(Happy Spring Festival, everyone, I wish you good health in the new year, this special article for the New Year is mainly to write a little about the customs and legends around my house, the writing is not very good, everyone should watch the excitement of the scene.) ）

Today is the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, the last day of the year, even a semi-militarized village like Konoha Village did not issue any more tasks on this day, and the ninjas went home early for the New Year, which is a relatively rare thing in Konoha Village, and it seems that there are only so few days of vacation in a year. Not to mention those ordinary ninjas, even the busiest second-generation Hokage Senjuma-sama in the village also got off work early and walked back in the direction of the Senju clan, but he was destined to pounce, whether it was Kazama, Tsunade and the gray plain that had just arrived, or Mito's mother-in-law, who was staying at home almost every day, was not at home, of course he needed to go out in advance to buy some necessary supplies for the New Year on this festive day of the New Year.

On the most prosperous street in Konoha Village, it is also very inconsistent with the serious appearance on weekdays at this moment, each shop is a red and hot look, and a big red lantern is hung at the gate of each store, and the whole street is filled with a festive atmosphere, but it makes Gray Plain, who has not been in Konoha Village for a long time, have a good look. The corners of Gray Yuan's mouth were slightly raised, and he looked at this rare scene with a smile on his face, he had never seen such a lively New Year's scene in so many years of life before. "How? Isn't the New Year in Konoha Village interesting? Kazama, who was walking side by side with Ashbara, whispered, and Granny Mito took Tsunade and walked not far in front of the two of them, and Kazama only dared to whisper into Ashbara's ear to speak.

"It's really a bit surprising to me, I didn't expect these ninjas who only know how to fight and kill to have the heart to celebrate like this......" Gray Yuan also responded in a low voice, and as she spoke, she still kept looking at both sides of the street, obviously the New Year's customs of Konoha Village also interested her.

"I was also taken aback when I spent the New Year in Konoha Village for the first time......" Kazama also responded casually with emotion, this New Year's is mainly about the atmosphere, and the current Konoha Village is very atmospheric and full of New Year's flavor, which is very different from the environment before Kazama crosses over the New Year's flavor that is getting weaker and weaker.

At this time, whether it was a ninja shop, a drug store, or even a dangerous goods store specializing in detonation charms, it was no longer in business on weekdays, and the bosses invariably put away all these things that were used for war and killing, and replaced them with a lot of New Year's limited goods. The drug store turned around and sold some special candies of unknown content, and the detonator shop was reselling some fireworks and firecrackers of different shapes, which could also be regarded as related products. As for the ninja shop that Kazama frequents most often on weekdays, at this time, he put away the kunai and shuriken on weekdays, and replaced them with a lot of window flowers and blessing characters, "This kind of rough man who strikes iron, can he also cut window flowers to write blessing characters?" Kazama secretly slandered in his heart.

The group of four walked along the street, and not far away there was a shop selling something that seemed to attract the attention of Gray Plains, and she stopped to look at it carefully, which seemed to be no different from the window grille, but it was a long strip, and the many thin spikes below suggested that it was an ornament that was glued to the outside of the window. Kazama quickly noticed that the gray plain beside him was gone, turned around and looked for the crowd, and soon found her traces, and hurriedly ran a few steps to her side, this kind of crowd is dense and it is difficult to find the whereabouts of the other party when they are scattered.

Approaching Gray Yuan's side, following her line of sight, Kazama understood why she chose to stop and watch, "This thing is called 'hanging money', because most of the patterns in it contain ancient coins and get its name, and generally it will be carved with auspicious patterns or words, such as 'Fortune and Treasure', 'All the best' and ......" As he spoke, Kazama dragged Gray Yuan into the shop that sold "Hanging Money", and let her observe the ornaments and patterns on it up close, "Unlike window grilles, This kind of thing is usually attached to the outside of the window, and only the upper part is glued to the window, and the lower part and even the lower part of the tassel are constantly fluttering with the wind......"

