With the completion of the road to the top of the mountain, large equipment was able to enter the construction site, and the construction of the seven-story octagonal exquisite tower finally began.

When Zhao Qi got the news, he was overjoyed.

Judging from this progress, it is not impossible to build a seven-story octagonal exquisite tower in two months, so he should also focus on other things.

After returning to the temporary office, Zhao Qi immediately made a phone call to the temporary office area of Qin Tianjian in Longjun.

"Transfer to the Department of Folklore and let Director Li listen to the phone......"

Soon, Zhao Qi heard the voice of Li Tai, director of the Folklore Department:

"Mr. Zhao, I was about to call you, but I didn't expect you to call first."

"Director Li, how are things going on on your side, and have you determined effective folk rituals?"

This matter has always been a problem for Zhao Qi, because whether it is this matter or the construction of the pagoda, it will play a vital role.

During this period of living in Wushan County, Zhao Qi deeply experienced the state of the people.

With an average temperature of more than 40 degrees, more people are affected every day.

In addition to the city, in the surrounding villages, the crops in the fields are dying, and the villagers can only barely maintain the crops by carrying water from the river in the distance.

But this method does not last long, and once all the crops in these fields die, then it means that there will be many villages that will not harvest for a year.

There has been a trend in the city that it is difficult to buy vegetables and grab vegetables, although other regions are rushing to help, but this is a symptom but not a cure after all.

Therefore, solving this natural disaster is also the top priority, and the only hope is naturally the snake spirit who is about to be named the river god.

However, the power of this snake spirit alone cannot reverse this situation, so it must be a two-pronged approach to achieve the best effect.

To Zhao Qi's real relief, Li Tai quickly said that they had discussed a plan for this matter.

"Director Zhao, we have been studying the local folk customs in the Wushan County area for the past few days, and finally selected a plan in a variety of folk ceremonies.

The ceremony is called the Dragon King, also known as the Dragon King Bodhisattva.

This ritual is very special, but it was once prevalent in the area of Kiriyama County, and it was a collective activity to pray for rain.

If the weather is dry for a long time and there is no rain, the local people will hold altar sacrifices, ask for water dragons, shout the emperor and other rituals.

But if these rituals don't work, a wooden statue of the dragon king or a seated clay statue is lifted out of the temple and some action is taken.

Such actions are divided into two categories depending on the region.

One is punishment, as for exposure to the scorching sun or whipping, the crowd of onlookers blames and blames the dragon king.

The other is to bribe the dragon king to make a wish to reshape the golden body, and put a grand and rich offering, or by the people wear the dragon king's robes, parade the streets, beat gongs and drums to make them enjoy the incense of the people.

This is a unique culture that is more special in folklore, and it is also the best plan that we have decided on so far after many discussions. ”

The moment he heard the words Sacrifice to the Dragon King, relevant information appeared in Zhao Qi's mind.

Indeed, as Li Tai said, this is the most suitable plan at present.

This culture itself is popular in Kiriyama County, and I believe that older people will be familiar with it.

Under normal circumstances, whenever there is a dragon king and bodhisattva, everyone is not so much in awe as in resentment.

Otherwise, there would not be people in some areas who would use extreme methods to intimidate the dragon king statue.

But in Zhao Qi's view, the means of intimidation should be avoided.

However, letting everyone put on the robe of the dragon king, parade through the streets and alleys, and beat gongs and drums, it can allow the newly sealed river god to enjoy the incense of all people, so as to reverse the situation of natural disasters with the power of incense.

"Okay, let's do it according to this plan."

After getting Zhao Qi's consent, Li Tai also hurriedly informed Zhao Qi of the plan that had been planned long ago:

"Mr. Zhao, since the plan has been decided, let's go to Wushan County immediately.

This kind of action, which requires the cooperation of the citizens, also needs to be connected with the local folk culture management bureau.

It's relatively simple for them to get the people involved. ”

Zhao Qi has no objection to this, now he needs to lead the overall situation of the two aspects, so he is really a little lacking.

Therefore, in this matter, it once again reflects the importance of dividing and establishing the nine departments of Qintianjian.

After hanging up the phone, Li Tai quickly summoned fifteen folklore scholars and rushed to Wushan County on a special plane arranged by the State Secretariat.

