057 The Legend of Playing with the Rabbit Master in the Ancient Mid-Autumn Festival
What Xiao Cui said was indeed what she said in her heart. She promised Ouyang Xinyu to help her because she was afraid that she would run away, and she would be blamed by the master and wife, and she would lose her life. Later,
She found that the girl named Ouyang Xinyu was very kind, so she decided to really help her.
Calm down and think about it, what Xiao Cui said makes sense. Since the master and his wife promised to let them attend the temple fair together, they will definitely have a chance to go out in the future. On this night, although there is a moon hanging in the sky, the two women
It is indeed dangerous for children to go to the edge of the cliff on the mountain on such a night. Xiao Cui doesn’t want to help Ouyang Xinyu, but now is not the time to help her, and they need to wait for a better opportunity.
"So, what did you promise to help me later?" At first, Xiao Cui said she was a little angry because she helped her, thinking that Xiao Cui didn't keep her word, maybe she didn't want to.
Helping her was just taking advantage of her. Later, after hearing what Xiao Cui said, the anger in her heart disappeared.
"Yes, Miss. But Xiao Cui asked the lady to put the overall situation first, otherwise Xiao Cui would have died before she could help the lady."
"Xiao Cui, remember to do what you promised me, and you are not allowed to regret it!"
"Of course, how could Xiao Cui fool the lady? But, Miss, you have to listen to Xiao Cui at the moment. After all, this was in our ancient times, not in your modern times. There are many rules here that you don't know."
"I understand, can't I listen to you in the future?"
"Miss Xinyu, you must believe Xiaocui, Xiaocui will not harm you. We need opportunities, we need more and greater opportunities, do you understand?"
"Xiao Cui, I'm sorry, you are so kind to me, I still doubt you."
"Miss, your suspicion is normal. If this happened to Xiao Cui, it might be worse. So, don't blame yourself anymore."
"Xiao Cui, aren't you angry with me?" Ouyang Xinyu thought that she suspected that Xiao Cui's question just now would make Xiao Cui feel unhappy, so she was very nervous just now. She glanced at Xiao Cui secretly.
He asked her in a low voice.
"No, why would Xiao Cui be angry with the lady? If it were Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui would think like the lady. Why would Xiao Cui be angry with the lady?"
"Xiao Cui, you are so nice. I will never doubt you again!"
"Miss, then you can change your clothes quickly. Let's go to the temple fair tonight! Maybe you can meet a handsome, tall and handsome young man!" In order to liven up the atmosphere, Xiao Cui started to tease Ouyang Xinyu again.
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"If you really meet such a young man, Xiao Cui, don't snatch me!" Ouyang Xinyu's mood suddenly improved inexplicably, and she even joked with Xiao Cui.
"How dare I rob your sweetheart, Miss? If the master and wife know about it, I won't cut me alive!"
Once a person's mood becomes relaxed, the time will suddenly feel that it is getting faster. Soon it's time to use dinner again. Mrs. Shangguan told Xiao Cui that after dinner, she would not have to accompany the lady to her room.
Take a nap in the courtyard and go directly to the temple fair.
There has always been a custom of worshiping the moon, watching the moon, and watching the lanterns in the Mid-Autumn Festival. After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, due to the times, the realistic utilitarian factors in social life were prominent, and the secular interests in the festivals became stronger, so they used "appreciating the moon".
"The lyrical and mythical literati traditions are weakened, and utilitarian worship, prayer and secular emotions are the main form of ordinary people's Mid-Autumn Festival customs. Therefore, "folk worship of the moon" has become people's desire to reunite and have fun
And happiness, send love with the moon.
The Mid-Autumn Festival worship of the moon is a very ancient custom in our country. According to historical records, as early as the Zhou Dynasty, ancient emperors had the custom of worshiping the sun in the spring equinox, the summer solstice worshiping the earth, the autumn equinox, and the winter solstice worshiping the sky. The place of worship was called
The Sun Altar, the Earth Altar, the Moon Altar, and the Temple of Heaven are divided into four directions: southeast, west and northeast. The Moon Altar in Beijing is the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worship the moon. The Book of Rites records: "The emperor's spring sun, autumn sun moon, and sunset sunshine. The sunshine is in the morning,
The evening moon and the evening.” The evening moon here refers to the sacrifice of the moon at night. This custom is not only practiced by the palace and the upper class nobles, but also gradually influenced the people with the development of society.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival night, the sky is as clear as water and the moon is as bright as a mirror. It can be described as a beautiful scenery of good times. However, people are not satisfied with this, so there is a custom of lighting lamps to help the moonlight. In Huguang, tiles are used to stack towers on the tower.
