Chapter 109: Worship the ancestors in the Ancestral Palace
The ninth day of September, Chung Yeung Festival.
The Double Ninth Festival is a traditional folk festival that is held on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month every year.
In the early morning of this day, as soon as the sky was light, Bai Yanqing was woken up by the noise of small fragments. When she freshened up, dressed neatly, and walked out of the gate of the palace, she saw the busy palace people.
Today is the Double Ninth Festival, and all the palace people are busy preparing festival supplies.
In the Imperial Palace, there has always been a greater emphasis on these traditional festivals. And the people have always believed that the Double Ninth Festival is a happy, auspicious and reunion day! Therefore, whenever these traditional auspicious festivals come, most of the emperors will give banquets in the palace. Therefore, every festival, the palace is unusually busy and lively!
In addition to being a happy and auspicious festival, the Double Ninth Festival is also one of the most important ancestral festivals among the people. It is a tradition to worship ancestors and pray for future generations!
On this day, the emperor will lead the princes, princesses, concubines and other relatives of the emperor in the palace to worship their ancestors. Therefore, today, Yun Qi entered the palace early, and together with the other princes, accompanied by the emperor.
When the emperor and empress bathe and cleanse, they will be dressed and crowned by the palace people.
The crown dress is the ceremonial dress worn by the emperor during the sacrifice. The crown clothes are divided into tiaras, tops, bottoms, knee covers, knots, gui, wear, ribbons and so on. Complicated dresses often require several palace people to serve on the side together, and it takes a long time to dress the emperor neatly!
Due to this year's autumn election, there are still many family girls left in the palace, in order to avoid extraneous branches and unnecessary troubles. Therefore, the emperor decreed that this year's Double Ninth Festival in the palace should worship the ancestors, and everything should be simple. Therefore, this time to worship the ancestors, that is, the emperor took the queen, as well as the princes and princesses in the palace to the first hall to worship, and the rest of the idle people were waiting outside the hall and were not allowed to enter.
As soon as the hour arrived, there were palace people in front of him, who came to Qiyun Hall to spread the word. It is said that it is the emperor's edict, and everyone in the harem needs to go to wait outside the Fengxian Hall and wait for the emperor to worship their ancestors.
In fact, even if the emperor doesn't give this edict, the people in the harem will rush to wait outside the Fengxian Palace. After all, for these harem women, this is also a rare opportunity to meet the emperor. Do they have a reason not to cherish it?
"Miss, it's cold in the morning, put on a cloak!"
Cai Xing thoughtfully took out a thick cloak and draped it on Bai Yanqing's shoulders, and carefully dressed her well, for fear that she would freeze again.
Now, it is late autumn, and the weather is getting colder and colder. As soon as he thought of waiting for a few hours outside the Fengxian Palace, Bai Yanqing was full of reluctance.
"Well, I never suffered such a sin when I was in my own house."
Bai Yanqing quietly complained to Caixing.
Seeing this, Cai Xing hurriedly covered Bai Yanqing's mouth, lest the wall had ears, and then he would be listened to by those palace people who loved to chew their tongues.
Although Bai Yanqing was sent to Zhuangzi by the Ren family in the early years to stay for several years, he was still allowed to return to the Bai family and participate in the ancestor worship during the Double Ninth Festival every year.
The ancestor worship of the Bai family is naturally simpler than the ancestor worship of the emperor family. The family, crowded, crowded in the ancestral hall, knelt down to the tablets of the ancestors and ancestors, burned paper, and offered sacrifices, and it was all right! The Bai family does not have so many taboos, the old and young in the family, there are also Bai Jingxuan's father and daughter, Ren and that son, who temporarily live in the Bai family, Bai Furong's mother and daughter. Because Lai Feiyan and Lai Bizhi are foreign surnames, they are also exempt from the burden of kneeling, standing far away and bowing, which can be regarded as respect for the ancestors of the Bai family!