"It's a good idea." Gray Yuan casually complimented.

Kazama walked into the store, and took a lot of various patterns and styles, and there were many houses in the house, and there were more windows, so it was always right to buy more, "Gray Plains, do you know the origin of this 'hanging money'?" It seems that she finally met Gray Hara and didn't know something, and Kazama wanted to show off a little in front of her.

Ash Yuan closed her mouth and didn't give Kazama a reply, but her expression clearly revealed that she wanted to know, Kazama was ready to taunt her two sentences, and when she explained it to Ash Yuan, another somewhat uninteresting voice sounded, "Legend has it that thousands of years ago, the gods in the sky were vacant, and the immortals created a list of gods who wanted to canonize the gods in the sky, and the person in charge of doing this was called Jiang Ziya." Kazama looked back, and as expected, the person who spoke was Tsunade, and she didn't know when she had come to Kazama and Ashbara, while Mito's mother-in-law was standing at the door of the store and looking at them.

"There are a number of immortals in the sky, so the number of Jiang Ziya's gods is also certain, and the number of gods on the god list is only three hundred...... Three hundred......" Tsunade patted her head, she couldn't remember how much three hundred was.

Kazama picked up her words in time, "It's a total of 370 gods. ”

"That's right! Right! There are a total of 370 gods, Jiang Ziya has already sealed these 370 positions, but his wife heard that Jiang Ziya was sealing the gods, and she also came to him to ask for a title. But Jiang Ziya thought about it, if this broom star went to the poor man's house, wouldn't that family become even poorer? So he added a condition to his wife, that is, when he met a dilapidated poor family, he could not enter, but could only go to the house of the rich, and it didn't matter if those rich families declined a little. Later, this matter was known to the people, and in order to resist the footsteps of the poor god, many people made some broken notes and hung them on the windows, showing that their homes were very dilapidated, and did not let the poor god enter the door; There are also people who don't even hang up the note, so they put the most ordinary one or two copper coins on the side of the window, showing that their family only has such a little money, and they don't let the poor god enter the door. Tsunade's face flushed, and he talked about so many myths and stories in a row, in the end, he was a child, and he would always be very happy to mention such legends, and the gray plains beside her listened to it with relish, although the ingredients of this story speech seemed too much, but it was still very suitable for a festive festival like the New Year. The only thing I'm not very happy is Kazama who lowered his head and chose "hanging money" on the side.,He who wanted to show it in front of Ashwaga was actually cut off by Tsunade.,You know, this story was told to Tsunade two years ago.,Of course, this story is from Kazama's mouth.,Where in the ninja world is there any story of the god list and Jiang Ziya.。

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Walking along the whole street, the necessary things for the New Year are all purchased, one large, three small and four people are full of things in their hands, the whole family is too big, just the window flowers that need to be posted, hanging money I don't know how much to buy, and there are all kinds of meat that will not be eaten on weekdays, these meats will greatly increase the content of body fat, which is not conducive to the cultivation and growth of ninjas, so in the middle of the year, that is, during the New Year, you can open up to eat meat, which is why Kazama is particularly excited during the New Year. The most eye-catching is Mito's mother-in-law, she is the only adult in this line, the strength of the shadow-level powerhouse makes her arm strength amazing, at this time her hands are full of things wider than people, from a distance, it looks like a big bag walking forward by herself, and she can't see her existence at all. But what surprised Kazama the most was actually Ashbara, it seems that shopping is a woman's innate natural ability, Kazama glanced at the shopping bag in Ashbara's hand, and then looked at the bag in his hand, I really don't know how the woman who has not experienced cultivation and does not have a little chakra existence picked up so many things.

