his laughter, and when Baotian saw his appearance, he deliberately quipped, "Forget it, if the son doesn't want to go, don't go, I'm also a little tired, and it's good to take a nap." ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Zimai had already played a hammer on his head, and after glancing at Baotian, he strode towards the door, and did not forget to instruct, "Don't tell Imperial Doctor Hu, if you ask, just say that I have a headache in the house, go out for a walk." ”

"Gotcha." Baotian nodded and followed behind him, and the two of them stepped downstairs lightly, and when they left the inn, they chased in the direction where Sang and Mu Cripple had left.

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New Year's pictures are arranged in thick stacks on the stalls, but few people are attracted to stay here. Jiangshan sells figure paintings, to be precise, it is a picture of gods, there are Guan Yunchang of righteousness and thin clouds, Zhang Daoling who fights evil and hypocrisy, Li Chunfeng who divides fortunes, and Zhang Xianye who "a pear flower presses begonias", which can be said to include all kinds of characters from ancient times to the present.

It's just that the picture of the god is no longer popular, and now the court life picture painted by Matteo Ricci and Lang Shining is sold on the market, and it is deliberately printed with "imitation Taixi brushwork", which is so weird that Jiang Shan, a painter who has been painting for many years, smacks his tongue.