New Year's Eve "two years in one night".
Regardless of whether you are rich or poor, every family holds a banquet, where the young and old gather together, and the children play games and hide hooks all night long, which is called staying up all night.
There is also a lamp burning under the bed, which is called "illuminating waste".
Elders want to give "New Year's money" to children, but it is usually not real money, but a special coin-like reward. The front of the coins is usually engraved with the words "Long Live the Qianqiu", "Destroy the disaster" or patterns such as dragons and phoenixes, Pisces, turtles and snakes.
Scholar Shi Hui's view in "A Brief Examination of Folk Customs of New Year's Money" is that New Year's money matured in the Ming Dynasty. By the Ming Dynasty, most of the New Year's money was given to children strung with red strings, with colorful strings threaded through the money and woven into the shape of a dragon.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Lin Linyou and his group sat around the fire, peeling oranges and eating peanuts.
There have always been two opinions about peanuts, one is that they originated in my country, and the other is that they were introduced probably during the Jiajing period.
However, Lin Linyou can now prove that there were already peanuts during the Yongle period! It's just that at this time, people called it Wanshou fruit or longevity fruit. It looked a little different from that of his time, but the taste was almost the same. The pods were picked and shelled, and then lightly fried with sand. It tasted pine and fragrant, which was already popular among Yongle people. It is very common and is often used to entertain guests at banquets.
In addition to peanuts and oranges, there were also bergamot, Pingpo fruit, cherries from Linggu Temple in Beijing, duck feet (gingko), etc. I also bought a lot of various tea cakes and candies. Of course, it was mainly the money spent by Zhang Bi and Lin Linyou.
It’s cool to have money!
If there was no money, even if Lin Linyou was a royal guard, he would definitely not be able to live in such a carefree and comfortable life, and his mentality after time travel would never be so good.
Money solved 90% of his worries in Ming Dynasty.
The remaining ten percent are probably Jin Chang and his ilk who troubled him so much that he couldn't sleep...
The reason why he is able to stand up so straight now is not only because of his status as the Commander-in-Chief of Imperial Guards, but also because of the blessing of money.
Outside the window, there are noisy firecrackers, and the fireworks are gorgeous, reflecting the colorful sky of the Ming Dynasty capital.
After sitting for a while, they went out together to watch the lights and fireworks.
Look at the lights! Don't be too ostentatious, not to mention it is the New Year's holiday. The three Jinyi guards all put on new clothes. They were not wearing flying fish uniforms and did not carry knives.
The four girls also wore new clothes. Ren Ran's new clothes should have been bought by Yang Fang; but the new clothes of the other three girls were all given by Lin Linyou.
Since its development, fireworks in the Ming Dynasty have become extremely prosperous. There are dozens of fireworks recipes such as "White Peony", "Pine Bamboo Plum", "Purple Grape", "Water Vase Flower", "Golden Zhan Yintai", etc.; The types of cannons are naturally very rich. Those with sound are called cannons, those with high rises are called fires, those with continuous sound of cannons in the fire are called three-level waves, and those that do not make any sound and circle around the ground are called ground rats - well, this kind of thing is very good for children. It seemed a bit childish to me, but it was just right for Lin Linyou and the others to play with.
In addition to the above-mentioned items, there are also many varieties such as "bamboo flower", "pearl curtain", "eternal lantern", "golden basin fishing for the moon", "wasp out of the nest", "animals spitting fire", etc.
The types of fireworks are not only rich and colorful, but also set off in various ways. In addition to the ordinary ways of setting off by holding them in your hands and placing them on the ground, there are also those tied to a wooden frame of a ladder one or two feet high, with a toad palace-like moon palace. There are even special fireworks stands for those placed on the colorful pavilion, on the city gate tower, and they look like continuous firecrackers.
Once lit, there will be a crackling sound, meteors will fly from time to time, bright bombs will burst out, and then thousands of flowers will break out of the door, leaping like a dragon, swooping like a phoenix, and finally, lightning and thunder will burst, and the ceiling will be full of flowers!
Fireworks released into the night show scenes of flowers, birds, fish, insects, pavilions and pavilions, just like a fairy palace. Fireworks of various colors reflected everyone's face, and everyone's face was filled with happy smiles.
Unfortunately, it is fleeting and the fireworks easily get cold...
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During the New Year's Lantern Festival, fireworks will be set off all night long.
Facts have proved that setting off fireworks will not pollute the environment. It is only the lies made by some people who are full of food that confuse the public!
The streets are crowded, crowded, shoulder to shoulder, heel to heel, very lively. At this time, the busiest thing is the Five Cities Military and Horse Department, preventing fire and chaos, and maintaining order.
