Arrived at Tin Hau Temple, good guys! It's messy and noisy.

The smoke of incense and firecrackers almost enveloped the entire Tin Hau Temple. I don't know, I thought there was a fire inside!

Fortunately, Zhang Yaohua's family still has some face, and everyone has given up a position.

"Ah Hua, you put it here, I'm ready to go." A voice came.

Mother Zhang hurriedly thanked: "Thank you, Aunt Six." ”

The old woman was about to leave with the tribute, but someone called out to her.

"Yikes! Aunt Six, you're mistaken! That's my chicken. ”

"What about mine?" The sixth aunt stared.

"How do I know, you can find it!"

Zhang Yaohua almost laughed, what are you looking for? There was a large table full of chickens, and the baskets that each family used to put tributes were similar.

At this time of year, there aren't one or two cases of taking the wrong thing.

Zhang Yaowu tore open the package of the firecrackers and waited for the firecrackers to be released.

The old mother placed the tribute on the offering table.

Zhang Yaohua lit a handful of incense and handed it to his mother.

The incense on fire can't be blown out directly with the mouth, the mother took it horizontally, shook it a few times, and then bowed down, and inserted the incense on each incense burner, each incense burner at least three incense sticks, and five incense sticks can also be inserted.

It seems that even numbers are rarely inserted.

Mom began to pray.

made a lot of wishes, and the women next to them did the same, they all wanted to make wishes with their heads, and Zhang Yaohua, who was standing on the side, wiped the sweat for the gods.

It's not easy to eat and order tribute.

"Come and say goodbye to Mazu......"

There is more than one god in the Tianhou Temple, Mazu, but in this temple, she is the largest. There are some other gods next to it, such as the mountain god, the land lord, He Xiangu, etc.

In short, the temples in the countryside are generally a hodgepodge, with all kinds of gods and goddesses gathering together, and Buddhism is not taboo.

Zhang Yaohua and others bowed a few times religiously, and Ah Zhen also taught the children how to worship, but they couldn't be fooled casually.

After worshipping, Zhang Yaowu went to set off firecrackers.

When I came back from the Tin Hau Temple, when I passed by the Bogong Tree, I continued to worship with incense.

Baibo Gong tree is also their tradition here.

I heard that some places in Fujian still worship stones! There are also those who recognize stones as godfathers.

If the children in the family are weak and sick, and it is difficult to feed, most of them will worship a family for him.

There are three theories about the reason for worshipping stones:

It is said that if the child's birth date shows that his "life is hard", then he should find a stone to kiss to avoid hurting his family.

Secondly, there are also those who believe that it should not be "hard", but "to overcome rigidity with softness", and if it is a weak or frail child who is born eight characters should worship the stone as a dry kiss.

Finally, there is a saying that worshipping stones as dry relatives is to make up for the lack of the five elements in the eight characters of the child's birthday according to the "native gold" and "lack of soil in the five elements".

And with Zhang Yaohua and them, Bogongshu will bless every child in the village.

When they return to the door, they start to worship their ancestors, and notify all the ancestors and ancestors to let them come back to eat.

After all the worship, we will start cooking the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

I believe that all parts of the country are the same, and they attach great importance to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, which is also a reunion dinner.

At this time, the village director took the village cadres to give gifts and red envelopes to the tourists who spent the New Year in the village, wishing them a happy New Year and a happy time here.

Tourists didn't expect that they hadn't received the red envelopes yet.

"We set up two or three tables in the Ashin Hotel, everyone will come over to eat later, as a little heart of our village, don't dislike it!" The director said.

"How so? Thank you, Director Chen, thank you all, and wish you all a happy new year in advance! ”

They then shared their treatment on the Internet, although the red envelope was opened, and the money in it was not much, but it also moved everyone.

"It's still people, and there's a human touch here."

"Yes! There will be fireworks tonight, so we're staying here for the New Year this year, and that's right. ”

"Shall we seal some red envelopes as well?"

"Yes! Gifts are still exchanged, tomorrow on the first day of the new year, send one to the children. ”

"How much should I seal?"

……

When they were discussing, there was a suggestion from South China F3 that it would be good to seal five pieces, not to raise the local market, and not to want friends from other provinces to bring bad atmosphere.

So, they were going to seal it for five dollars.

"I don't have cash, I'm not prepared, do you have any? Give me a change. ”

"Me neither, I haven't touched cash in a long time."

In the end, they could only find Zhang Yaohua.

Zhang Yaohua took out several piles of five or ten yuan.

These are all new banknotes that Zhang Yaohua got back from the bank in advance.

People's banks are also prepared, knowing that when the Chinese New Year is approaching, many people will go to pick up small amounts of new banknotes and red envelopes.

"Five dollars is enough! Ten pieces is too much. We usually give ten yuan to relatives, and five yuan if we are not familiar. In previous years, there were also two yuan, but now they are less. Zhang Yaohua told them.

No way! Red envelopes have also risen with prices.

For family members, it will generally be a little more, one or two hundred yuan.

For example, Zhang's mother plans to seal 200 for her son, daughter-in-law, grandson and granddaughter this year, and 100 for her nephew and niece.

There is a difference between intimacy and intimacy! It's best to manifest it at this time.

Hearing Zhang Yaohua's words, the tourists were calm. If the owner says so, then that's fine.

Once again, they sighed, this is a good atmosphere! If it were their hometown, five yuan would really be disliked. In fact, don't say that people dislike it, even I'm embarrassed.

But here, everyone is giving like this, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about.

"Oh! Also, just give it to children. If you're not married, you don't have to give, and I don't plan to give it. Zhang Yaohua reminded again.

In fact, in their place, those who are not married can receive red envelopes, no matter how old they are.

"Ahh Is this appropriate? "The tourists were amazed.

You're making so much money, and you're still in your thirties, sorry?

Zhang Yaohua spread his hands: "I'm not married yet, what's inappropriate?" Last year, my brother also sent me a red envelope, and I was a little embarrassed to take it. ”

Tourists call out the good guys.

Let's go! Respect local customs.

"By the way, your Chinese New Year's Eve dinner tonight ......"

The tourist hurriedly said: "The director asked us to go to the restaurant to eat, and he has prepared two or three tables for us." ”

"That's good! If you want to eat, you can also go and tell the restaurant owner, don't be embarrassed, the village committee will reimburse you, not the hotel owner.

Fireworks will be set off at half past eight, and everyone will go to eat early. ”

After saying goodbye to Zhang Yaohua, the tourists went back to seal the red envelopes and immediately went to the hotel.

At this time, the hotel has hung up the lanterns, and the atmosphere is good. On each seat, there is also a red envelope, which Ashin has prepared to thank tourists for their support to his hotel these days.

Although the tourists spent the New Year in other places, they also felt full of care.

The standard eight dishes and one soup, everyone is not picky.

What's so picky about this?

When Zhang Yaohua's family was preparing to have a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Shui Wang came.

"Brother Hua, do you want tangerines for the year?"

He brought back six trees, put two in front of his house, and sent two to the village committee, and the director said that he wanted them. The remaining two trees were sent to Zhang Yaohua's family.

"How much?"

(End of chapter)