After landing, Li Tai and the others didn't even rest, so they went straight to the county capital.

The government of each city often has a folk culture bureau.

At present, the Authority divides the existence and expression of folklore resources into three categories.

The first category is the material folk tourism resources, which includes production folk customs, gathering folk customs, hunting folk customs, animal husbandry folk customs, farming folk customs, handicraft folk customs, etc.

Most of these folk customs appear in scenic spots, and most of them convey folk culture in the form of display, so that more people can understand the local customs and customs.

The second category is social folk tourism resources, which often appear in the countryside.

Including title folk customs, ranking folk customs, kinship folk customs, property inheritance folk customs, etc.

The folk customs that Li Tai and others came to hold this time involved the third category, spiritual folk tourism resources.

This type of folklore is special, and although there are many places where this category exists, it is never held publicly.

Because the boundary between this kind of folklore and superstition is often blurred, it is easy to bring bad associations.

But fortunately, this situation does not happen in Kirisan County, because Kiriyama County is a place that pays great attention to spiritual and folk tourism resources.

Of course, this is also thanks to the developed tourism industry in Wushan County, so that this kind of spiritual folk customs can rely on the carrier, so as to have a clear difference from superstitious rituals.

Before Li Tai and the others rushed to the Folklore Bureau, the agents of the State Secretariat took the lead in paving the way, slamming the relevant documents on the table, and even alarmed the director of the Bureau.

The current Qin Tianjian has not yet been completed, so no document notices have been issued to each unit.

Most of the departments didn't know about the existence of Qin Tianjian at all, but it was too cumbersome to explain, so they could only borrow the name of the State Secretariat for the time being.

With the agents paving the way, after Li Tai and the others arrived, the senior management of the Authority warmly welcomed them at the door.

After a simple politeness, in the conference room, Li Tai also indicated the purpose of this visit.

"We need your department's help to get as many people as possible involved in the ritual of worshipping the Dragon King."

As a member of the Folk Culture Administration, I am no stranger to the ritual of sacrificing the dragon king.

This is a native culture of Kiriyama County, which was common in ancient times, and this ritual was often held because of a great drought from the sky.

It is more appropriate to hold such a ceremony at this juncture, but what the top management does not understand is, what is the point of doing so?

"Professor Li, it's easy to say that this kind of ceremony is held, but what do we have to say to the people, we can't tell them that we are doing this to ask for rain, right?"

In the face of the inquiry, Li Tai obviously had already thought about it, so he said without hesitation:

"I told them that considering the recent natural disasters in Kiriyama County, the people's mood was depressed.

Therefore, a parade with folk customs was specially held to help everyone evacuate the depression in their hearts.

Don't worry about the people complaining or anything, as long as they can attend, I guarantee that after this ceremony, there will be a heavy rain that will solve the drought problem once and for all. ”

The leaders sitting opposite looked at Li Tai in astonishment.

Even if he is the most authoritative professor, he can't be such an unpredictable prophet, right?

Today, the Meteorological Bureau also issued a notice to various departments, there has been no sign of rain in the recent period, how did Li Tai come here, and he actually kept saying that there will be heavy rain after the ceremony?

After participating in the whole meeting, the leaders of the Folklore Administration were all confused.

Li Tai only told them how to explain it to the people, and did not even explain to them what the purpose of the ceremony was.

No one thinks about asking for rain, because the ritual itself is only a cultural carrier, and if the cultural carrier itself is associated with the thing of calling for wind and rain, then this kind of thinking will be considered ignorant.

However, after all, there is an approval document from the State Secretariat, and although the leaders are confused, they can only obediently comply.

Therefore, after the meeting was dismissed, the leaders of the Folklore Administration began to contact various media outlets to prepare for the upcoming ceremony.

In the evening news of the same night, as well as on the official websites of various media outlets, reports related to the ritual of worshiping the dragon king can be seen almost everywhere.

According to the time discussed by Li Tai and Zhao Qi, combined with the time when the seven-story octagonal exquisite tower was completed, the final ceremony is scheduled to be officially held on August 13.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Wushan County has recently suffered a natural disaster, and the Great Yan official is actively responding.

Considering that the citizens are staying at home for a long time, the Folk Culture Administration has specially decided to hold a ceremony to worship the dragon king.

