In the showroom of Tongguang Pavilion, Bai Nan personally hung a large full-color photo of Zhao Daling on the wall, and at the same time placed a bronze medal under the photo, which read: Zhao Daling, the first president of the Tang Dynasty, in office: 1774-1790. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Bai Nan adjusted the angle of the photo, took a step back and looked at it, before nodding with satisfaction. At this moment, it occurred to him that maybe many years later, another president would be here, hanging his portrait in this room. He looked around, there was still a very, very much space on the walls of the spacious room, enough to hang hundreds of large picture frames, and Bai Nan was sure that this showroom would be full one day.

After completing this simple but important thing, Bai Nan walked out of the showroom, and his wife Xu Xin stood outside the door and said to him: "Move faster, you have to change your clothes, you can't miss the ceremony." ”

Bai Nan nodded, with a wry smile, and said: "Although I also supported this matter at the beginning, but now I feel that if I wear a crown and badge uniform, and then get out of a long red flag car, it will be an extremely strange thing." ”

Xu Xin stuck out her tongue and said, "It's not the same that people want to get out of the car with you, and you look at things with the old opinions, but people in this era don't think there is anything wrong with dressing like this." ”

Bai Nan smiled and said, "Yes." ”

With the help of several assistants, Bai Nan wasted a lot of effort and put on a crown, which is actually a dress in the Hanfu system, which is made by the Son of Heaven or the royal family when attending major events. After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although the old and the new were renewed, a series of modern clothing and customs were admired, but in order to maintain a good traditional cultural inheritance, it still vigorously promoted many traditional civilizations, including Hanfu culture.

The event that Bai Nam is going to attend today is actually the ceremony of worshipping the heavens in spring. It's something he didn't have before he crossed. However, in the post-modern era, the public quickly accepted this ancient ritual and officially included it in the law. Because the doctrine of the Tang Dynasty did not deliberately amplify materialism, and listed things with traditional cultural colors separately, which were distinguished from superstition and evil practices, ceremonies such as traditional culture such as worshipping the heavens have become major national activities.

And people living in this era also have a relatively high acceptance of this. Because in the era before the New Culture Movement, sacrifice was an indispensable part of people's lives, and it also reflected the characteristics of Chinese civilization very intensively. Respect for heaven and ancestors, from the beginning of the birth of this nation, is in the same line.

Datang still wasted a lot of thought on how to establish its own cultural rituals with traditional cultural inheritance. For example, in ancient times, only the Son of Heaven could preside over such a major event as worshipping the sky, and the common people could not worship the heavens, but could only worship their ancestors and the god of the stove. However, it is obvious that the status of identity in Datang has been broken. Therefore, whether it is the ancestor of heaven and earth, anyone can worship. However, when it comes to national ceremonies, only the president can preside over such a major ritual of worshipping the heavens.

The gon clothes worn by Bai Nan are also different from the crowns of the Son of Heaven in previous dynasties, and the bottom is all Xuanyi and silk clothes, but in fact there is no chapter. The so-called chapter is the pattern embroidered on clothes, the twelve chapters of the Son of Heaven, the sun, the moon, the stars, the mountain, the dragon, the Chinese insect six kinds of weaving in the clothes, Zongyi, algae, fire, powdered rice, yellow, black embroidered in the clothes. Because the twelve chapters carry too strong an identity reference. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty, which advocates equality for all, does not adopt it, so the gown worn by Bai Nan. It is a relatively simple Xuanyi dress, but because the cut and decoration are also in place, after the twelve crowns are worn, they can still show infinite luxury.

Even though a lot of simplification and modern processing and reinvention have been carried out in clothing, Bai Nan's dress still makes him feel extremely cumbersome. But there is no way to attend such a major national event. He must also be attentive. Not only him, but Xu Xin, as the first lady, also wears a forehead and a phoenix crown; Wearing a black collar inside and a shirt outside; waist tie secondary belt, large belt, leather belt; The front body is tied to the knee in the middle, and the back body is tied with a large ribbon; Hanging jade pendants and small ribbons on both sides; Wear socks and feet with a shoe; Holding Kei Tamaya. Her outfit has also undergone a lot of simplification. The whole is plain, and there are no large patterns, which is actually related to contemporary aesthetic changes.

Bai Nan saw his wife who was dressed up properly, and couldn't help but exclaim: "I didn't expect you to be dressed in a charming way, such a dress is on your body, and you are actually full of grandeur and luxury, just like a queen." ”

Xu Xin also seemed to be excited about such a novel experience, she carried her clothes and said with a smile, "It was originally based on the traditional queen's costume." ”

The two boarded the presidential car, a red flag with a lengthened flag, and drove to the "Temple of Heaven" under the escort of a security convoy. That's right, the Tang people also built a Temple of Heaven in Los Angeles according to their own understanding, and its main function is to worship the heavens and use it for tourism. This Temple of Heaven is still a little different from the one in the Forbidden City of the Qing Dynasty, it is actually a little smaller in scale, but it is still magnificent and magnificent, and it is a grand view.

