Chapter 316: Another Year of Laba Festival
Dayu's Laba ceremony is extremely grand.
There is a bronze cauldron with a diameter of three meters and a depth of one and a half meters in the Taiji Palace, weighing about 44 tons, which is specially used to boil eight porridge.
At the beginning of the lunar month, the palace governor and the Internal Affairs Office sent a secretary to transport porridge and dry firewood to the Taiji Palace.
There are many varieties of porridge ingredients, including fine cream, diced mutton and whole grains, as well as various dried fruits, etc., which are ready by the fifth night of the new year.
The sixth emperor of the first month sent ministers, together with the ministers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to lead officials and people above the third grade to the temple to supervise the weighing of grain and the transportation of firewood.
In the early morning of the seventh day of the first lunar month, the minister sent by the emperor to supervise the porridge ordered a fire to be lit and monitored until the early morning of the eighth lunar month, until all the porridge was boiled.
At this time, the minister of porridge sent by the emperor led the officials to begin to offer porridge in front of the Buddha, the palace lamps were shining, the cigarettes were curling, the ancient music was singing, and the lamas entered the hall to chant the scriptures, and then the porridge was offered to the court, and at the same time it was sealed in cans and sent to the Chengde Palace and all parts of the country with fast horses.
It was not until after dawn that the porridge was finished and the ceremony ended.
According to the internal supervisor around him, each pot of porridge is made of 12 stones of millet, 50 kilograms of miscellaneous grains and dried fruits, and 5,000 kilograms of dry firewood, a total of six pots.
The first pot is offered to the Buddha, the second pot is dedicated to the emperor and the palace, and the third pot is given to the princes and ministers and the great lamas.
The fourth pot is given to civil and military officials and the big officials in the provinces, the fifth pot is divided into the monks of the Taiji Temple, and the sixth pot is used as alms.
It was the first time for Lin Qianxun to hear such a lively thing, and he was wearing thick clothes early in the morning, escorted by several guards, and followed Helenman from a distance.
After entering the wax moon, the entire palace was decorated with lights, and Helianman also collected many flower species from all over the world, as well as famous flowers planted in the courtyard.
Every time I walked slowly from the palace walls, the rich fragrance of flowers came from all directions.
Lin Qianxun felt that this was the most extravagant thing in the world, and it was also the most lively.
The taste of modern home is getting weaker and weaker, because people are busy with their livelihoods, and the Chinese New Year is only a short seven days, so if you want to hold a big day completely lively, you have to have someone at home.
And these young people rarely go home once during the New Year's holidays, and the parents don't dare to prepare too many things, but in order to make their children eat comfortably. Every year, I go to the market to do things for the New Year.
Thinking of the New Year's things, she remembered that when she was a child, after entering the wax moon, someone would go to the city every day to buy what fruits and sugar melon seeds, twist flowers, clothes, and shoes for the New Year.
It was too young and the family was poor.
Although there are not many things to buy, but the taste of the New Year is particularly sufficient, the children are after school every day, the sky is snowing, they don't jump rope in the open space in front of the yard to kick the shuttlecock, punch sandbags, play marbles, and play the four corners.
It was a joy that the kids hadn't played since they grew up, and he remembered that his neighbor's brother bought a DVD
I also bought the Qin cavity disc for the first time, and there are more ghost stories.
A lot of children went to their house and sat together, looking up at TV.
If they were called now, probably no one would want to, because everyone values personal space, and now everyone has a mobile phone message that will be sent all the time.
As I get older, my childhood playmates leave me one by one, and some of my parents are still alive, and some of them have passed away early.
The whole house became empty, everyone was gone, and the lively atmosphere was at that time.
A lot of people are making noise, and it's not like a good year, so don't be angry with nostalgia.
Walking in the long corridor, the snow above the head is getting bigger and bigger, the inner supervisors who clean the miscellaneous snow are busy day after day, and the palace has also built snowmen from a distance, which is very cute and lively.
Lin Qianxun exhaled heavily, today's weather is okay, come out early to breathe.
Time passed quickly, and in an instant, my stomach bulged.
And her three children will gradually turn over and sit up, and every day I see her giggling and biting her little hands and laughing.
As I walked, I suddenly remembered the cold chopping wind.
I don't know why, I always feel sour in my heart.
She hurriedly threw out this thought in her mind, and now that she has a new family, how can she think of her former husband.
She grinned self-deprecatingly, and sure enough, she was still a thief.
At this moment, Leng Chofeng, who was far away in the villa, suddenly sneezed, and Leng Yan beside him hurriedly greeted him and asked a few anxious questions.
He looked down at the drop of ink on the painting, and his heart was equally heavy.
A year ago, they ate Laba porridge on Laba Festival, Lin Qianxun walked on the street with a big belly, talking about his hometown while pulling his sleeves, at that time the two of them were intimate, how did they become like this in a blink of an eye?
