Chapter 490: Lantern Festival

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The Lantern Festival is a very important festival, under normal circumstances, the royal family will put up lanterns on the noon gate, and outside the noon gate, there are claw mountain lights, that is, thousands of lanterns are stacked into a mountain; Some chela mountains are stacked to thirteen layers, and the shape is like the image of the legendary giant chela, so it is commonly known as "chela mountain".

The noon gate forbidden place, which is usually heavily guarded and cannot be set foot in by ordinary people, is also specially open for three days, watching the lanterns and admiring the moon, and the people are happy. Since the Song and Ming dynasties, it has been like this.

However, these are all things after the country is peaceful, and now Daqin has not even built a palace, and there is no suitable place to enjoy the people in Buche Mountain, so only some lights are set up in the backyard of the palace for their own viewing.

In the evening, Li Xiangjun and Dong Xiaowan wore pearls and emeralds, or jade plums, or snow willows, and their tops were mainly white silk jackets, with various long skirts underneath.

According to the current custom, people wear more light-colored clothes in summer and dark-colored clothes in winter, and it seems unreasonable to wear white in the Lantern Festival when the cold weather has not subsided, and this is the special custom of women's clothing during the Lantern Festival in the Song and Ming dynasties.

The custom of women wearing white during the Lantern Festival was first seen in the Song Dynasty. "Wulin Old Things" records: "On the Yuan Xi Festival, women all wear pearl cui, moths, jade plums, snow willows, Bodhi leaves, lamp balls, pins and gold, cicada mink sleeves, and neckkerchiefs, and the clothes are still white, and it is appropriate to cover the moon. ‘

The white silk jacket gives the impression of being elegant and pretty, which also adds a bit of frivolity.

This kind of demeanor is reasonable in the Lantern Festival, which is the ancient Valentine's Day in which the whole people participate in the carnival, wearing white clothes under the moon, fluttering like a fairy, can attract more chasing eyes.

The problem is that at the beginning of the shift, when everyone was eating wine and enjoying the lanterns in the backyard, even dozens of maids changed into white clothes, and for a while, the white clothes in the courtyard were fluttering, and Qin Mu was a little dazzled, but he couldn't find the north.

On the contrary, she is the only Yang Zhi who is not wearing white clothes. More eye-catching.

As the queen, Yang Zhi has a special status, so she has to remain solemn, dress gracefully and luxuriously, and behave solemnly and generously.

She wore a mink fur jacket, a flower skirt, and a fire fox coat on the outside, and in a pretty white, she was dressed in a graceful and luxurious outfit. In front of the bright lights, under the moon, it grabbed all the eyeballs.

No matter how many troubles there are outside, such an important festival as the Lantern Festival, Qin Mu hopes to spend happily with his family, he temporarily put everything aside, and his wife and children eat and drink and enjoy the lanterns, there are more than 100 lanterns of all kinds hanging in the back garden, and there are many lotus lanterns floating on the water, creating a beautiful scene and bursts of laughter.

Under the leadership of Yang Zhi. The women in the garden, including Bian Yujing, who was pregnant, were also supported by people, and turned around in a group between the pavilions and pavilions in the courtyard. In the folk, it is called "walking a hundred diseases".

"The capital city lamp market is in full spring, and everyone has the same season. Aunts and grandmothers lead sisters-in-law, and make up to get rid of all kinds of diseases. As the saying goes, this night is empty, and all diseases are in the dust. Otherwise, this year will be sick. The arms are dry, the eyes are dark, and the head is windy. Stepping through the street double embroidered shoes, it is better to drink the two bells of water in the doctor's prescription. ”

This is a poem describing the folk women walking through all kinds of diseases, but when it comes to the day of the Lantern Festival. Folk women take the lead in the night walk, one to enjoy the lanterns, the other to eliminate diseases, it is really two birds with one stone, the folk women will also go to the city gate, secretly raise their hands to touch the custom of the city gate nails, touch the one, think it is a good omen.

Yang Zhi and the others can't go out to touch the nails of the city gate, it doesn't matter, there is another way, that is, to walk the bridge, there is a nine-curved covered bridge on the wind pool in the backyard, just walk.

There is also a lantern on the curved bridge, all the way to the reward, such a lively, Qin Mu also participated, go to a hundred diseases, anyway, it is an auspicious meaning, but it is not limited to men and women.

It's a pity that the kid of the Qin family was not angry, he fell lightly, and actually cried, this is the treasure of the Qin family, as soon as he cried, he was suddenly shocked by the warblers.

Qin Mu stopped this group of warblers. Standing in front of his son, he earnestly induced: "Ye'er, if you cry again, you will attract the heavenly soldiers and generals, get up quickly, get up yourself, let's enjoy the lantern and the moon together, look at the lotus lamp, how beautiful it is, if you cry again, it won't be lit."

