Shangsi Festival is the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar.

Since the pre-Qin era, this festival has been used by the Han people to purify and repair.

Purification, that is, people go to the water's edge to hold sacrifices, wash their feet and bodies, wash away the dirt on their bodies, eliminate bad luck, and welcome good luck. Regarding purification, there is a record in the "Analects" that "Mo Chun, the spring clothes are completed, there are five or six champions, six or seven children, bathing in Yi, the wind is dancing, and the song returns".

Cultivation means that the people go to the water's edge to swim, and later it gradually evolved into a gathering of literati. There is also a record of cultivation in the "Zhou Li": "Wandering in the corner of the world, following the sages under the flowers." Only owes San'in to repair the post, but it has an orchestra than the Lan Pavilion. aroused the hunger and hatred of Duling, and the people were by the Qushui in Chang'an. ”

After the Han Dynasty, the folk customs gradually tended to be conservative, and the custom of bathing and washing the body by the river during the Shangsi Festival gradually disappeared from some places, but the custom of drinking and feasting while saving water and visiting the suburbs has been retained to this day.

On the morning of the Shangsi Festival, Shen Yingyue's family began to prepare items for the spring outing.

There are mats spread on the ground, and meals and drinks are served by the water.

There are called flower chicken, pepper and salt pork ribs, stir-fried beef with kimchi, fried glutinous rice, as well as pig blood cake and sugar rice cake, which are placed in Shen Yingyue with bamboo baskets and cotton. Cotton made of insulated baskets.

In addition, they also brought a pot of plum blossom wine brewed by Shen Yingyue herself.

This day happens to be the day of the county school for five days off, and the students in the county school will also organize outings, children like Liang Jing can go home, Liang Hanchu has gone to the county school to pick him up yesterday evening, and the little guy will be with them today.

After putting the things on the ox cart, the family huddled in the ox cart and hurried to the river.

Liang Jing stayed in the academy for a while, and when he came back, he had a little more bookish breath on his body, and he was more calm and indifferent than his peers. But at this time, he revealed the heart of a child.

"Mother, it's my first time going on a trip, it's my first outing, it's all delicious, isn't it? We'll just sit by the river and eat in a while, won't we? ”

"Yes, would you like to try it first?"

"No, mother, let's go to the river and eat again, I'm going to sit on the mat and eat." Liang Jing saw that Shen Yingyue was about to open the lid of the basket, so he went over and closed it.

Shen Yingyue smiled and tightened the basket.

The weather at the beginning of March was not as cold as in February, and they did not lower the curtain of the bullock cart in order to enjoy the scenery along the road.

Moo pulled them forward, and the spring breeze with the scent of grass blew in. The snow and ice outside have not completely melted, and there are still patches of white snow on the ridges and slopes.

The grass is starting to sprout. The grass that had been silent for a winter broke through the soil and emerged through the snow that had not yet melted, adding a vibrant color to the snow-covered earth.

The bare branches on the roadside and on the mountains also sprouted, tender and green, and many plants grew flower bones.

Shen Yingyue also saw groups of geese flying back from the south, and Liang Jing clapped his hands when he saw it, very cheerful.

Everywhere there is a scene of grass growing and warblers flying, full of spring.

In addition to their family, many families also came out to go out, and there were many ox carts and horse-drawn carts on the village road.

And today their destination is not around the village, but a special place some distance from the village.