Before approaching the lakeside, I heard all kinds of shouts.

There are those selling various snacks, shortbreads, wine, and various Xiangxiang... everything is available.

Also, there are the shouts of tourists playing games.

For example, in some temporary courts, the remaining poles from the tent fence are used as goals, local materials are used, and lines are drawn on the sand to form a court for playing football.

This step is called Cuju.

Cuju in the late Qing Dynasty was mainly about skills, ball-bobbing, dribbling, and kicking skills, with a certain degree of competition and appreciation.

But in ancient Cuju, there was no need for physical confrontation, flying kicks, tackles, etc. It was not as intense and vicious as modern football.

At this time, the ball used for Cuju is put in a skin bag with some rags stuffed into it, so that the ball becomes soft and light.

Although it is not as flexible as modern football and can withstand such a large kicking force, it still looks the same.

Chen Tianhua and the others got off the carriage and saw a prosperous ancient scene in front of them, like a scroll of a prosperous age, slowly unfolding.

In the center of Moshan, many shops and gambling houses have gathered.

There are not only locals from Wuhan and two prefectures here, but also business travelers from outside, tall-nosed foreigners from all over the world.

The stalls include everything, including shortbreads, sugar cakes, various kinds of rice dumplings and other food, as well as mink furs, pens, inks, paper and inkstones, harp, string instruments, guzheng, and various jade articles.

Chen Tianhua and others did not want to buy anything, so they walked directly through the seller's field and stopped at the cockfighting and gambling den. Without much interest, they went directly to the Baixi District.

There are many small areas separated here, and various weird and exaggerated performances are being performed, such as "breathing fire", "heavenly sword", "walking on ropes", "carrying the cauldron in the fog", "spreading fish and dragon", "hanging from the root and spinning in the abdomen" and thousands of strange things

, amazing acrobatics.

The surrounding spectators were extremely excited when they saw someone walking on a bamboo pole, swallowing knives and spitting fire. They couldn't help but clapped their hands and cheered.

Fei Ge, Yu Yang and others were all young, and they were quickly attracted. They squeezed into the crowd and were fascinated by it.

A sharp knife is used to stand upside down on the ground, the performer approaches the tip of the knife and lets the knife pierce the face through the eyes.

Or one person lies on his back on the blade, and another person stands on his abdomen and plays music.

When the song ended, the people below were actually safe and sound, which was surprising.

Chen Tianhua walked around with them and was quite speechless.

His interest in these things is not that great. He just wants to take a look and understand them briefly, without intending to stare at them.

As a person from a modern civilized society, what kind of acrobatics, magic, film and television, and science fiction have you not seen before?

The guards were not happy to see each other. They had just watched the waist-bending trick. The performer bent backwards, supported his hands and feet on the ground, and used his mouth to pick up things on the ground. This is a flexible skill.

After everyone was amazed, they ran to the next venue to watch the Chongxiao opera.

This scene is even more thrilling. They use swords, guns, swords and halberds to siege the gates of the city. The performers are naked and quickly pass through the gaps between the spear points and blades. They go back and forth with ease and are not hurt at all.

The play involves three points of flexibility and seven points of courage. Naturally, the surrounding audience was so frightened that they screamed again and again. It is also called the Through Sword Gate Opera.

After staying like this for more than an hour, the sun began to set, and Chen Tianhua took Yu Yang and the others away.

Otherwise, today's good time will be wasted watching acrobatics.

Next, we went to the stage area.

Many different styles of stage plays are being performed here.

This kind of performance with singing, talking, emotion and scenery became very popular as soon as it came out.

Some singers and famous prostitutes in brothels were inspired and began to write plays, which gradually evolved into dramas and stage plays.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western stage dramas had begun to sprout, but they had not yet reached a large scale. This was because of the restrictions of the city.

In the current Qing Dynasty, singing and dancing are still the main content of entertainment projects.

The majority of the audience gathered here are women.

Ordinary women in the two cities of Wuhan, aristocratic daughters, wealthy ladies, etc., dressed in long pleated skirts of different colors and decorated with flowers, watched the stage opera with great relish. Among them, there were many tall foreign girls.

"Stop looking at these, go to the front and walk around. It's too noisy here." Chen Tianhua urged.

He was thinking about Luan Rong. Tonight's big flower house competition, the competition among the top three industries, was the highlight of the evening.

It will definitely attract much attention by then.

They went further and reached the corner of Chu City Wall, which was connected to the East Lake outside the city.

The spring breeze is blowing, the willows are clinging to the sky, and the vast Furong Lake is like a huge and smooth mirror, shining brightly and rippling under the sunlight.

The spacious lake surface is full of sparkling waves, and boats are cruising around, and there are constant laughter on board.

There were aristocratic children gathering together to drink, have fun and enjoy the scenery, and there were also wealthy ladies and ladies, laughing, playing the piano and composing poems in the boat, which was very lively.

Some scholars and aristocratic princes stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the flower boat on which the beautiful woman was riding, with fishy looks and longing expressions on their faces.

Some coquettish beauties and boudoir ladies, taking advantage of the festival, also want to come and see with their own eyes the grace of the elegant talents from the south of the Yangtze River.

If we could meet by chance, why not come up and flirt with beautiful men like Pan An and Song Yu?

When these officials saw a flower boat approaching, they immediately changed their faces, looked away, waved their folding fans, pretended to be noble, chanted poems, and enjoyed themselves.

Therefore, every festive season is often the birthplace of many romances.

It seems that this Dragon Boat Festival, there must be a boat on the East Lake!

Chen Tianhua used his famous name and finally rented a boat, a nice small sailing boat.

Fei Ge, Yu Yang and the others carried some braised pork, meat buns and steamed buns, rice wine and tea, etc. that were originally placed on the carriage onto the boat.

After a night trip to East Lake, these will be dinner.

"There are so many boats. It is estimated that many noble disciples and dignitaries from Wuchang and Hanyang have come out to swim in the lake." Huo Shan said.

"Yes, if we really go out in full force, the East Lake will be filled up."

"That's right, it's unlikely, it's just part of it."

"..."

Everyone looked at the nearly a hundred boats in East Lake and couldn't help but sigh and comment.

The lakes and mountains are beautiful, the waves are rippled, the singing is ethereal, there are many painted boats, singing and dancing are peaceful, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless.

…

"Dong...dong..." The sound of the big copper bell ringing is solemn and solemn.

This is the only royal temple - Baotong Temple located at the foot of the Red Mountain in Wuchang. It rings the bell of the Dragon Boat Festival night.

One resonance can be sung nine times.

"Woo buzz...Woo buzz..."

A melodious horn sound sounded from the shore of East Lake.

Along with the sound of the bell and the sound of the horn, the entire East Lake shore, and even the entire cities of Wuchang and Hanyang, suddenly exploded with firecrackers.

Looking at the thousands of lights of various lanterns in front of them, as well as the endless lake, they were all shocked.

"It's definitely spectacular..."
Chapter completed!