Chapter 120: Chinese New Year
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In the winter of that year, the following two things happened:
The first thing: Cha Wenbin was finally discharged from the hospital in the fourth month after a long treatment in the hospital, and on the day of discharge, Cha Wenbin's complexion was quite good.
He Lao took out a jar of thousand-year-old wine, and Chaozi and Zhuoxiong drank it with a horizontal face.
Cha Wenbin held the wine glass and drank it all, he is not a drinker, but it does not mean that he will not drink, between pushing the glass and changing the glass, he is already slightly drunk. It's been more than half a year since he came out, and his youngest son was also taken to the provincial capital by Chaozi, and he had nothing to do all day long fooling around behind the butts of these guys, Cha Wenbin looked at the broken bridge and remnants of snow outside, and proposed to go back to his hometown tomorrow, no matter how everyone dissuaded him, he refused. As a last resort, in the end, Director Leng proposed that the work here could come back at any time, and Cha Wenbin agreed with a smile.
The second thing:
During the period, Lao Wang went to the hospital to visit Cha Wenbin, and there was an old man who often saw him on TV with him. The old man held Cha Wenbin's hand, hoping that he could be used by the country in the future, but Cha Wenbin was bent on returning to the field and politely refused. Before leaving, they took away the bronze sun wheel that Cha Wenbin found from Qifeng Mountain, for this artifact, although Cha Wenbin did not have too many feelings, but always vaguely felt that there was a trace of connection between it and himself, it is said that Lao Wang went to Beijing.
On the second day, Cha Wenbin packed his luggage and prepared to leave, He Lao and Director Leng prepared a lot of New Year's goods, and Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong had to follow Cha Wenbin back to their hometown for the New Year. Considering that He Lao had lost Mrs. Wang this year, Chaozi was still persuaded by Cha Wenbin to come down, and agreed to go to his house with the little witch in the first month to pay New Year's greetings.
Zhuo Xiong, now he is basically homeless, he and Heng Rou Face planned to go back with Cha Wenbin, just in the small courtyard of the archaeological institute, the sound of "Ga" brakes came, and a white Santana stopped steadily in front of them, and a ghostly guy came out of it, hey, who is not Director Zhao?
Although Director Zhao failed to apprentice that day, he still admired Cha Wenbin. When I heard that he was going back, I came with the car of the unit, and I had to send him home. The New Year's goods sent one by one filled the entire trunk to the brim, and Director Zhao was still so fast, with black smoke coming out of Santana's buttocks, and he rushed towards the northwest of Zhejiang.
On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, Cha Wenbin got up very early, and according to rural customs, he lost his daughter this year, although he is a junior, but he cannot post couplets at home. I simply made a few dishes, put them in a small basket, packed up the incense and candles, and took my son to prepare to go to the grave.
In our country, there are several days of the year when the deceased ancients are sacrificed, which are:
Qingming Festival, you need to go to the grave to sweep the grave, light incense candles and set up a soul flag, pay tribute to the ancestors, this day has now become a legal holiday, and it is also the most familiar day for everyone.
It is said that the king of Yama opens the ghost gate on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year, and releases a group of lonely souls and wild ghosts who are not worshiped to the yang world to enjoy people's sacrifices. On the last day of July, before the ghost gate is closed, these lonely ghosts have to return to the underworld, so July is also called the ghost month.
It is said that on this day, every family, rich or poor, must prepare wine, food, and paper money to commemorate the deceased to show their nostalgia for their deceased ancestors. The mid-year festival is generally seven days, and there are new dead and old dead. Those who died within three years are called new deceased, and those who died three years ago are called old deceased. Superstition says that the old and new dead should go home to see during this time, and it is also said that the time for the new and old dead to come back is not the same, the new dead will return first, and the old dead will return later. Therefore, they should be sacrificed separately. The time to burn paper money is chosen in the dead of night, first sprinkle a few circles in the yard with lime, saying that the paper money is burned in the circle, and the lonely ghosts dare not come to rob it, and then burn it in a pile, and when burning, the mouth will keep chanting: "So-and-so came to receive the money." "In the end, I had to burn a bunch outside the circle, saying that it was for lonely souls and wild ghosts. On the day when the dead go back, whether rich or poor, they must cook a good meal to honor the dead, which is also called "sending the dead."
Therefore, during the Midyear Festival, everyone generally conducts it in their own yards, and they do not go to the grave, because the yin qi on that day is the most vigorous in the year, and if you don't do it, you will be hit in the middle of the road. On that day in the rural area, adults did not allow children to go out to play, and they went to bed early after dinner.
