Chapter 174: Torch Festival

The people of Yunnan are still very enthusiastic, but they don't understand the language here.

Ethnic minorities gather here, and now the locals here are holding a torch festival.

Locals warmly invite them to the Torch Festival.

In the previous life, there seemed to be a torch festival in Yuxi, Yunnan, which was a grand local festival.

Looking at the high pile of firewood, Yang Guo and the others were invited to the house by the patriarch as guests.

The patriarch spoke Chinese, and he enthusiastically introduced the village and the origin of the torch festival.

The torch festival is called Duze in the Liangshan Yi language, which means to sacrifice fire, which originates from the fire worship of ethnic minorities in southwest China, and reflects the folk psychology and belief concept of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil.

When the way of life changed from nomadic herding to farming, people believed that fire could smoke the fields to remove trouble, chase away plagues, exterminate insects and protect seedlings, and urge seedlings to emerge, and had the functions of praying for a good year, attracting light, and welcoming blessings.

The torch festival generally lasts for three days and three nights, and is divided into three stages: sacrificing fire, passing fire, and sending fire.

On the first day of the fire, people slaughtered cattle and sheep, and prepared wine to worship their ancestors, and at night they lit a holy fire on the altar, and Bimo recited the sutra to sacrifice the fire;

On the second day, the fire was lit and people gathered under the altar flame to hold various festivals, such as horse racing, wrestling, singing, dancing, etc.;

On the third day, when night falls, people run around with torches, and then gather the torches together to form a huge bonfire, around which people sing and dance.

The village chief said that his family had a son and a daughter, and as he was talking, he heard the girl's crisp voice.

"Abba is not a guest at home?"

A sweet-looking girl dressed in ethnic costume jumped in.

The girl wears a trimmed or embroidered placket blouse, a black toe and earrings, a silver row flower at the neckline, and a short skirt with delicate pictures on the skirt.

Then a young man dressed in ethnic minority costumes came in, this boy was on crutches made of wood, and his face revealed a sense of embarrassment and unconfidence when he came in.

Yang Guo didn't look at the boy much, just nodded politely to him.

"You little girl just doesn't understand the rules, and she still screams when she knows that there are guests."

The girl shyly stuck out her tongue and behaved playfully.

The girl and Yang Guo are the same age.

"This is my eldest son, who gave birth to an illness the year before last and broke his leg, and now he can only walk on crutches."

"Daddy went to Sister Xiu's house just now, and his parents kicked my brother out, and they didn't agree to my brother's marriage with Sister Xiu."

"Hey......"

"Daddy, they agreed to this marriage before, because of my brother's legs, they have to regret it, and now Sister Xiu is very strict by the family."

Yang Guo and they finally understood, looking at the boy's depressed appearance, it is no wonder that whose parents would marry their daughter to a cripple.

"I think you still resigned yourself to fate, Xiu'er is so beautiful, and there are so many young men chasing her in the village, how can she always like you."

"Brother can't do it, let's marry Sister Xiu'er, and tomorrow I will arrange for Sister Xiu'er to elope with you."

The patriarch put down the hookah he was smoking and knocked the girl's head with his fingers.

"You can figure it out if you elope, your brother's leg doesn't have to run five miles to be caught up."

The girl rubbed her knocked head and looked unconvinced.

"A few guests made you laugh."

"It's okay, patriarch, I'm proficient in medical skills, can you let me show your son."

The three patriarchs looked surprised, but they were disappointed to see Yang Guo so young, how could such a young medical skill be so good.

"Don't underestimate Yang Gongzi's medical skills, I had a birthmark on my face before, and it was useless to visit famous doctors, after meeting him, he helped me heal ......"

After Miss Qian's explanation, they looked at Yang Guo expectantly.

"That boy begged you to help my brother heal his leg, you can do whatever I want."

This girl saw Yang Guojian's eyebrows and sideburns, and her temperament was fluttering, and she also had a good impression in her heart.

"Childe, I beg you to help my son treat his leg, whatever the price is."

"The patriarch is serious, I just want to show him."

"Brother, don't go over quickly."

"Hmm."

He came to Yang Guo's side and put down his crutches!

Traditional Chinese medicine is about seeing, hearing, and inquiring.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that qi and blood run, sensitize, and transmit evil. The basis and basis of TCM diagnosis of disease is the meridians, which have the function of connecting the viscera and limbs to communicate up and down, inside and outside, just like the telephone network, closely connecting the human body into a unified whole, so local changes can affect the whole body through the meridians, and the lesions of the internal organs can be reflected on the body surface, the so-called "there are all internal must form", on the contrary, Chinese medicine can also speculate on the changes of the internal organs through external diagnosis, which is the basis and basis for TCM to diagnose diseases.

May I ask who knows more about the body, the warrior or the doctor.

A: Eucalyptus is a doctor who knows martial arts, and generally famous doctors can do a little kung fu.

And Yang Guo's three fingers began to take the pulse.

The patriarch's family looked at Yang Guo with their eyes closed, and they were very nervous.

Yang Guo's fingers beat on the pulse, this is the pinmai.

In fact, Chinese medicine is broad and profound, and even the current Yang Guo does not dare to say that his medical skills are superb.

After a while, Yang Guo took his hand away.

"Well, is my brother's leg cured?"

The man also looked nervous and uneasy, for fear of hearing the words of disappointment.

"There must be a cure, his leg is invaded by external evil to block the meridians, causing the meridians to be blocked, resulting in paralysis, fortunately, the time is not long, the muscles and meridians have not atrophied, and it is not troublesome to treat."

"Is it true, if I can heal my son's leg, let me be a cow and a horse."

"Patriarch, your words are serious again, it's just a gesture, it's just that you have to start treatment after participating in the Torch Festival, I'll write a prescription, and you can grab all the medicinal materials you need."

"Okay."

After writing the prescription and handing it to the girl, the girl ran out to grab the medicine.

Yang Guo and the three of them went for a walk around the village.

At night, several villages and villages gather together, and the scene is very lively.

The people here are dark-skinned and often work in the sun.

Like Yang Guo, a few people have snow-white skin, but it is rare to see someone with extraordinary temperament.

The people here are very welcoming, and they bring fruit or other food wherever they go.

Yang Guo always took it and ate it unceremoniously, but Miss Qian was more polite.

It was getting dark, and there were already a lot of people in the square, young men and women, old people and children.

Yang Guo and the three of them sat on the side, and those young men and women would all look at them.

The people here are simple and warm!

I saw a group of young people holding torches and starting to light the fire, and the blazing flames burned high, illuminating the square brightly.

The young men and women and the children began to sing hand in hand, and it was not clear what they meant, but the singing was cheerful, and everyone had smiles on their faces.