During the Lantern Festival, people in the Song Dynasty often liked to use fireworks to add to the fun. Fireworks were set off in the palace and among the people to attract tourists and ladies.
People in the Song Dynasty used many kinds of fireworks to celebrate festivals, including more than 20 kinds of fireworks and firecrackers, such as watermelon cannons, lotus boats, and moon games. They were set off at night, making them dazzling and joyful.
In addition to fireworks and firecrackers, there are also cultural activities such as social fire parades, singing and dancing, and acrobatics performed somewhere on the streets of Lin'an City, attracting the attention of tourists, and everyone applauds loudly when the performance is exciting.
The most interesting thing here is [Wu Bao Lao]. Wu Bao Lao is a kind of dance with masks on the head. The movements imitate puppets. It is funny and can add to the festive atmosphere of the festival. It has been popularized very quickly and has many participants. .
Xin Qiji followed the spies to the stage where Mr. Bao was dancing, and followed the crowd around to watch the funny performances of the comedians on the stage. Looking at the funny movements and various funny sounds, he couldn't help but be amused.
As soon as he smiled, everyone laughed together. There was a burst of laughter, and the atmosphere was warm and joyful. Xin Qiji also clapped his hands and laughed loudly along with the crowd.
Lower Riba people are as happy as Lower Riba people, and literati are also as romantic as literati. Literati prefer guessing lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.
Interesting lantern riddles were pasted under the bright lanterns. The literati and their ladies would solve the riddles one after another and show off their talents and grace in front of the ladies. As for the small gift after guessing it correctly, it should be Adding to the fun.
Compared with these, the most worth seeing during the Lantern Festival and providing the greatest atmosphere for the entire festival are the lanterns.
The lights of lanterns light up the street market after nightfall, allowing people to walk freely even if there is no sunlight. The entire Lin'an City has such a wide range of lights, and I don't know how many lanterns and candles have to be burned down in one night.
The production technology of lanterns in the Song Dynasty was greatly improved compared to the previous dynasties, and the lighting revolution brought about huge changes in daily life.
In addition to all kinds of ordinary lanterns, there are also lantern mountains that are common during the Song and Lantern Festivals, that is, lanterns are stacked on the sheds to form a mountain forest, and legends and stories that the common people love to hear are painted on them. It looks like a dream from a distance, but it is also something special when you look up close. Flavor.
The people were so lively, so of course the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasty also followed the ancestral motto of having fun with the people and happily participated in this grand festival.
As the possessors of the highest technological capabilities, the Zhao Song royal family built a lantern mountain in the palace that is naturally even more unique. They also created my country's earliest artificial fountain.
The fingers of Manjushri and Puxian Bodhisattva on the lamp mountain built by the royal family of the Zhao and Song Dynasties can automatically spray out five streams of water. At night, under the bright lights, the five streams of water spurt out, crystal clear, like a miracle. This is so emotional Scenery, how to prevent the nobles in the palace from being intoxicated by it?
The ceremony of Emperor Zhao's viewing of lanterns is called stepping on the five flowers.
On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor of the Zhao family will take all the civil and military officials to the Yingxiang Pool at the Five Mountains Temple. When arriving at Dengshan Mountain, the emperor's imperial edict had to circle around Dengshan Mountain and watch the lanterns upside down, so it was called "Treading Five Flowers".
Then the emperor would entertain his ministers in the east and west corners of the imperial building. At this time, the palace gates and outside were decorated as a sea of lights, extremely bright, not only for the ministers to watch, but also for the people to watch freely, demonstrating the royal magnanimity.
Only on this day did the usually unattainable emperor become extremely close to the people, and would even go to the top of the city tower to meet the people within a short distance, allowing the people to admire the emperor's face.
At this time, there are always so many people watching the emperor's face. There is almost no place for people to stay under the palace city. Even after the grand event is over, many people are squeezed out of here by the crowd without touching the ground. .
In the end, some people lost their shoes, some lost their hats, and some were disheveled, which made people think they had done something casual, which was quite funny.