The worship of the dragon king is a folk culture that has existed in Wushan County since ancient times, and the people participating in the ceremony need to wear dragon king robes, wear rakshasa masks, beat gongs and drums, and parade through the streets and alleys, which is very lively.

Although there are natural disasters, there is friendship in the world.

The director of the B&B Cultural Administration said that this event is held for the physical and mental health of the people, and it can also allow everyone to go out and relieve the depression in their hearts in recent days. ”

Citizens were surprised to see the relevant reports, which was also a new thing for them.

Some young people have called the elders in the family and asked what the ritual of worshiping the dragon king is.

And from the descriptions of the elders, they seem to see that lively scene.

The short video platform has also been instructed by the local department to start promoting the culture of the dragon king worship ceremony, and frantically push traffic!

This has indeed attracted the attention of more and more citizens.

"It's a lot of fun, and it's good to be a part of it."

"I'm almost crazy at home, lying in bed every day looking at the air conditioner in a daze, since there is such an event, I will definitely be the first to sign up."

"It feels like a Songkran Festival, and it's like a song and dance in Chaojun? I didn't expect that we would hold this kind of event in Wushan County, so I signed up too! ”

More and more people are participating and filling in the information on the official website to register.

Judging from the background data, within three hours after the relevant notice was issued, the number of applicants has exceeded 60,000.

And this number is still rising, which shows the enthusiasm of the people for this kind of cultural activity.

Li Tai, who learned of this, reported the news to Zhao Qi as soon as possible.

"Director Li, you're doing a good job.

With the participation of the people, it is basically half the battle.

At the foot of Nanshan Mountain in Kirisan County, a shrine was built, but it was claimed that it was part of the ritual of sacrificing the dragon king.

I think there will be a lot of people participating in the entire dozen or so main urban areas of Kiriyama County, depending on the situation, if there are a lot of people, you can build a dragon king altar in the relevant urban area.

In conjunction with the Folk Culture Administration of each major city, ceremonies are held simultaneously in multiple towns at the same time.

Such a powerful incense power is enough for the river god to take advantage of the situation to quell the natural disaster, complete this godship, and ascend to the immortal class god position! ”

"Understood!"

Li Tai excitedly agreed, and he felt honored to be involved in such a huge project.

Of course, he is also looking forward to seeing the scene of the gods!

The people only knew that this was a folk activity, but they didn't think that this was actually the overall situation of praying for rain and sealing the gods planned by Qin Tianjian behind him.

Local folk culture administrations have begun to contact factories that often cooperate with the government, and allocate a large amount of funds to make dragon king robes.

The so-called dragon king robe is actually a special costume to be worn when the dragon king sacrifice ceremony was held in ancient times.

The costume comes in a variety of colors, with wide robes and large sleeves, embroidered with flying stripes instead of the dragon's body.

After all, this ritual was prevalent in ancient times, who would dare to wear a real dragon robe?

In addition to costumes, those involved in the ritual wear rakshasa masks and perform ritual dances as they walk.

However, now people don't know anything about these things, so local short videos have begun to frequently appear in teaching and sacrificial dance-related videos, which are becoming more and more popular under the impetus of traffic tilt, and even gradually form a trend on short video platforms.

It's a dance, but it's just a few repetitive movements, so it's not difficult to learn.

And as the local event of holding a dragon king festival in Wushan County spread on the Internet, netizens in other cities also participated in the discussion.

"I feel that this kind of folk cultural activity is very distinctive, when can our city hold it?"

"Isn't the Dragon King Sacrifice ceremony asking for rain, Wushan County is in a big drought right now, maybe it will rain after the ceremony."

"Upstairs, you Qing Dynasty people are really hard to kill, this is a cultural activity, can you really ask for rain!"

Netizens everywhere are quite concerned about this ceremony, after all, the local momentum has spread the culture of the Dragon King Festival to the sky.

During this period, the Fengshen Platform at the foot of Nanshan Mountain was built according to the Bagua direction, and everything seemed to be ready for battle.

The same is true in the main towns, where the ceremony will be like a trickle in the mountains returning to the sea.

Although it is being held in all urban districts of Wushan County, the final incense will gather on the Nanshan Fengshen Platform, which will be led by Zhao Qi himself to enshrine the gods!

(End of chapter)