Leng Yan took this opportunity to stand aside and didn't dare to make a sound, he knew that Leng Chop, and remembered Lin Qianxun again, he sighed heavily, his prince was really miserable.
Lin Qianxun in the palace suddenly spoke.
"The plum blossoms here are so good, let people cut a few and take them back to the house in a while." In order to please Lin Qianxun, Helianman planted a row full of plum blossoms in the Moon Garden, some red, some white, and some dark green.
Winter is the best time for plum blossoms to bloom, so the crisp fragrance of plum blossoms lingers over the palace every day.
No one dares to say that the emperor is extravagant, and no one dares to say that the queen is arrogant.
Because of the existence of the two of them, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and even the disaster relief materials sent to Chuzhou were received.
In less than two months, the people returned to their homes after the relief in Chuzhou, and this time they went home happily.
The family's farmland is still alive, and the lost chickens, ducks, cattle and sheep have been reissued by the imperial court to them.
This is the most interesting year they have had in all these years of growth.
I heard that it was the queen Lin Qianxun's idea to take the disaster relief silver taels, and they volunteered to build a temple, burn incense and worship the Buddha every day, and pray for Lin Qianxun's happy life.
Lin Qianxun only smiled faintly after knowing it, and she couldn't stop it silently.
Just like the modern Mazu, every time they sail, people will go to the Mazu temple to worship, in order to bless themselves with the safety of the sea.
It is also a symbol of spirituality, but also a kind of cultural affection.
Lin Qianxun thought that after a hundred years, it was possible that his and her stories would be recorded in the history books, and her words and deeds would be emulated by future generations.
Very emotional, it is possible that future generations will write all kinds of legendary articles, or will put her into textbooks to tell that hundreds or even thousands of years ago there was a generous, kind, loving, self-sacrificing queen mother.
A lot has been done for the people, the Silk Road has been built, new species have been popularized, the people's tables have been enriched, and the world's major landmasses have been connected.
As soon as she thought of this, she was a little sincere and surging, and her fiancée Lotus, who was a month old next to her, said with a smile.
"What kind of plum blossoms does the mother like, I look at the red one and celebrate"
"You girl, you are still getting more and more arrogant, the plum blossoms in this garden, no matter what color they are, twist some back" Lin Qianxun glanced at the side, and the woman in the bean-green palace dress smiled and nodded on her skull.
"It's not the queen's connivance." The woman had a pair of dimples, and she didn't look very old, only seventeen or eighteen years old.
Just after entering the palace, he learned some etiquette, and was sent to his side to serve her, he was a lively person, and the two of them were familiar with each other.
And because her husband was a close attendant of the emperor's side, naturally no one dared to offend her, and even the few grandmothers who followed Lin Qianxun had to call her an aunt.
Lin Qianxun felt that her temperament was likable and sincere, unlike some people who cheated and played tricks, so he naturally cherished her very much.
"Your mouth is really sharp, I said this, and you replied to me." Lin Qianxun walked to the plum tree with a smile, reached out and folded a plum blossom and put it on the tip of his nose, and smelled it.
It was indeed fragrant and attractive, she was reluctant to throw down this plum blossom, and then took it in her hand and went to the Taiji Hall with the group.
The Taiji Hall is half an hour away from the Imperial Garden. She can take advantage of this time to take a walk.
I hope that this birth will be safe and sound, and I will not let myself have too much pain.
In fact, she was very scared, everyone said that giving birth to a child followed up a ghost door, the last child was born easily, but it was not easy to keep this child.
As soon as she thought of this, she felt cold all over, and her parents were not around, so she was panicked for a while.
This emotion was naturally known by Helian Man, so he invited a monk to pray for blessings and chant scriptures in the Taiji Temple.
Today is the Laba Festival, so it is natural to take the opportunity to pray for blessings
The group crossed the spotless stone pavement, which was flanked by verdant pine trees.
You can also hear the chirping of birds.
Turning his head, he saw a flock of sparrows foraging in the snow.
Lin Qianxun instructed them not to be easily captured, and let them add a touch of happiness to this silent winter day.
Helian Man finished distributing Laba porridge and then stayed in the temple for a while, and then got up and walked out of the hall.
After walking for about a long time, I saw a group of people coming to the square of the Taiji Palace, and in front of many people was his wife.
Today's temperature was a little low, and he was afraid that Lin Qianxun would accidentally freeze, so he hurriedly ran down from the side of the Taiji Hall.
The inner supervisor behind him saw the master running, and hurriedly followed, and for a while the sound of hurried footsteps came from a distance.
Lin Qianxun looked up and found that it was Helian Man, and then looked at him with a smile.
I saw Helian Man wearing a light blue gown, and the beads on his head were swaying from side to side with his movements.