Xin Qiji was not interested in the royal family of Zhao and Song, nor was he interested in Zhao Gou. He didn't want to see Zhao Gou's annoying old face, so he went to the food street next to Zhong'an Bridge.
At this moment, there are also a sea of people here, and the lights on both sides of the street are denser and brighter than other commercial streets, making the street as bright as day.
Xin Qiji and his guards squeezed into the crowd. Looking at the tempting food on the street and smelling the tempting aroma, the gluttons in his stomach immediately began to rebel.
Xin Qiji couldn't help it anymore and started spending money.
Spread the seeds to make them crispy and chewy.
The crispy yellow taste is delicious and fresh, a must-try.
The ten-color flower candy is sweet and delicious, how can you not eat it?
Chengsha cake is soft, glutinous and sweet, how can you miss it?
The aroma of steamed cakes is fragrant, my favorite.
The eight-treasure rice melts in your mouth and is so sweet and delicious that you wouldn’t be a human being if you don’t eat it!
The spy was dumbfounded by Xin Qiji's strong desire to buy and appetite, but looking at Xin Qiji's tall figure and strong body, he suddenly felt that it was not incomprehensible that Xin Qiji could eat so much.
How can such a strong body withstand the huge consumption if it doesn't eat more?
While Xin Qiji completely unleashed his appetite, the guards who came with him began to feast with Xin Qiji's permission. Even the secret agents felt hungry as never before. These delicacies that had been eaten for a long time suddenly became Get cute.
Then just have a meal of it.
So the secret agent also transformed into a hungry ghost in the food and feasted on it.
Xin Qiji took the last bite of the eight-treasure rice and felt the sweetness in his mouth. He smacked his lips and saw someone selling suet and leek cakes on the street.
Although he felt that his stomach was full at this time, his mouth still wanted to eat. Although he felt that it was not good to eat too much at night, seeing such a grand occasion, it seemed that he would feel sorry for not eating a big meal this time going south.
After thinking about it, I felt that it was rare. It had come, so why bother suppressing myself?
So he decided to have another piece of suet chive pancake to offset the sweetness in his mouth.
I took a bite of the mutton-fat leek cake and was about to sigh at the rich aroma of oil. Suddenly I saw the seller selling braised chicken legs. The yellow and oily braised chicken legs actually glowed under the light. Look. Xin Qiji's eyes widened.
I haven’t eaten chicken for a long time, so... let’s eat one?
So Xin Qiji spent money on two chicken legs, and also bought two chicken drumsticks for each of his subordinates, and then paired a mouthful of mutton fat leek pancake with a mouthful of chicken, which made his mouth full of oil. Although it was not very elegant, it saved him the pain of chapped lips in winter.
After walking for a while, Xin Qiji felt tired and thirsty. He happened to see a stall selling fresh fish soup on the street, so he took six of his followers and sold six bowls of fish soup.
The six of them sat down around a low table, eating what they had on hand and drinking delicious fish soup. They were so happy.
There were two other tables of people drinking fish soup in this foot stall. Xin Qiji was eating and drinking while listening to the people at these two tables talking and laughing.
It seems that the male owner of a certain family named Chen on the street of Qinghefang is stubborn and stubborn. Although he has been punished many times, he still steals the family's money and goes to Huayuelou to eat wine and play with women. The housewife in charge of the family finds out, so He chased him the whole street with a rolling pin in hand.
Good guy, that was thrilling. The male master of the Chen family was thin, but his wife was tall and strong. She chased and beat her with a rolling pin, which made the master of the Chen family cry like a ghost.
Neighbors on the street smiled at the situation and saw the rise. Some cheered loudly, some shook their heads and smiled bitterly, some made suggestions and pointed out the direction, and some were busy looking for a bone-setter for the male master of the Chen family. They were heartless children. They all thought it was a fun game, and they clapped their hands and applauded, overjoyed.
After a storm, the male owner of the Chen family was carried back home. The bone-setter who came to set his bones for the third time expressed his sincere gratitude and sincere admiration to the male owner of the Chen family.
Xin Qiji couldn't help but smile as he listened.
He was chewing chicken drumsticks and mutton-fat leek cakes, raised his head, and looked around.
