Ye Tian, Zhang Shuhao, and Hou Xin, the three lay disciples, were no longer on the mountain, they had families and relatives, and of course they had to go down the mountain to return home for the Spring Festival. Anyone who has a family and relatives, who will become a Taoist priest?

And the disciples of the Quanzhen Sect are all homeless poor people, who have become little Taoist priests here, and naturally regard the Quanzhen Sect as their home, and they are looking forward to the New Year, changing new clothes, and lighting firecrackers, and they still remember last year's Spring Festival.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the sky is beautiful, except for a little cold.

Outside the main hall, on the practice ground, Yin Zhiping, Zhao Zhijing and other three generations of disciples sat together, with a pair of eyes full of curiosity, quietly listening to Hao Datong.

"It's the New Year, you want to eat dumplings, do you know why you want to eat dumplings?"

"I don't know. ”

"I don't know. ”

"I don't know. ”

A group of children shook their heads, and some spoke, but they didn't know.

Hao Datong looked around, saw that the children were looking at them, smiled slightly, and explained: "Dumplings are the mascots that convey the good wishes of the world. As early as the pre-Qin period, it has been popular to eat dumplings, also known as dumplings as 'shorns', ancient books recorded, its 'shape is like a glaive, the world eats'. This dumpling is to be eaten with soup, and it is called 'wonton', which is taken from the meaning of its beginning. Legend has it that before the creation of heaven and earth, it was a state of chaos, and Pangu opened up the world to create the four directions of the universe. ”

"Master, are we going to drink that wine this year? It's so unpleasant, can we not drink it?" The younger Zhang Zhishui's big watery eyes blinked, and the fairy asked with a bitter face.

Hao Datong shook his head and said in a soothing tone: "Well, no, this is the rule." Also, remember that it is Tusu wine, and Tusu is a kind of house, because it is made in this kind of house. That's why it's called Tusu wine. It is said that Tusu wine was created by the divine doctor Hua Tuo, and its recipe also includes rhubarb, atractylodes, cinnamon branches, peppercorns, aconitum, aconite and other medicinal materials, and then soaked in wine. This kind of wine can be described as medicinal wine, which is beneficial to the temperature and yang, dispelling wind and cold, and avoiding the evil effect of epidemic boils. ”

"Oh, I see, we're going to drink. Uncle Shi, doesn't drinking always start with the elderly? Why does drinking Tusu wine during the New Year be the opposite, but starting with the youngest?" Yin Zhiping was puzzled. Last year, he was strange, but when he thought about it today, he met the mild-tempered Hao Datong again, and asked boldly.

"That's a good question. Hao Datong slapped his palms and appreciated Yin Zhiping's studious attitude, and Zhao Zhijing on the side was jealous, and said with a coquettish urging: "Uncle hurry up and say, Zhijing also wants to know." ”

"Good, good. Zhijing is also good. Hao Datong was even happier.

Seeing that these two people were courting well, the others didn't do it, Li Zhichang, Wang Zhitan, Qi Zhicheng, Cui Zhifang, Lin Zhixing and a group of children shouted one by one.

"Uncle Shi, I want it too. ”

"Uncle Shi is eccentric. I was going to ask. ”

"Uncle Shi doesn't praise me. ”

......

Hao Datong was one head and two big, and hurriedly pressed his hands and said, "You are all good children, sit down obediently." The poor way has begun to speak to you. ”

Listen to the story, children love to listen to it, and they all quiet down immediately. Seeing this, Hao Datong coughed dryly and hurriedly said: "Su Ziyou has a poem called "Except for the Sun", which contains the sentence 'Drinking and slaughtering Su at the end of every year, and I don't feel that I have been more than 70 years old'. Su Ziyou's brother Su Zizhan also has a poem: But the poor and sorrowful Bo Changjian, do not hesitate to drink and slaughter Su. In the end, he couldn't help but shake his head lightly and read out Su Shi's poem.