When a group of four people returned home, they didn't expect that the adults who had a lot of opportunities were already waiting at home, and they could see the traces of the door room before the meal 365 days a year. Helping Mito put all kinds of ingredients in the kitchen, Kazama, Tsunade and Ashbara left, Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is Mito's job, as for the maid Miyuko, of course she also has to go home for the New Year, didn't you see that even Hokage-sama left work early? As for the work of these three "children", it is to paste those decorations for the New Year throughout the home, window flowers, hanging money, blessing characters, and all kinds of red-hot decorations are pasted all over the home, and the flavor of the New Year in the land of the thousand-handed clan is getting stronger.

The three of them moved quickly, and their work was done before the meal was cooked, sitting in the middle of the restaurant, Tsunade wrapped around Kazama's side, forcing him to tell another story, and since the two of them told the story of hanging money for the first time during the New Year two years ago, before the New Year, Tsunade would pester Kazama to tell these legends. After being dragged by Tsunade and asking for a long time, Kazama shook his arm that was already numb, and finally agreed to her request, "Tsunade, do you know what day it is?" ”

"Today is Chinese New Year's Eve." Tsunade replied as he should.

"Then do you know why this day is called Chinese New Year's Eve?" Kazama asked rhetorically, and Tsunade shook his head and said nothing.

"Many, many years ago, there was a beast with horns on its head and sharp nails on its four claws, and a fierce appearance and a fierce body, called Xi, who was the king of beasts, and whatever beast was his food. In the last month of the year, when the weather is at its coldest, the snow covers the mountains, and there are no wild animals to eat, so they run to the villages on the side of the mountains to find food, which often brings great disasters to the villagers. ”

So at the end of each year, the people in the village would bring heavy clothes and go to the bamboo forest near the village to hide from the sunset, and I don't know why the night never went to the bamboo forest to forage for food. This year, the people of the village went to the bamboo forest to avoid the beasts according to the custom, and saw a hungry child on the side of the road on the way, and the people kindly took him with them and went to the bamboo forest to hide from the night. The end of the year is the coldest time of the year, and the same is true in the bamboo forest, so people cut down the bamboo to make a fire to keep warm, and the child was very curious, why the bamboo forest is so close to the village, but the night does not come here to eat people. ”

"Someone told him that Xi had also come to the bamboo forest, but I don't know why it never dared to approach the depths of the bamboo forest, and we also thought that Xi was afraid of bamboo, but when he walked to Xi's side with the cut bamboo, it would still pounce and bite people, so we could only retreat to the bamboo forest and wait for the snow to melt before returning to the village."

"'Are you afraid of fire?' The boy continued to ask, but received a negative answer, Xi was never afraid of fire, and could even pass through the raging fire. After bowing his head and pondering for a long time, the child said loudly to the villagers, 'I know how to drive away the night!' ’”

The next day, some of the villagers followed the child back to the village, and at the child's command, they built a large bonfire in the very center of the village, put the bamboo they had brought out of the bamboo forest on the ground, and cut it into pieces with their axes, waiting for the sunset. After a whistling sound, the beast ran into the village, opened its bloody mouth to eat people, and when it was in danger, the child screamed and ordered the villagers to throw the freshly cut bamboo knots into the campfire. The freshly cut bamboo knots were very damp, and when they were thrown into a very strong bonfire, they would immediately burst and make a crackling sound. ”

"The weakness of the original Xi was the fear of the loud sound of the bamboo bursting, and every year in winter, the village would take the freshly cut broken bamboo and throw it into the flames to burn, and this tradition of lighting the broken bamboo at the end of the year remained, and over time, it evolved into the tradition of setting off firecrackers. If you think about it, do firecrackers look like bamboo knots? Kazama asked casually, and Tsunade nodded hurriedly.

Therefore, the last day of each year is called Chinese New Year's Eve, which means to get rid of the beast of the Eve, and the custom of setting off firecrackers has gradually evolved from the tradition of lighting broken bamboo. In addition, the tradition of staying up all night on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve and not sleeping is also because of the night, everyone is afraid that the night will come out to eat people in the middle of the night, so they dare not sleep at night, and dare to rest at peace until dawn, and because everyone sits around the fire at night, guarding those broken bamboo knots, so this behavior of staying up late and not sleeping has gradually evolved into the meaning of keeping the new year, that is, guarding the broken bamboo festival. After listening to Kazama's story, Tsunade still seems to be a little unsatisfied, still pestering Kazama to hear the story, but Kazama won't tell her anyway, since he said that he will only tell it once a year, then he must fulfill this tradition.