Under the lights, the entire commercial street seems to be glowing with a layer of orange light. From a distance, it looks like heaven and earth. Being in it is intoxicating.
Some people are laughing and talking, and some are joyful. It seems that there is no sorrow or crying, as if everything that people with lofty ideals have pursued for thousands of years is here.
There is noise, laughter, shouting, and the sound of fireworks and firecrackers in my ears.
It is the husband's harmonious whisper to his wife, and the wife's gentle instructions to her children.
The fireworks in the world are the most soothing to mortal hearts.
so good.
For a moment, Xin Qiji thought how happy this life would be if he could stay at this moment forever. How wonderful?
Immediately, the smoky and humane smile disappeared from Xin Qiji's face.
Because he knew that all this was just a dream, a real and tangible dream.
He is not a peacemaker, he is a war agent. What he brings is not peace, but war.
The sword of war hangs over Lin'an City, but the people in this city seem to have no feeling and are still celebrating step by step.
Is this really happy?
Is this fleeting love really happy?
Xin Qiji was silent for a while, then lowered his head to eat and drink. Together with his guards, he finished everything in his hands and drank the delicious fish soup.
Then he stood up, walked to the stall owner, took out his money bag, and asked the stall owner for the price in the poor Nanyin he had just learned.
"Five cents for a bowl of fresh fish soup, six bowls in total, totaling thirty cents."
The stall owner smiled broadly, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Xin Qiji with a smile.
Xin Qiji then took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the hands of the stall owner without counting them carefully.
"The fish soup is delicious. If you have more, you can keep it."
With that said, Xin Qiji turned and left.
The stall owner was a little surprised. He looked at a handful of copper coins in his hand, which was obviously more than thirty copper coins, and said hurriedly: "Sir, there are too many, there are really too many."
Xin Qiji stopped and turned his head to look at the stall owner with a smile on his face.
"Although we are small businessmen, we have to pay attention to what we get for what we pay for. Fishing in winter is not easy, so the four cents of fish soup is sold for five cents, but it's only that much. No matter how much, It doesn’t make sense.”
The stall owner picked out thirty coins and handed the extra money back to Xin Qiji.
Xin Qiji looked at the copper coins that the shop owner returned with both hands, and then carefully looked at the middle-aged and chubby stall owner. He felt that he looked very kind, and he did not look like a mean person no matter how he looked.
"Here you go, just keep it. The fish soup is delicious, I'm very happy. This is considered a reward, so you don't have to pay me back."
The stall owner looked at Xin Qiji and smiled when he saw that he didn't seem to be faking it and looked rich.
"I have never seen such a generous guest as you."
Xin Qiji smiled.
"Everyone who comes here is stingy?"
"That can't be said like that. You get what you pay for. Doing business openly, how can you say that you are stingy? It's all about living, no matter how you live, you will live it."
The stall owner looked at Xin Qiji and asked, "Your accent doesn't sound like a local. Are you?"
"Travelers from the north."
Xin Qiji smiled and said: "There should be people from everywhere in Lin'an City, right?"
"No, there are people from everywhere. The Ming Kingdom in the north, the Dali Kingdom in the south, the Champa Kingdom, and many foreigners whose names I can't name. Anyone who comes to Lin'an is willing to come to our street to eat and drink. , have fun.”
The stall owner said with a smile: "Our stall has been operating here for more than ten years, and we have seen a lot."
"Very good, very good."
Xin Qiji nodded with a smile, turned around and left with his six followers with inexplicable emotions.
"Sir, please go slowly. If you have a chance someday, come to our stall and have a bowl of fish soup. It's free of charge."
The stall owner bowed to see him off.
Xin Qiji turned back and took a deep look at the stall owner, smiled at him, and waved.
Although I don’t know if I will come again, and I don’t know if this stall will still be there when I come again, but no matter what, I am in a good mood and happy.
The smoke and fire in the world soothed Xin Qiji's inexplicably restless heart.
After eating and drinking, the night is getting darker, but the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival is far from over. People are still in high spirits, and there is still laughter and laughter among people coming and going.