Sikong Zhan heard Hao Datong's words from a distance, and couldn't help but chuckle, in the previous life, although Tusu wine was no longer popular on a large scale, the custom of drinking these medicinal wines on festivals or ordinary times still existed, and the young came first, and the old came later.

The scene of their happiness, Sikong Zhan couldn't bear to break it, and heard the old naughty boy say that Qiu Chuji and Tan Chuduan were discussing writing peach talismans, and planned to turn around and go to them to have a look.

Peach symbols, that is, spring couplets, door pairs, spring stickers, couplets, pairs, with neat, dual, concise, exquisite words to express good wishes.

Like the poems of the Su brothers, the poems of Wang Anshi, who is also a great poet, are also famous all over the world, and one of them was written when he was the prime minister at the beginning and was in high spirits. And this poem is closely related to the New Year, and it is destined to be "Yuan Ri".

In the sound of firecrackers, the east wind sends warmth into Tusu.

Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

It is reported that the Spring Festival couplets originated in the Shu Kingdom during the Five Dynasties period, Meng Chang inscribed on the peach charm board "New Year's Yuqing, the festival number Changchun", it is the earliest Spring Festival couplet, at this time, the custom of writing Spring Festival couplets gradually flourished.

Regarding the peach charm, Sikong Zhan remembered a beautiful legend.

It is said that a long time, a long time, a long time ago, the scenery of Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea is beautiful, there is a peach forest on the mountain, there is a peach tree that is huge, the branches are luxuriant, the curved pan is three thousand miles, the peach is big and sweet, people can become a fairy after eating the peach on this tree.

One dark night, there are blue-faced, fanged, red-haired, green-eyed goblins trying to steal peaches. The two brothers, Shen Tu and Yu Lei, the owners of the peach forest, defeated the ghosts with peach branches, and tied them with straw ropes to feed the tigers watching the mountain. From then on, the two brothers' names were feared by the ghosts, and after their deaths, they became gods who specialized in punishing evil spirits.

According to mythological stories, gradually, people in the world use one inch wide, seven or eight inches long peach wood board to paint the two gods and goddesses on both sides of their own doors, in order to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, this kind of peach wood board is called "peach charm".

With the change of dynasties, the peach fu itself is also changing, and later generations will write the names of the two gods on the peach symbol, instead of the portrait, and then later, it has developed to the "inscription peach symbol", that is, the number of words is equal, the structure is symmetrical, and the meaning of the corresponding short poem is written on the peach symbol, which is the predecessor of the Spring Festival couplet.

When I came to Tan Chuduan, sure enough, Qiu Chuji was also there, only to see Tan Chuduan sitting with his eyes closed and recuperating, Qiu Chuji walking back and forth in front of the stone table, his brows furrowed deeply, as if he was thinking about something, and he had no clue for a while.

On the corners of both sides of the stone table, two teas are steaming, and in the middle of the table is a piece of cut red paper, on which are placed inkstones and brushes, and the ink in the inkstone has already been crushed.

Seeing this scene, Sikong Zhan knew that the two of them had not yet started, Qiu Chuji was not only quite familiar with pharmacology, but also quite talented in poetry, and was also excellent in the Quanzhen Sect, and even among all the scholars in the world.

Tan Chuduan, the best in the crowd of words, good calligraphy, especially the book "turtle", "snake" two words, every day to get used to it, wonderful will enter the mind, there is a soaring change, in the eyes of many people, his words, thought to be a treasure.

Qiu Chuji created the Spring Festival couplet, Tan Chuduan wrote, and the two complemented each other well. Tan Chuduan heard the footsteps, saw Sikong Zhan, and was about to salute and speak, Sikong Zhan made a silent gesture, and then pointed into the Qiu Chuji where there were no foreign objects.

Tan Chu was stunned, no longer insisted, Sikong Zhan sat next to him, and the two looked up together at Qiu Chuji, the "great poet" who was walking around, walking back and forth, and bowing his head in deep thought. (To be continued......)