The festival customs of lanterns. There is a festival custom of making lanterns in the south of the Yangtze River. In the modern Mid-Autumn Festival, the custom of lanterns was even more prosperous. Today’s people, Zhou Yunjin and He Xiangfei, said in an article titled “Trying to Try to Talking about the Seasons”: Guangdong’s lanterns are the most prosperous.
Each family uses bamboo strips to make lanterns more than ten days before the festival, making fruits, birds and beasts, fish and insect shapes, and the words "Celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival" and painted with various colors on paste paper.
Mid-Autumn Night Lights are tied to a bamboo pole with ropes, tall trees are on eaves or terraces, or small lamps are made into zigzag shapes or various shapes, and hung them on the height of the house, commonly known as "Tree Mid-Autumn Festival" or "Mid-Autumn Festival".
The lamp hanging in the house is several feet high. The family gathers under the lamp to drink and have fun. Ordinary people erect a flagpole and two lanterns, and they also enjoy themselves. The lights in the city are like glass worlds. It seems that since ancient times,
To this day, the custom of lighting lanterns in Mid-Autumn Festival seems to be second only to the Lantern Festival.
After dinner, the two strings of red lanterns on both sides of the gate of Shangguan Mansion were lit, and Shangguan Mansion was immediately bathed in a festive celebration. In ancient times, in addition to worshiping the moon, watching the moon, and watching the lanterns, they also
What are some programs? It seems that there is a story about Playing with the Rabbit in "The Palace Maids Talk about the Past".
It was the year when the Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing. Empress Dowager Cixi fled from Kyoto. On the way to escape, it happened to the Mid-Autumn Festival. The empress dowager was in a panic and did not forget the old customs of the old customs, so she held it in the Xinzhou Gongyuan where she was staying.
The ritual of worshiping the moon. The story says that after dinner, the empress will worship the "Taiyin Lord" according to the customs in the palace. This is probably a habit along the northeast. The man does not worship the rabbit, and the woman does not worship the kitchen.'Taiyin Lord
'It is sacrificed by the housewife of each family.
On the southeast corner of the courtyard, place an altar table, please come out your magic code (a big rabbit is printed on a piece of paper and pound medicine in the moon palace), and insert it into the fragrant altar. The fragrant altar is a square doll, and the dou in northern Shanxi is not a round doll
It's square. Sometimes I heard people from northern Jin sing on the streets that "the moon is round but the moon is square but the bucket is sweet but the gentleness of Sister Ga." It can be seen that the buckets in northern Jin squad are all square. The bucket is full of new groats
, the dou mouth is pasted with yellow paper, four plates of fruit on the altar, four plates of mooncakes, and the mooncakes are half a foot high when folded.
In addition, there is a large wooden plate in the middle, which is one foot long in diameter. This is specially made for the rabbit sacrifice. There are two new edamames. Four bowls of tea are used to put the tea leaves in a bowl and rinse them with cold water.
.In this way, the queen and the concubine, the princess performed the ceremony with us, even if the ceremony was completed, we all ran away and were very superstitious, for fear that there would be some inappropriate etiquette, offend the gods and ghosts, and cause disaster for ourselves.
This story tells the rules of worshiping the moon rabbit in the Qing Dynasty palace. Although it was in a rush to escape, the incense hall had to be replaced by Fangdou from northern Shanxi, but from a psychological point of view, because it is in difficulty, it is against the gods.
He was even more awe-inspiring and pious. Judging from this story, the palace in the Qing Dynasty called the jade rabbit in the moon the Taiyin Lord.
However, the people are different. People call it Jade Rabbit Lord. Although this title is not as serious and solemn as Taiyin Lord, it seems more intimate. In the folk customs in Beijing, the Mid-Autumn Festival worship of Rabbit Lord is really solemn and lacks enough gameplay.
Although it seems to be a little disrespectful to God, it reflects the alienation of the folk psychology of respecting God. Since the Mid-Autumn Festival transformed from the custom of worshiping the moon into folk festivals, the customs of etiquette have been diluted, and the nature of traveling and enjoying is becoming more and more prominent.
Chapter completed!