Not only for beauty but also for lighting. Not only are there lights on lampposts on the street, but there are also colorful lanterns hanging on the branches of the street. There are no leaves on the trees, as if these wonderful colorful lanterns have grown out, and they are full of colors. , looks unique.
Along the way, a team of swimming dragons passed by him, waving bright fish and dragon lanterns and shouting. The people around him applauded and laughed, admiring this wonderful fish and dragon dance.
A family from Lin'an around Xin Qiji was debating whether it was better to eat sweets or salty foods at night.
The male host focuses on salty food, while the hostess and children focus on sweet food. The man cannot resist his wife and children, so he has no choice but to compromise and eat sweet food that is rarely tasted all year round.
On the other side, the grandfather and grandson were having a childish dispute over how to distribute the candied haws of sugar.
The grandpa said that he should eat one more because he was old, and the grandson said that he should eat one more because he was young. Both grandpa and grandson had their own opinions and had a lot of arguments.
so good.
While walking, Xin Qiji sighed like this.
Why is it so beautiful?
Why can such a scene of human fireworks appear in this decadent and fallen country?
Xin Qiji couldn't help but think of the two women who kowtowed to him with their children to thank him. Their ragged clothes and bruised faces appeared in front of his eyes.
Are they okay?
Still alive?
Can they smell even the slightest bit of the warm human smoke in Lin'an City?
Can?
Can't?
This is just the warm smoke and fire inside Lin'an City, why can't it also warm the cold and chilling desperate situation of the world outside Lin'an City? ,
Why is there such a big gap between the city and the outside?
Xin Qiji's heart was full of doubts.
At this moment, he really felt his alienation among this happy crowd.
The doubts and sorrow in his heart seemed to form a barrier, isolating him from this happy world - there was already a tragically thick barrier between them.
I am here, but I am so incompatible with everything here, so different.
Nothing here seemed to have any attraction for him. Instead, it kept pushing him out, into the cold snow outside Lin'an City, and towards the miserable group of refugees with nowhere to go.
Let him feel the bone-chilling coldness.
He just walked all the way, looking confused and his eyes wandering.
He walked past the lively singing and dancing group.
He looked at the joyful people waving all kinds of colorful lanterns, and heard their laughter and cheerful and bright music.
He looked at the surrounding trees decorated with various colored lights.
A warm wind heated by the smoke from the fireworks blew through the street, causing the colored lights to sway and the light spots to sway as well.
So he murmured quietly.
“The east wind blooms flowers on thousands of trees at night, and blows them down like stars like rain.”
He walked through the parade of joyful people.
A magnificent festival float slowly passed by him. The professional performers on the float did their best to arouse the emotions of the surrounding audience.
The performers parading beside the float were dressed in various costumes and holding various musical instruments that Xin Qiji had never seen before. They walked slowly, played and played, and the light music filled this small world. among.
He murmured quietly.
"The road is filled with the fragrance of BMWs and cars, the sound of phoenix flutes, the light of jade pots, and the dance of fish and dragons all night long."
He walked through the laughing crowd.
Couples of gods and goddesses in festive costumes passed by him, and ladies with fairy-like faces holding fans also passed by him in groups. They were charming and beautiful, laughing and laughing. After passing by, they only left a shadow. fragrant.
He was still murmuring quietly.
"The moths are covered with golden threads of snow and willows, and the laughter is full of hidden fragrance..."
At the end of the Happy Food Festival, Xin Qiji stopped in shock.
He looked at the cold people in front of him who gradually dispersed into the night, and then looked back at the bustling and hazy world on that side.
He seemed to be at the intersection of two worlds, with a huge tearing feeling tearing at him.
"People look for him thousands of Baidu……"
He lowered his head sadly. After a while, he turned around again, raised his head, looked straight ahead at the cold night, and took a deep breath.
"Suddenly I looked back, and that person was... in a dimly lit place!"
As the last rhyme fell, Xin Qiji stepped forward, leaving the bustling orange-red hazy world without looking back, and walked into the cold and cold world without hesitation.
He opened his arms and embraced the cold air, experiencing the heart-piercing feeling.
He never looked back.