Thinking of this, Bai Yanqing missed more and more about the days outside the palace. Unrestrained, free, not bound by all kinds of rules, not bound by all kinds of red tape, that kind of day...... Like, no more, right?
I don't know, today, the Bai family has, as in previous years, everyone is surrounded and worships their ancestors in the ancestral hall?
Ay......
"Miss, Miss, this is the Chongyang cake made for you by the slave maid in the morning, you can eat a few mats first! I don't know how long we will wait when we go to the Fengxian Palace!"
Caixing brought a stack of pastries and put them in front of Bai Yanqing's eyes, pulling her back from deep thought.
Chongyang cake is also known as five-color cake or chrysanthemum cake, and its production method is also relatively casual! Layer by layer, spread your favorite nuts, red beans, red dates and other ingredients, layer upon layer, stacked to nine layers, steamed! Its meaning is also very beautiful, which means that it is rising higher and higher, and it also means "rising step by step"!
The soft and glutinous and sweet chongyang cake is soft in the mouth, up to seventy or eighty, the old man with all his teeth, and the infant baby who has not yet erupted, can easily eat!
Bai Yanqing took the Chongyang cake handed over by Caixing, and put it in his mouth, the sweet and soft Chongyang cake was not sweet at all! Because Bai Yanqing doesn't like sweets on weekdays, Caixing did not add additional sugar during the steaming process. The sweetness that Bai Yanqing can eat is all the sweetness of the jujube itself.
"Well, the craftsmanship is good, wrap a few more pieces, and I'll bring them to His Highness to taste!"
Bai Yanqing subconsciously instructed Caixing. The stars are surprised again and again!
"Huh? Our young lady, now, it hurts more and more!"
Cai Xing joked with a smile, and then obediently took out a clean handkerchief, wrapped a few pieces of Chongyang cake, and stuffed it into Bai Yanqing's hand.
Bai Yanqing sneered, stuffed the handkerchief wrapped in the heavy yang cake into her sleeves, ignored Cai Xing, pretended to be angry, and walked out by herself. Seeing this, Cai Xing hurriedly raised his feet and followed!
"Have you ever eaten some mats? When you turn around and faint from hunger, I won't lift you!"
Bai Yanqing saw Caixing coming up, and said angrily.
"I've eaten it a long time ago, but if the slave doesn't taste it first, how can I know if it's ripe or not?"
I was happy to pick the stars, and I knew that Bai Yanqing was distressed about herself!
In the morning, the stars are indeed steamed! But unfortunately, this heat is not quite right, she also tried several times, and then the steaming was successful! So, she picked some, looked at the neat ones, and served them to Bai Yanqing to eat. Those unsightly, untidy, and broken chongyang cakes went into Cai Xing's own stomach! Thinking of this, Caixing couldn't help but burp! There are a lot of broken chongyang cakes!
Outside the Bongseonjeon Hall.
When Bai Yanqing and Caixing arrived, many harem concubines had already arrived. On both sides of the gate of the Fengxian Palace, there were many people standing! Bai Yanqing didn't want to, she stepped forward to join in the fun, she pulled the stars and stood calmly to the end!
About half an hour later, the emperor and the empress, surrounded by everyone, appeared on the stage! They were followed by princes and princesses.
Yun Qi is the eldest son, so naturally he is close behind the emperor! When he inadvertently raised his head and saw Bai Yanqing at the end of the line, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise! But unfortunately, Bai Yanqing knelt on the ground with everyone and didn't see this scene!
"Su...... Quiet!"
With the grand duke beside the emperor, pinching his throat and shouting, the surroundings were instantly quiet! The people fell to their knees and did not dare to move. Then, the emperor and the empress, together with the princes and princesses, followed suit and walked towards the Fengxian Palace!
"This ...... How long do you have to kneel?"
Bai Yanqing quietly asked the person next to her, she felt that if she kept kneeling like this, her knees would be wasted!
Quietly, the person kneeling next to her ignored her.
Bai Yanqing smacked her lips secretly, the women in this palace are all dumb?
