February 28 in the Western calendar, the Lantern Festival.

The cold spring can't stop people's enthusiasm for watching the lanterns, whether it is the old city or the foreign concession, it is crowded with people that night. The streets are crowded with people, with food stalls along the way, and the light market has a mix of traditional candles, cardboard shells, and modern glass lamps.

Young students, white-collar staff, local tycoons, and ordinary people...... All of them went out of their homes to the streets, and there were even many foreigners who followed the local customs. Of course, thieves and gangsters are indispensable, taking advantage of the lively festival, pickpocketing and trafficking cases emerge in endlessly.

Xiao Lingjun rode on his father's neck, pointed to the distance and shouted excitedly: "Dad, Dad, look at the lights over there!" ”

"That's a marquee." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Xiao Lingjun looked curious: "Why is it called a marquee?" ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "Because this kind of lamp depicts a horse on each side, it turns like a horse running, so it is called a horse lantern." ”

Xiao Lingjun said again: "But the one I saw has no horse, the painting is Sun Wukong, it should be called Sun Wukong lamp." ”

Zhou Hexuan sweated wildly, and he didn't bother to explain anymore: "It's okay to call Sun Wukong lantern." ”

Meng Xiaodong, Wanrong, and Liao Yaquan walked together, each holding a lantern in their hands, chattering and not knowing what they were talking about. Cui Huifu and Cui Huimei, sisters, together with Fei Zhengqing and Fei Weimei, used English to help two foreign devils popularize Lantern Festival knowledge.

As for Vivien Leigh, her lower abdomen has risen slightly at this time, and she can stay at home to raise the baby with peace of mind.

Zhang Leyi hugged her son Wei Lie and told the mythical story about the Lantern Festival as she walked: "A long, long time ago, fierce beasts harmed people everywhere, so people organized to resist. One day, a mythical bird got lost and was shot dead by an unwitting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven found out, he was very angry, and asked the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals to go to the world on the fifteenth day of the first month to prevent fire, and to burn all people and livestock to death. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the people suffering, so she risked her life to secretly tell the people the news. When people heard this story, they came up with a way to put up lanterns, light firecrackers, and set off fireworks in every house during the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of the first lunar month. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven would think that people were burned to death. ”

"Oh," little Verlie didn't ask like his sister, but commented, "The Emperor is so stupid. ”

Everyone quickly gathered together to guess the lantern riddle, and the stall owner greeted enthusiastically: "Guess the lantern riddle, guess it once for a dime, and there is a prize if you guess it, how many gentlemen and wives want to try it?" ”

Zhou Hexuan took out a piece of ocean and said with a smile: "Let's try it." ”

Zhang Leyi walked to a lantern and saw that the lamp read: There are people in front of the flowers by the lake. Guess a plant.

She pondered for a long time, and then said to the stall owner, "Is it a willow tree?" ”

The stall owner smiled: "Mrs. guessed a little inaccurately, do you want to try again?" ”

Zhang Leyi turned his head and asked Zhou Hexuan: "Brother Xuan, can you guess?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled and said, "Gourd." ”

The stall owner immediately opened the note under the lamp, and sure enough, the riddle was a "gourd", he handed Xiao Weilie a rock sugar gourd, and complimented: "This gentleman is very knowledgeable, and he can guess it." You just gave 1 yuan, and you can guess eight times. ”

"I want it too, I want it too!" Xiao Lingjun hugged his father's forehead and shook it.

Zhou Hexuan walked to the lamp next to him, only to see that it was written: Chongyang is near, the autumn waves are horizontal, and marrying a foreign country is now Ningning. Guess a vegetable.

