Of course, envy is envy, but I also know that Uncle Chen's business is not my dish, so after envy, I still honestly prepare the necessary things for the leading club, and when the firecrackers sound, I will receive our family's share of the porridge is real.

Why prepare?

Because the dragon head club on February 2 is not different from other ordinary people, it does not mean that you will receive the community porridge as soon as you hear the sound of firecrackers, but you must first prepare gold and silver incense paper, a pair of chopsticks and a stalk dragon, so that after receiving the community porridge and community meat, each household has to go to worship the land uncle again.

Gold and silver incense paper is easy for everyone to understand, that is, a stack of gold and silver paper, three incense, and it doesn't matter if there is a candle or not.

Chopsticks, why chopsticks? People eat, especially we Chinese are used to using chopsticks to eat, so it is natural that our beloved gods eat with chopsticks - the community porridge is there, the community meat is also available, and then a pair of chopsticks, this delicious meal can not be opened?

Straw dragon, made of straw like a whip, usually this kind of thing is actually called "straw snake", only on February 2 has a tall name "straw dragon". There are usually two ways to spell the stalk dragon: one is the three-wisp spell, which is used to make a larger and thicker stalk dragon; The other is the two-wisp spelling, which is used for smaller, shorter stalks. In the past, when people were poor, there were many cultivated lands and straws, and the three-stranded stalk dragon that people spelled was even as thick as a thigh, and the length could reach about 2 meters. And now people, people are lazy to plough less land, and there are naturally fewer straws, so people began to take the short two-strand stalk dragon route, which is small and fine, but in fact it is limited in straw and has to be done as a last resort.

The name of the stalk dragon is so high, what is the use of it?

When the stalk dragon was not called the stalk dragon, it was a stalk snake. The origin of the stalk snake is that it is made of straw and shaped like a snake, long and section-by-section. Its main function is that it can produce a lot of smoke to repel mosquitoes, and at the same time, when life was difficult in the past, matches were very expensive and difficult to buy, so people put together a very strong stalk snake as the function of retaining the fire, and the old men can also light it when they smoke hookahs, which is extremely convenient. Of course, people nowadays don't need this, so the snake gradually fades out of people's sight. It is only on the second day of February every year that the stalk snake turns into a stalk dragon and appears in people's field of vision.

The stalk dragon has a special meaning in "February 2, the dragon raises its head" - it conveys happiness, auspiciousness, health and good luck, just as the Olympic torch carries a certain spirit.

How to pass it on? This does not mean that you can make a straw dragon and light it there at will, but you must light your straw dragon in the stove where the porridge is cooked, and then carry the porridge and the meat and gold and silver incense paper to the land uncle to worship, and finally carry the straw dragon and put it on the stove or kitchen at home, so that happiness can really be brought into the door.

And remember that this stalk dragon cannot be destroyed. Just let it die or burn out, otherwise you will interrupt God's blessing, and you will have to carry this responsibility yourself, just like the Olympic torch, if it is extinguished in the middle of the way, it will be interesting!

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It took about two or three hours to cook the porridge and meat of the branch, but people from several villages got together early and chatted with each other—especially those who were old and familiar with each other. I don't know each other, there are a lot of young men and women, and many more people are playing cards. Either bet on it - yes! It's a bet! Although the amount is not large, but betting on obo is betting on obo, which is the size?

I don't know which year it began, every time people are more concentrated during the New Year's holidays and clubs, people play gambling obo: buy stalls 1234, three dice bet on the size. There are a lot of pictures of carp and frogs, etc., and some old people came forward to talk about it at the beginning, but then more and more people played, and it was useless to say it, so it was the only way. And these temporary small gambling obo ordinary police officers will not pay attention to it. So the folk customs gradually formed, and slowly some people began to lose their passbooks and wives, but at this point, who will care? Who can take care of it?

I don't have a love for betting, and I don't join in the fun, but that playing cards - quack, this can be had!

Playing cards, not mahjong tiles, but playing cards.

Thirteen cards, the average child loves to play this, after all, the hand is small, and it is just right to play this deck of cards.

Four pairs of tractors, is our side and even the two Guangxi people's favorite, and even some Nanning people are arrogant to play ten decks of tractors, a card touched for half an hour, and then in less than ten minutes to finish the card - this is really sour egg pain, but in the hands of countless long tractors, tricycles, bulldozers and so on like a mountain of cards thrown out, it is indeed intoxicating. Too many cards are easy to cramp after playing for a long time, and four decks are just right, which is also the most acceptable for most men, women and children. It's a pity that there are too many people now, and they all have war partners, and I just delayed too much time on the side of Uncle Land, so I didn't get together now, which is a pity.

In fact, there is a more exciting way to play with four tractors, that is, five or six people fight on their own, and each game designates a specific card to determine unknown teammates, etc., which is slightly complicated and brain-consuming, so the popularity is not widespread, and I can only play with those classmates in high school, continue to regret!

If you don't gamble or play cards, you can only watch those club heads busy......

There are a lot of households in the five villages, so this time I slaughtered ten pigs, which is a large amount, which is very busy for these community leaders. However, although he is busy, he is not as busy as he used to be - in the past, all the social pigs were all working together and cutting together, like a big pot of rice, and there were many people fighting for a while, but the efficiency was low and chaotic. It was not until the later reform to the division of labor and cooperation with the village as a unit that time was saved and efficiency was improved -- there is no need to worry about the fact that there is more social meat in this village and less social meat in that village.

Looking at the busy club heads, the folks playing cards and chatting, and the guys who were gambling hotly, I suddenly remembered the dragon - was that his real body? Did he deliberately show it to me? What is his hurried and friendly "looking back and smiling"? Is it because I'm still a novice? What is Yan Xiaobai?

Big head!

Confused!

But aside from these troubles, I have added a strong touch to my life experience - I have seen a real dragon!

Quack, what a dazzling thing, but it's a pity that this kind of awesome thing is destined to not be shared with others, and it's a pity!

"Paparazzi! Consular meat! (To be continued.) )

PS: I wish the brothers and sisters of "Listening to the Soul" a smooth and happy heart!!