After listening to Kazama's story, the gray principle chuckled a little funny, and whispered to Kazama, "I really didn't expect you to know so many stories that can't be beaten with eight poles, and you use them to deceive children." Kazama replied very seriously, "I believe in these legends, and I might come to your room one day and eat you......

"Hahahahaha......" Gray Yuan laughed out loud uncharacteristically, "I really didn't expect this kind of story to deceive children can fool you, I look forward to the day when I meet Xi, ahahahahaha." Looking at Ashbara's reaction, Kazama whispered, "Don't you have a dream too?" ”

Looking at the conversation between Ash and Kazama, Tsunade seemed a little unhappy, and said to Ash Plain, "Xiao Ai, since you don't agree with this story of Kazama, do you know the true origin of Chinese New Year's Eve?" "It seems that because Ashbara ruined her dream and Kazama's dream," Tsunade said with some anger on his lips.

"The two words Chinese New Year's Eve should be looked at separately, except that this word did not exist in ancient times, so the real name of Chinese New Year's Eve should be called Yu Xi, the word Yu is the meaning of remaining, remnant, and the original meaning of Xi refers to the sunset, which can be used to refer to the evening, so the original meaning of Chinese New Year's Eve is the last night of the year. In addition, in ancient times, people would also call December, that is, the last month of each year, Tu Yue, this Tu character is actually the meaning of Yu, so in fact, December should be called the month or the remaining month. Ashbara was not embarrassed by Tsunade at all, and opened his mouth to explain. As if he had been provoked by Kazama and Tsunade, Ashbara glanced at Kazama with a little provocation, "Since you have such a dream, then tell me about the origin of the Spring Festival." ”

Kazama frowned, only Chinese New Year's Eve and no Spring Festival in his story, which is considered a small loophole, at this time he was caught by Gray Yuan but he didn't know what to say for a while, "We can only tell one story a year, and we will talk about the Spring Festival next year." With a casual haha, Kazama was about to change the subject, but Tsunade had already pounced on Ashbara's side and began to pester her to explain about the Spring Festival again, and Kazama had to shake his head helplessly.

Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a young man named Wan Nian, who felt that the festivals at that time were too inaccurate, and wanted to adjust these festivals accurately, but he couldn't find a good way to record the time. Then one day, when he was chopping wood in the mountains, he invented a sundial to measure the time of day with the help of the presence of trees and the change of the shadow left by the sun. Later, he was inspired by the dripping water spring on the mountain, and he made a five-tiered leaky pot, filled it with water, and measured the time with the help of the time when the water was leaking. Many years have passed, Wan Nian found that every 360 days, the four seasons will be reincarnated, the length of the day will also be reincarnated, the monarch at that time also suffered from the lack of a standard calendar, heard that Wan Nian found the law of the change of the sun and moon seasons, so let Wan Nian popularize the sundial and the leaky pot to the whole world, for the benefit of all people. In commemoration of the exploits of the 10,000-year, this cycle of 365 days was named the year, and this calendar was named the perpetual calendar......"

Speaking of this, Ashbara's words were suddenly interrupted by Mito, "Kazama, take them outside to set off the cannons, we're going to have dinner when we come back!" ”

Ashbara didn't continue, stood up and walked in the direction of the gate, Kazama hurriedly asked, "Ashbara, why are you going?" ”

"Let's have a good meal after the cannon." Gray Yuan said with a little belly.

"Hey! You first explain the origin of the Spring Festival! "It's hard to end the story halfway through.

"Didn't you say you could only tell one story a year? As for the origin of the Spring Festival, we will talk about it next year. Gray Yuan smiled happily.