Zhou Hexuan was a little unsure, thought for a while and said, "Radish? ”

The stall owner gave a thumbs up: "Sir, you are really amazing, you can guess this!" This puzzle is particularly difficult, and the prize is two piles of candy. ”

Xiao Lingjun took the two rock sugar gourds, and immediately clapped his hands happily: "Dad is so good, Dad is so good!" ”

Just when everyone was happy to guess the lantern riddles, Fairbank asked: "Mr. Zhou, why is the Chinese Lantern Festival more lively than the Spring Festival?" ”

Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly: "Maybe the government doesn't allow the Spring Festival." ”

The Lantern Festival during the period of the Nanjing National Government was indeed surprisingly lively, and the atmosphere far exceeded that of the Spring Festival. The main reason is that the government stipulates that the Spring Festival is not allowed, and people have to celebrate the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival together.

In this way, the annual Lantern Festival has become a carnival for the common people, often leading to all kinds of chaos, and the Lantern Festival can only walk at night, because it is so crowded that even rickshaws cannot pass.

How crazy is the Lantern Festival of the Republic of China?

There are words to prove it: gentlemen's dragon lanterns are forbidden to play, and the general rotten cubs are busy. I remember last year on Fanxi Street, Wang Ba Bitch (Harmony) went crazy together!

This is the "Bamboo Branch Words" written by a good deed person in Hunan, "Gentleman Dragon Lantern is forbidden to play", which is about the introduction of mussel shell lanterns to Changsha with the Beiyang warlords and the integration of local dragon lanterns. Often dressed as prostitutes, the "clam shell spirits" are severely condemned by righteous people and banned by the government because of their provocative performances, but they are repeatedly banned every year.

Speaking of the Lantern Festival of the Republic of China, the most nonsense is 1912.

At that time, the Republic of China had just been established, and the government announced the abolition of the lunar calendar and the adoption of the Western calendar, and actually designated January 15 of the Western calendar as the Lantern Festival. The government publicized this widely and called on everyone to come out to celebrate the Lantern Festival, but it turned out to be dark and cold, and there were not even a few ghosts on the street.

Why?

Because January 15 of the Western calendar, there is still more than a month before the Spring Festival, and it is the end of the lunar calendar, and the moon cannot be seen in the sky at all.

"Knock knock!"

In the distance, there was the sound of gongs and drums, but it was the dragon lantern dance procession, and many people carrying lanterns followed, and the whole street was boiling.

"Bang!"

Clusters of light exploded in the sky, but I don't know which rich businessman was setting off fireworks, and the children looked up at the sky and screamed happily.

Zhou Hexuan looked at the lively atmosphere around him, and couldn't help but think of the July Seven Incident three years later. At this moment, the lively city of Tianjin is about to fall under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders, and there is no such appearance of universal celebration.

Zhou Hexuan took his wife and children to watch the dragon lantern dance performance, and went to the Haihe River to put out the lanterns, and it was until the early hours of the morning that everyone went home unsatisfied.

In the afternoon of the next day, Zhou Hexuan took Fairbank to the Tianjin Library.

As the car drove into the old town, it was not long before I saw a huge policy poster plastered on the wall of a house. The poster depicts a huge lice, with a human hand holding a dagger and inserting it into the belly of the lice, and pests such as flies and mosquitoes hanging next to it.

There is also a text description on the poster, with the words "Kill the epidemic and its messengers" written on the top, and "In response to Chairman Chiang's call, the whole people should carry out a new life campaign, pay attention to hygiene, clean diligently, and get healthy".

Immediately afterwards, officials of the Tianjin Municipal Government and the Municipal Party Department appeared on the street one by one in suits and leather shoes, each carrying a broom in his hand.

Shang Zhen, a former general of the Jin Suijun Army, Yan Xishan's old subordinate, and the current mayor of Tianjin, said while sweeping the streets: "Everyone listens, whether they are officials or workers, they must conscientiously carry out Chairman Chiang's new life movement. What is a new life, the first thing is to love cleanliness, today I lead my brothers to do it, and in the future you will have to do it yourself, you have to sweep it clean inside and out......"

Dozens of officials in suits swept the streets together, and this scene was so beautiful that Zhou Hexuan couldn't bear to look at it.

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