Another important day to worship the souls of the dead is the winter solstice! Everyone knows that this day is the farthest sun from the ground in the northern hemisphere. According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, on the winter solstice, there was a record of "the Son of Heaven leading the three princes and nine kings to welcome the New Year" to worship the sky in the suburbs. The "Weekly Rites" stipulate that on the winter solstice, a sacrificial ceremony of "to the gods, people and ghosts" should be held.
The place that pays attention to the point and the person who pays attention to the point is vegetarian on that day, but he also has to kill chickens and sheep, first sacrifice to the sky, and then sacrifice to the soul. Like Cha Wenbin, he has to sacrifice Sanqing, worship the ancestors, and then eat a bowl of rice balls at night.
The last day of the year to be associated with the dead is the Chinese New Year's Eve.
If he has been dead for more than a year, he should have a meal on the morning of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve and then prepare an offering to the grave.
First of all, prepare paper money, and if it is convenient, go to the store to buy ready-made yellow straw paper, which is generally rectangular, tied one by one. If you pay attention to the point, you have to make your own ingots, and you can make it by hand with this kind of yellow straw paper, which is a bit similar to the technique of stacking boats, anyway, it looks like ingots, and the two ends are cocked. There is also a way to cut copper coins with scissors, which is also used in this kind of paper.
Nowadays, some use woodcut banknote-like printing plates to print on straw paper, and generally write the size of the amount on it. Or with fifty or one hundred dollars, the people blow three mouthfuls on it, and then put it on straw paper, and hit three with their fists, indicating that a piece of money has been printed. Then prepare firecrackers, wine, and incense. The most important thing is to choose good pork, put it in a pot, boil it, cut it into cubes the size of the bowl mouth, and put it in a bowl for sacrifice, which is called "knife head". As for the huge denomination of the "Heaven and Earth Bank" bought in the store, most of them are gimmicks come up by merchants, and that thing burns down, so be careful that the ancestor is caught by the imp and says that he uses counterfeit money.
Going to the grave to worship the ancestors is led by the elders of the family, and the whole family must participate except for those who are too young and too old. Sacrifice to the ancestors, clean up the weeds before and after the ancestral tomb, and then deduct nine sacrifices, sacrifice knives, burn three pillars, burn paper, set off firecrackers, and only after the sacrifice can you go home to eat
Cha Wenbin had these things at his fingertips, and after a while, he was ready, and took his youngest son to carry the things to the grave mountain, Zhuo Xiong and Heng Rou Face had already gone to the town, saying that they were going to buy some more wine and food.
This year, there is a new grave on that grave mountain, which is his youngest daughter, Cha Wenbin couldn't bear to go over, so he sent his child to burn paper, because white-haired people can't kneel for black-haired people, which will cost their lives, and he went to the graves of his master and ancestors.
Originally, this matter had passed like this, because besides this moment, he had to come to the grave mountain tonight, what was he doing here? Keep the New Year!
In our place, a newly dead person, on the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve of that year, after eating the New Year's dinner, must wait until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night to go up to the grave again, and after picking that time, set off firecrackers, burn paper money, and burn paper clothes for him. To do this is to tell him that the New Year is over, and this is the first year you have spent below, and it will not belong to the world in the future.
If the one who died was a senior one, then his relatives had to go and watch for him that night, and climb up no matter how windy or snowy it was. But Cha Wenbin didn't have any relatives in the first place, and it was a child who died, so he planned to come up alone at night and forget it, dragging his son to suffer with him, just let him worship his sister at this time.
Cha Wenbin is burning incense and kowtowing at the master's grave, not far away is his daughter's grave, "" A loud noise came, followed by an "ah" sound, Cha Wenbin hurriedly went back to see, it was not good to have an accident, his little son was rolling on the ground in front of the grave, a cloud of white smoke had not yet dispersed, dropped the incense paper in his hand that had not been burned, and hurriedly ran over.
Now it's okay, when he goes to the grave, he brings a few sixteen shots, that is, the kind of small cannonballs, which can sound a total of 16 times after being lit, this thing, our rural children have seen and played, and I used it to fry fish when I was a child. Seeing the sixteen rings that had been torn apart, Cha Wenbin knew that the artillery battle must have blown up the child, picked up his crying son, and hurriedly sent him down the mountain......
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