Chapter 110: Guess the lantern riddle

After shopping around the temple fair for a long time, Guan Yang was ready to leave. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info just walked to the street, suddenly gongs and drums are noisy, firecrackers are ringing, red flags are displayed, and people are crowded (the last three sentences are pure nonsense). But it turned out to be a lion dance team. It is said that it is a lion dance, there are not only lions in it, but also unicorns, as well as the Bodhisattva Virgin, the Golden Boy and the Jade Girl, the two generals of Humm, the Four Heavenly Kings, etc., etc., almost all the characters in mythology have appeared. These Guan Yang have not been seen in later generations, and the workmanship is more exquisite than these, but Guan Yang still feels that this place is more lively, and the reason why this is so is because the situation is different, and the feeling is naturally different.

Guan Yang thinks that the most exciting thing in the lion dance is the dragon lantern, which is also called the dragon dance or dragon dance, and the whole dragon is seven or eight feet long, and it is danced by dozens of people. One person walks in front and holds the hydrangea shape to fight the dragon, the rest of the people hold the dragon and start to perform, there are many movements of the dragon dance, the more famous ones are "two dragons playing with pearls", "double dragons out of the water", "fire dragon soaring", "dragon making trouble", etc., these are performed by them one by one, wonderful.

After seeing the dragon dance, Guan Yang was ready to go to the lamp market, which began in the Tang Dynasty, and was lit on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month, and was extremely prosperous in the Song Dynasty. From the end of the lunar month to the beginning of the first month, the folk have a variety of Kit Kat lanterns in the market, called the "lamp market". Mingtian Rucheng's "West Lake Excursion Zhiyu Xi Dynasty Pleasure": "Before the spring after La, Shou'an Fang went down to Zhong'an Bridge, which is called the lamp market, selling all kinds of Chinese lanterns. Its portrait of the characters, there are Lao Tzu, beauty, Zhong Kui ghost hunting, moonlight prostitute, bangs play toad, flowers and plants have mistlet, grapes, bayberry, persimmon orange, birds and insects have deer, cranes, fish, shrimp, horses, its kitkat is glass ball, mica screen, crystal curtain, ten thousand eyes, glass bottles. The rich room of the wealthy family has filament, fish carp, colored beads, bright corners, carved sheepskin, tassel treasure belt; There are so many items that it is difficult to enumerate. This is the description of the lamp market by the ancients, which shows the prosperity of the lamp market.

Guan Yang held a pack of snacks in his hand and squeezed through the crowd while eating. What gentleman's demeanor, what scholar's image, was thrown away by him at this moment. The lamp market is not too far from the temple fair, crowded in the crowd for half an hour, Guan Yang first saw a wall of lights, it is really a wall composed of lights, with hundreds of lanterns hanging high, can be more than ten zhang long, three zhang high, looking from a distance, like a galaxy hanging down, not like the world.

The people in the lamp market are not less than those of the temple fair, but fortunately, the place here is spacious, and it is not as crowded as the temple fair. After walking through the wall of lights, Guan Yang can be regarded as really entering the light market. The lanterns here are really varied, lotus lanterns, doll lamps, carp lamps are just ordinary goods here, giant lamps such as characters and beasts are not uncommon, what is really rare is a group of Hades lamps, not only Hades, but also the judges and imps around him, black and white impermanence. I don't know what the owner of this house thinks, but there are many people who have come to see it.

You can buy the lanterns here, but few people buy them, because the lanterns here are not for profit, they are mostly sponsored by the merchants in the city, just to improve their reputation. If you want lanterns, there are lantern riddles under the lanterns, as long as you guess correctly, then this lantern is free of charge. Visitors can not only guess the riddles, but also write down their own riddles for others to guess.

Guan Yang is in the middle of a horse-shaped lamp, because this horse is too similar to his own chasing wind, and I don't know if the maker has seen his own chasing wind. Squeezing through the crowd, Guan Yang came to the front of this lamp, and a line of words was written on the note below: Red Rabbit (type). Guan Yang thought for a while, and then said, "It's the word galloping, right?"

