Chapter 369: New Year's Money

[Although there has been a tradition of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new since Yao Shunyu, from the summer solstice to Qin, what month is the beginning of the year, but there is no public opinion.

For example, the first month of the summer calendar is January, the Shang calendar is December, the Zhou calendar is November, and the Qin calendar is October.

The official revision of the beginning of the year did not affect the celebration of the people, and for the purely agricultural society at that time, if it was worth celebrating, the beginning of spring should be recommended.

The simple and pure customs of celebrating the beginning of spring constitute the prototype of the framework of the Spring Festival celebration that we are familiar with today.

In 104 AD, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the formulation of the famous "Taichu Calendar".

In addition to changing the first day of October in the Qin calendar to the first day of January, this calendar also integrates the solar terms of the Ganzhi calendar as a supplement to the calendar.

It is also so far that the folk custom of celebrating the beginning of spring has gradually merged with the official custom of sacrificing the first day of the new year, and has become the prototype of the New Year that has been passed down to this day.

The outstanding martial arts of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty are also well known, and the frequent wars accelerated the economic and cultural exchanges between the north and the south of the Han Dynasty at that time, and the customs and habits of the region were gradually integrated, and the Chinese New Year gradually became a festival celebrated by the Chinese nation.

During the Chinese New Year, customs such as worshiping ancestors, greeting parents, greeting brothers and friends, drinking and sprinkling and sweeping have basically been established in the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, if you talk about the merit of promoting the New Year, Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, should be regarded as a first-class merit.

In addition, the New Year's money, which we are all familiar with during the Chinese New Year, has a high probability and has a considerable relationship with Liu Che.

New Year's money is the homonym of pressing money, and pressure money also has a name in the Han Dynasty, called pressure money.

The Qin and Han dynasties were full of witch Gu, and the most famous witch Gu disaster can be said to have affected the national fortune of the Western Han Dynasty.

The death of the crown prince Liu Ju due to witchcraft, and the accession of the youngest son Liu Fuling to the throne at the age of eight directly led to Huo Guang's dictatorship, and the cause and effect relationship is clear and clear.

However, these things are not the protagonists of today, just need to know that after the scourge of witch Gu, the people of the Han Dynasty can almost say that they have changed color when they hear witch Gu.

This kind of panic psychology has also made the use of charms to eliminate evil and gain good fortune to win the spell popular.

The simplest of the winning techniques is to win the money, and now there are many archaeological uneartheds.

These Han Dynasty five-baht coins are easy to wear, and in addition to the auspicious patterns such as turtles and fishes, they will also be inscribed with various auspicious words to make the "town thing" in the winning technique.

Although the people after the Han Dynasty did not change their color to the level of witch Gu, the simple means of praying for blessings such as winning money was still inherited, and the types became quite diverse.

For example, there are birthday money, account money, etc. to pray for blessings and auspiciousness;

Soldiers' money, eight treasure money, etc., seek disaster relief;

Men's money, women's money, secret drama money, etc., are used to pray for heirs;

There are also chess money, horse money, lantern riddle money and so on that are purely used by merchants for the purpose of games.

However, it should be noted that the winning money basically appears as an ornament and has no function of currency circulation.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the victory money was no longer popular, and the folk instead blew the wind of worshipping ancient money, such as Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" recorded that Li Yuan's Kaiyuan Tongbao was the top grade of ancient money, which could be used to remove diseases and cure misfortune.

In the Qing Dynasty, the people even rushed to chase Zhou Yuan Tongbao, and it was said that this money could protect women from difficult births.

This money was minted by Zhou Shizong, the bitter lord of the orphans and widows who were bullied by Zhao Kuangyin.

Because the people at that time believed that Zhou Yuan Tongbao was made by Zhou Shizong Rong Buddhist bronze statue, which contained the great power of the Buddha, which could drive away malaria and ghosts and protect peace.

In the course of these hundreds of years of evolution, the winning technique has gradually disappeared in the long river of history, and the winning money has gradually become the money of the pressing, and finally changed its name to the New Year's money.

Until now, the meaning of New Year's money has also been simplified, and all that is left is the blessing of the elders to the younger generations.

The thousand-year-old evolution of this was probably something that Emperor Wu, who was killing father and son at that time, could not have expected. 】

"Overwhelming... Suppressed... It's fun to press the new year. ”

Kong Ming said in a low voice, and his left hand unconsciously touched the pendant hanging from his waist.

Around his waist hung a piece of the same style on the light curtain that won the money, which was given by his wife, with the inscription "Don't forget each other".

After saying goodbye to Gong'an County, Kong Ming traveled to many places in Yizhou, and now he has gone north to Chang'an via Hanzhong, and he has not seen Huang Yueying for two or three years.

Thinking about the son who spoke little and the daughter who was quite noisy, Kong Ming was a little stunned for a while.

I made up my mind that by the latest next year, I would definitely celebrate the New Year's Day with my wife and children.

Liu Bei's mentality is much more relaxed, before Mrs. Gan, Mrs. Sun and Adou were all in Chengdu, and now they are in Dingguan in the north, and the time is less than a year.

Moreover, whether he stood up and looked at the thriving Guanzhong, or sat down to look at Lu Su who was staring at the light curtain with curiosity, Liu Bei could be called satisfied, and the only thing he wanted now was:

"I don't know how to inscribe this men's money and women's money?"

Liu Bei touched his chin and muttered to himself.

Cao Cao tun soldiers Yingchuan, sharpening knives in Jingzhou, Liu Bei is not in a hurry.

But seeing that Kong Ming now only has one adopted son and one daughter, and Pang Tong and Fa Zheng both have only one son, it is difficult to call Ding prosperous, Liu Bei is a little anxious when he thinks about it.

And thinking about Xu Shu, who is still alone, and Lu Su, who only went to Chang'an with an old mother, Liu Bei began to get anxious from the bottom of his heart.

In order to avoid forgetting, Liu Bei directly took out his small notebook and wrote down the matter.

Lu Su also touched the winning money on his waist and was stunned, and when Jianye celebrated the New Year, he was forced to escape from Jiangdong with his mother and Gan Xingba on the boat.

The incident suddenly had no goods to carry, and now the only thing that can be regarded as jewelry on his body is the winning money and jade pendant hanging from his waist.

After a little sigh, Lu Su also said in a low voice:

"In this later life, there are many kinds of winning money, but it can be seen that the people's lives are pleasant."

At least in terms of chess money, at least there are a lot more game entertainment methods than at this time.

Although I don't know what the lantern riddle is, from the literal meaning, most of them are literati and elegant things, and it can also be seen that the literary style is prosperous.

Pang Tong recalled the troubled times he saw from the light curtain, Hu Lu went south, Yidi drove a ship to invade the sea frontier, and the later national crisis, and couldn't help but fall silent.

Seeing that the light curtain turned on the playback function, everyone simply didn't show Lu Su the previous text record.

First, the text is not as shocking as what you see with your own eyes, and secondly, it is quite interesting to see Lu Su's surprise at first glance.

After a little memory in his heart, Pang Tong lightly skipped this topic and said:

"Now that Zi Jingju is too learned, why not raise public strength and celebrate the righteous day to dilute the blood of the sword soldiers?"

Lu Su groaned and did not directly refuse:

"Let me think about it."

(End of chapter)