I don't know how long it took, but with the sound of scriptures, the ancestor worship ceremony finally began.
Led by the emperor and empress, the princes and princesses behind them stood in two rows. Standing behind the emperor were the princes led by Yun Qi! Behind the queen stood the princesses!
The musician plays mourning music and rises to the sound of the scriptures.
Outside the Fengxian Palace, everyone bowed their heads and bowed, their palms clasped on the ground, their foreheads rested lightly on their hands, and they kowtowed to show their pious respect!
In the Fengxian Palace, the emperor led the crowd to kneel and salute, bowed his head with his chest in his chest, buckled his palms upside down, parallel to his chest, and then bent down and kowtowed.
When the scriptures and the mourning music ceased, the people raised their heads and straightened up, their knees still on the ground, and they could not get up. At this time, the palace people of the Ministry of Internal Affairs brought the prepared sacrifices to the front, and then the Grand Duke guided them to place the sacrificial supplies on the offering table one by one!
"Knock!"
The offerings were placed, and with the call of the Grand Duke, everyone prostrated again.
"Serve!"
After knocking, the people outside the Fengxian Hall were still kneeling, while the people in the hall were getting up and holding wine! Guided by the palace people, the wine in the wine glass in his hand was sprinkled in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors and ancestors!
"Knock again!"
After sprinkling the wine, in the call of the Grand Duke, everyone in the Fengxian Hall knelt down again and kowtowed to the tablets of the ancestors and ancestors!
"Up!"
When the three knocks are completed, in the Fengxian Palace, the emperor will take the lead, and they will be together! And the people outside the Fengxian Hall were still kneeling for a long time and couldn't get up! Fortunately, you can straighten up and don't have to crawl on the ground all the time!
Bai Yanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, this royal ancestor worship was so troublesome! Kneel and kneel, bow and bow, knock and knock! Even tossing, it's really tiring!
The cold and hard floor tiles knocked Bai Yanqing's knees cold and painful. She couldn't help it, and quietly reached out, trying to rub her knees, but was secretly pulled by Caixing behind her!
"Miss, no!"
Cai Xing quietly reminded Bai Yanqing.
Bai Yanqing was helpless, so she had to straighten up and kneel in pain.
In the Fengxian Palace, the emperor stood up with everyone and listened respectfully to the monks reciting the scriptures. The long scriptures have been read for a long time, and they have come to ...... Bai Yanqing felt that her knees were about to kneel through! Long to ...... Bai Yanqing knelt down, and she could doze off!
The people inside the temple stood and listened to the scriptures for as long as they spoke, and those outside the temple knelt for as long as they wanted.
I don't know how long it took for the sound of scriptures in the Fengxian Hall to stop abruptly.
Just when Bai Yanqing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could finally stand up, the voice of the Grand Duke came from the Fengxian Hall again!
"Burn paper!"
"Kneel!"
With a "kneeling", everyone in the Fengxian Hall knelt down again. With the blazing flames and flying ashes, everyone in the temple bowed again! And the people outside the Fengxian Hall are bent down and prostrate on the ground, with their palms facing the ground, knocking their foreheads on the back of their hands again, and gently knocking four times in a row!
Bai Yanqing doesn't know what other people's mentality is, in short, she is really secretly complaining! This royal sacrifice process is too complicated, right?
"Rite over!"
With this sound, a voice like a heavenly sound, Bai Yanqing seemed to be able to see that the top of the Grand Duke's head seemed to be crowned with a holy beam!
When everyone heard this, they got up one after another!
Because he had been kneeling for too long, when Bai Yanqing got up, his legs and feet were still weak, and he almost fell down if he didn't pay attention! Fortunately, Caixing behind her, her eyes and hands were fast, and she was pulled steadily, which avoided embarrassment!
In the Fengxian Palace, the emperor led everyone, and after bowing three times, he turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall!
It's finally over! Bai Yanqing sighed secretly!
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