The people behind the booth had a pair of riddles and congratulated loudly: "This boy guessed correctly, this lamp is yours." As he spoke, he handed the lantern to Guan Yang.

A scholar next to him asked, "Brother Tai, please tell me, why is it a Chi character?"

Guan Yang smiled and said: "Red Rabbit, Ma Ye, Ma and Ye together are not the same galloping word?"

Only then did others suddenly realize.

Guan Yang smiled and shook his head, took the lantern and left here, he saw a very beautiful lamp again, this is a rabbit lamp, a fat rabbit, holding a big radish in his arms, looking cute and cute. The riddle under this lamp is: "Grandpa charges." (Playing an ancient name)"

This is too easy to guess: "It's Zu Chongzhi." ”

When the people at the stall heard this, they also congratulated: "Congratulations to Childe, you guessed right." After speaking, he also handed the rabbit lamp to Guan Yang, and the people behind him suddenly wailed, and it seemed that Guan Yang was not the only one who came to see this lamp.

Guan Yang thanked him, left the stall, and continued to walk to the next stall, the most beautiful lamp in the next stall is a panda, the black and white lamp body, although it is not too bright, but it is also very conspicuous, and what is more cute is that it is staring at the bamboo shoots in its arms, and the look of no one on the side really makes the girls scream, but maybe the lantern riddle is too difficult, and no one has been able to take her away so far. Guan Yang also likes pandas very much, so he leaned over, only to see that the note below read: "One does not come out, two people do not come out, three do not come out, either they don't come out, or they don't come out." (type)"

Guan Yang was happy when he saw it, he had seen this riddle in later generations, and he didn't think that someone would come up with it now: "The forest character of the forest." ”

The owner of the stall raised his head in surprise: "How did Childe know? This is something that Xiao Lao'er has been thinking about for several days before he came up with it." ”

"By the way?" many people who took a fancy to this lamp were also surprised, how could it be a forest character?

Guan Yang said: "Obviously, one is wood, two is forest, and three is not a forest."

A girl said, "Why don't you come out of wood?"

Guan Yang added a small vertical pen to the word 'no': "Isn't this a piece of wood?"

"I see. Everyone was stunned.

Although the boss was very reluctant, he still took down the panda lamp: "Childe, you are knowledgeable, this lamp is yours." ”

Seeing that the lanterns were in charge, everyone else was disappointed, and a few girls who were emotionally fragile were about to cry.

"Thank you boss. Guan Yang thanked him, thought for a while, and said, "Boss, I also have a lantern riddle here, I don't know if I can borrow a treasure lantern to use it." ”

"Yes, no problem. The boss immediately took out a blank lamp, decorated with a note underneath, Guan Yang took the pen and wrote on the note: "Black is not, white is not, red and yellow is not, it is like a fox cat and a wolf dog, neither a bird nor a beast; (type one or two words) "Guan Yang left after writing the riddle, but I don't know how many people he stumped with this riddle, and countless people scratched their scalps and pondered but still couldn't solve it.

Next, Guan Yang didn't guess the lantern riddle anymore, he already had three lanterns in his hand, and he had to be content.

"Brother Guan. As soon as Guan Yang was about to leave the light market, he heard someone shouting behind him.

"Brother Qian?" "Since the second day of the Lunar New Year, Qian Tonghai has not appeared again, why did he appear today?

"Brother Qian hasn't seen you for a long time. When Qian Tonghai caught up, Guan Yang said hello.

"I'm sorry Brother Guan, I went to the Central Plains a few days ago, and I only rushed back today. ”

"Central Plains, what are you going to do in the Central Plains?"

"I'm going to check on the damage. You're right, I'm afraid that this year's grain production will not only be reduced, but in some places it is likely that the harvest will not be lost. ”

"So serious?" Guan Yang was shocked, this was not a joke.

"That's right, from October last year to now, not a drop of rain has fallen in the Central Plains and Guanzhong, and locusts will be destroyed after a long drought, and there may be a catastrophe this year. Qian Tonghai explained.

"What about the market? Has the price of grain risen?"