This time it worked, the kid of the Qin family got up by himself, wiped his tears, and pulled Qin Mu's hand and said, "Daddy, daddy wants a lamp"

"It's simple, as long as you don't let Daddy pick the moon"

"Daddy, I want the moon!"

Before Qin Mu finished speaking, his son immediately hit the snake with the stick and changed his mind. Suddenly, there was a loud pop all around, and even Yang Zhi, who was dignified and dignified, couldn't help but bend over with laughter.

Yun Qiao'er was even more giggling and mischievous: "Brother Qin, quickly pick the moon, Ye'er, yes, we want the moon." ”

Qin Mu gave her a storm, then squatted down and said to his son: "Son, look, there is only one moon in the sky, everyone is admiring the moon, if Daddy takes it off for you, others won't be able to see it, this is not good, don't be like your Aunt Yun, she can do the thing of covering the moon, what about my son, it will benefit the people in the future, how can I take off the moon and watch it alone, right?" ”

"Daddy, there"

Qin Ye pointed to the water with his small hand, Qin Mu almost fainted, there is a moon in the sky, there is a moon in the water, I don't know the way, I don't know the way, which one is rounder, which one is brighter and more high

Concubine Xiang smiled and leaned back, no longer caring about the image of a lady, "Hee hee ha, Brother Qin, go into the water and fish for the moon, anyway, no one else can appreciate this, and it doesn't matter if you fish it up and give it to Ye'er."

"Son, what about this moon in the water, this will not light up when you catch it, you won't be able to see it, there are some things, we must have to give up, we will have it"

"Daddy, I want the moon!"

Obviously, His Excellency King Qin's profound truth is something that his son doesn't bother to comprehend for the time being, and people want the moon.

This hairy child, you want the moon, Daddy let you go down and fish it yourself. Qin Mu picked up his son and threw it into the pool, this is impossible.

He kissed his son on the face and said with a smile: "Okay, this is not difficult, look at Daddy's, go to someone and bring a basin." ”

In the end, Qin Mu fished up the moon with a basin, and the full moon shadow in the basin made his son giggle, and this walk was able to continue.

After everyone returned to the pavilion and continued to eat and enjoy the lanterns, Yun Qiao'er came over and asked curiously: "Brother Qin, what did you just say that the heavenly soldiers and heavenly generals came down, what is going on, is there really a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general?" ”

Obviously, this girl has watched a lot of "The Surprise of the First Moment", and she loves to listen to these strange things.

Li Xiangjun, Dong Xiaowan, and Gu Hanyan are guessing the lantern fans, all of them are fluttering in white, light as a fairy, beautiful!

Others admired the lanterns, Qin Mu admired the beauties, and replied casually: "Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a mythical bird that landed in the world because it got lost, but was accidentally shot to death by an unwitting hunter. ”

"Well, what then?" Yun Qiao'er's eyes became shining, and she plunged into his arms and asked.

Later, when the Emperor of Heaven learned about this, he was very angry, so he ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the world on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and burned all the people to death. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she risked her life to tell the people the news. ”

"Won't the Emperor's daughter save everyone? Just to tell everyone the news, can you beat the heavenly soldiers? ”

"Of course I can't. So when everyone heard the news, it was like a thunderbolt sounding on their heads, and they were so frightened that they didn't know what to do. ”

"What then?"

After a long time, when everyone was about to get sad, an old man came up with a method, he said: On the 14th, 15th, and 16th days of the first lunar month, every household hangs red lanterns, lights firecrackers, and sets off fireworks at home. In this way, the Emperor of Heaven will think that the people are burned to death, and he will not send troops down in one more move.

Everyone nodded yes when they heard this, and then went separately to prepare. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the heavenly soldiers looked down and found a red light in the world, thinking that it was the flames of the fire, so they told the emperor that there was no need to go down to earth to set fire. People were saved in this way. In order to commemorate this success, every 15th day of the first lunar month, every household hangs lanterns, and there is a Lantern Festival. ”

"Hehe, Brother Qin is talking nonsense, how can there be such a thing."

"And you still listen to it with relish?"

"My sister also listened to it with relish." Yun Qiao'er immediately pointed the finger at Yang Zhi.

"Go, go, go, guess your lantern fan, I'm going to be with your sister for a while"

"Husband!" Yang Zhi blushed and spat him.

"Ha Luha, don't get me wrong, lady, Lantern Festival, spend a good full moon, it's good"

It's good that he didn't explain, but as soon as he explained, Yang Zhi was even more ashamed, and he also went to guess the lantern fans with Li Xiangjun and them

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(To be continued......)