Some people in the Republic of China and modern people actually think that the worship of heaven over the years is like a large-scale cosplay show, not only the president has to wear a crown, but even other high-level cabinet officials and officials of the National Council are all in deep robes and Hanfu. Even many ordinary people who watched the ceremony wore Hanfu, showing a pure and ancient style.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the main festival was held every year on the day of the winter solstice in the southern suburbs of the national capital. "Yuanqiu Worship Heaven" and "Fangqiu Sacrifice Land" are both in the suburbs, so they are also called "suburbs". The mound is a circular altar, the ancients believed that the sky is round, and the circle is the image of the sky, and the circle is the same circle.

Before the sacrifice, the Son of Heaven and all the officials were to fast and examine the sacrifices and sacrificial vessels offered to the gods. On the day of the sacrifice, the Son of Heaven led hundreds of officials to the suburbs early in the morning. The Son of Heaven was wearing a large coat, a gown inside, a crown with twelve crowns hanging from the front and back of his head, a large gui in his waist, and a town gui in his hand, standing on the southeast side of the mound facing west.

At this time, the drums sounded in unison, announcing that the Emperor of Heaven had come to enjoy the sacrifice. Then the Son of Heaven took the sacrifice dedicated to the Emperor and slaughtered it. These sacrifices were placed on the firewood stack along with the offerings of jade, jade, and silk, and the Son of Heaven lit the firewood, so that the fireworks rose high in the sky, so that the Emperor could smell the smell. This is the burnt fire, also called "ritual".

Then the "corpse" was greeted in the sound of music and climbed the mound. The corpse is decorated by a living person, as the incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, and accepts the sacrifice on behalf of the Emperor. The corpse sits, and in front of it are various ritual vessels such as jade, ding, and gui. At this time, the sacrificial blood is first offered to the corpse, and then five different qualities of wine are offered in turn, which is called Wuqi. The first two offerings are followed by offerings of whole animals, soup (gravy), soup (vegetable juice with salt), etc. After the fourth offering, the millet diet was offered. After the offering, the corpse is given three kinds of wine to thank the sacrificer, which is called a sorrel. After drinking, the Son of Heaven and the dance team danced the dance of "Cloud Gate", which is said to be the music and dance of the Yellow Emperor. Finally, the sacrificers also share the liquor used in the sacrifice, and the corpse blesses the Son of Heaven, etc., which is called "Woo", and later generations are also called "Drinking Blessing". The Son of Heaven also gave the sacrificial meat to the courtiers of the clan, called "Gift". The rituals of the descendants are mostly formulated according to the Zhou rituals, but the corpse is replaced by the god or the god tablet.

The series of rituals set by the Tang Dynasty to worship the heavens are not so complicated. Usually the people watching the ceremony and the officials attending the ceremony arrive early, and the president's limousine arrives last. When the presidential limousine arrived, the President and the First Lady disembarked and walked to the mound. At this time, the master of ceremonies will announce that all the people will bow to the officiant, the president. The etiquette is three long bows, and in the national activities of the Tang Dynasty, there is never a kneeling salute. At the same time, in the commentary, people salute the president not because he is the honor of the president, but because he is serving as the main priest and worshipping the heavens on behalf of the Tang people, and people express their respect for the heavens.

Bai Nan and Xu Xin walked to the bottom of the mound in the midst of the three long bows of the crowd, and the two of them first bowed to all the people present who participated in the sacrifice, and then the first lady changed her role to soy sauce after that, and the main work was done by Bai Nan.

The Tang Dynasty's sacrifice to heaven is actually inherited from the Ming Dynasty's heaven and earth worship, not just to worship the heavens. After Bai Nan climbed the mound, he first recited the sacrificial text, which naturally had the courage to catch the knife in Bai Nan's office, and the annual sacrificial text was almost the same, it was a standard literary language, as for the ordinary people below who could not understand it anyway, there was no problem, and it was not for the people to listen.

Later, Bai Nan began to offer incense and candles, five grains, five animals, and five wines to the gods of heaven and earth, that is, five different food crops, five kinds of meat of pigs, cattle, sheep, fish, and deer, and five different kinds of wine. At the beginning, some liquor brands still tore up again in order to compete for the qualification to participate in the sacrifice.

After the dedication was completed, the orchestra began to play the music, and at this time, many people in the aesthetics of the Tang people had already accepted modern pop music, and they were not very receptive to the somewhat odd-sounding music. However, many people who were upper-class intellectuals before immigrating were quite useful to this, and shook their heads and shook their heads.

The music sang in unison, and then the dancers entered and began the Cloud Gate Dance. In fact, this Cloud Gate Dance is definitely different from the version of the Yellow Emperor back then, and even there are some changes in the Tang Dynasty every year, and some people also regard it as a big event, after all, hundreds of male and female dancers dance in costumes, which is also a very interesting thing.

After Bai Nam completed the ceremony, he also returned to Xu Xin's side. Because of the need for courtesy and solemnity, Bai Nan can't whisper to Xu Xin. It's just that he looked at the crowd and looked at the dancing people, and he was a little surging for a while. He didn't believe much in God's blessing, but he was sure that Datang would indeed have better hopes in the new year. (To be continued.) )