The seven Lin Linyou slowly moved forward with the crowd. From time to time, the younger sister and the others looked up at the exploding fireworks and exclaimed "Wow!"
"Brother, the capital is really beautiful!" Lin Long said. Listening to her opinion, don't you want to go back to your hometown?
"Isn't it beautiful? Let's go up to the tower and take a look. It will be even more beautiful." Lin Lin said.
A few people crowded into Tongji Gate. Zhang Bi said hello to the hundreds of officials stationed there and led everyone up to the tower. Here, not only can they see the fireworks in the outer city, but also the fireworks in the imperial city. .
Seven people lined up in a row leaning against the parapet, watching the crowd surging below them and the fireworks blooming above their heads.
"Wow - so beautiful!"
"It's so beautiful! Sister Rong, look, it's a big fish!"
"The trees are illuminated by thousands of lights, and the flames of flowers bloom in seven branches." Lin Lin recited a poem.
"Why are you pretending to be a cultured person? We can do it too." Zhang Bi started to sing as he spoke, "The east wind blows thousands of flowers and trees down at night, and the stars fall like rain."
Yang Fang: "What a poem!"
"Third brother, new year and new wish, what is your wish?" Zhang Ben put his hand on Yang Fang's shoulder.
Yang Fang glanced at Ren Ran next to him and smiled shyly: "Brother, if you say your wish, it won't work."
"I know even if you don't tell me." Zhang Bi glanced at him and Ren Ran, smiled, and turned to Lin Linyou, "Second brother, what about you?"
"My wish is that, brother, you can buy me a big house, a three-story house." Lin Lin lobbied, "It can also be a small courtyard with four floors."
"You have money yourself, but you still need me to buy it for you?" Zhang Bi said, "But if it is used as a betrothal gift, that's fine."
"Don't even think about it!" Lin Lin persuaded, patting Lin Long, "Little sister, stay away from this person named Zhang in the future."
"Why?" Lin Long was quite rebellious, and he didn't know if he was deliberately trying to anger Lin Linyou, "I think Brother Zhang is a very nice person! Brother Zhang, I also have a New Year's resolution."
"Come and tell me, maybe, Brother Zhang, I can help you realize it!" Zhang Ben smiled.
"I hope……"
Lin Linyou covered her mouth and said, "Silly girl, your wish won't work if you can't express it."
Lin Long pushed his hand away pretending to be disgusted.
Lin Linyou whispered: "If you really want to say it, you can tell me secretly, and I will help you realize it."
Lin Long refused and said loudly: "I want to stay in the capital! Brother, can you satisfy my wish?"
"Yes! Why not?" Lin Linyou spread his hands and patted the wall, looked into the distance, and took a deep breath.
In the distant suburbs, there are also scattered fireworks taking off and blooming.
"Really?"
"It depends on your performance."
Lin Long smiled happily and rushed forward to give Lin Linyou a big hug.
Lin Linyou saw that Yu Miaolan and Yue Rong both looked a little lonely, but he was a little at a loss. One of them had slept with him, and the other wanted to sleep with him... Sandwiched between two women, he was really in control. Difficult.
The eldest brother was indeed the eldest brother. He seemed to have noticed his difficulty and took the initiative to share the burden for him - he stepped forward and stood beside Yue Rong.
But I don’t know why he chose Yuerong?
"Miss Rong, are you worried?" Zhang Bi asked.
Yue Rong saw it was Zhang Bi and smiled slightly: "Thank you Zhang Baihu for your concern. I just think these fireworks are so beautiful."
"It's very beautiful." Zhang Bi said, thinking that you are also very beautiful. "Such beautiful fireworks should be watched with the person you love." My second brother is not worthy of you!
Lin Linyou did not go to Yu Miaolan, but sent Lin Long to accompany her.
In fact, he knew what the two girls were thinking.
Yue Rong's concern lies with her younger brother; as for Yu Miaolan, her New Year's wish must be to leave the Jiaofang Division and return to a good family.
These two things are not easy to handle!
Don't think that those who travel through time can do anything they want. At first, Lin Linyou thought the same way.
However, most things in the past can be solved easily. Now for the first time, I felt helpless.
Watching the fireworks in the sky gathering and dispersing, dispersing and going off again, he said silently in his heart: My New Year's wish is to always be brothers, friends, and siblings with you.
The coming year seems to be quite challenging...
Hope we are all well in the coming year.
Wish us all the best in the coming year!
Fireworks get cold easily...
There is no distinction between personnel and affairs.
Fate took root, it’s us.
