Two hundred and seventy-third festival public sacrifice
After intense planning and arrangements, the public memorial event has officially entered the implementation stage.
According to Liu Xiang's plan, the public sacrifice should not be too religious, especially not to highlight a certain sect. Therefore, Cui Hantang originally had to build a altar at the public sacrifice site and hold the Eighteen Heavenly Luotian Jiao to pacify the soul and pray for blessings.
, Anmin’s plan was shot down.
"You can have the Eighteen Heavens Luotian Dajiao in the Five Immortals Temple," Liu Xiang said, "You also have to understand me. If you play the leading role, I, the mayor, can't do it."
His attitude was so sincere that Cui Hantang couldn't even complain. He could only scold him as "animals in the Senate" and got the zoning diagram and flow chart back to revise the plan.
After discussion, it was decided to hold the public memorial ceremony on December 1st. The location would be Haipi outside Zhenhai Gate.
Taking advantage of the public security crackdown, Liu Xiang sent hundreds of police and soldiers a few days ago to carry out demolition operations in the name of "improving environmental sanitation and preventing the spread of the plague." Various shabby shacks were built outside Zhenhai Gate and stretched to the riverside.
All the houses were demolished, and all the residents were sent to the "refugee camps" on Hong Kong Island. This blind spot in public security was completely solved.
This group of urban bottom-class people will be resettled after a month of screening and "purification". Some of those with legitimate jobs can stay in Guangzhou to continue making a living. Those without legitimate jobs will be sent to Kaohsiung, Jeju, and Hainan.
The newly established "Xinsheng Farm". This farm is jointly run by the agricultural reclamation system and the national police. It specializes in accepting urban "dregs" cleared from various cities in the mainland conquest campaign.
Nowadays, there is a piece of white land outside Zhenhai Gate, and the original appearance of the riverbank tidal flats has been restored. December is already the dry season of the Pearl River. The river has receded far away, and the sand on the riverbank has been hardened by the sun. It is a suitable time to hold mass activities.
place.
The workers used large stone rollers to flatten and compact the ground, then spread a layer of sand and gravel, and the carpenters quickly worked in the open space to build the platform.
Although the public memorial sites are all temporary facilities, a small requiem monument was built with reinforced concrete and granite stones at the original Maojia Inn site where the crime occurred: this is to commemorate the victims of the "6.5 Maojia Inn Extra Large
of the victims killed in the murder case.
Because this was the first large-scale public event since entering the city, Liu Xiang was particularly concerned. He specifically asked the city bureau to maintain the scene well to avoid stampedes. He was also worried that there would be too many people watching the excitement, so he decided to hold a public trial.
Public executions were dispensed with.
"The objects of the public memorial are not only the victims of the Maojia Inn, but also the people who died of illness and died in the line of duty during the plague. Executions are somewhat off-topic," said Fang Fei, who was responsible for planning the event from Lingao.
Liu Xiang glanced over the scene with a satisfied look - it was really good! Although the stands were all made of wood, the outside was curtained with black and white cloth, which was solemn and generous. He temporarily rented thousands of pots from flower farmers near Guangzhou.
Chrysanthemums, the decoration is majestic.
In the middle is the altar, with incense burners and wreaths placed on the temporarily built altar. Generally speaking, Liu Xiang's guiding spirit of "simplicity", "grandness" and "no feudal superstition" should be implemented, so although there is an incense burner on the altar
, but no incense wax was lit, only its meaning was kept. In the middle, chrysanthemums and black and white ribbons were tied into a big word "Dian". Behind the word "Dian" hung three long soul-calling flags, written in ink on a white ground, respectively.
It reads: The victims of the plague in Guangzhou, the people who died fighting the plague and the victims of the Maojia Inn case.
On both sides of the altar, there are three "Dharma platforms" to display the instruments. They are New Taoism, Catholicism and Buddhism. After many struggles between Cui, Han and Tang Dynasties, the New Taoism platform was larger than the other two religions.
As soon as Liu Xiang left the Zhenhaimen gate, he was shocked: so many people were here!
He originally thought that not many people would come to observe such a public memorial event, so he specifically instructed Mu Min to ask the security guards to mobilize the masses to participate.
"This mobilization is too much." He murmured to himself as he looked at the crowds on both sides of the street being desperately blocked by the sweaty Nationalist Army.
In fact, Liu Xiang underestimated the spectatorship of the people in this time and space. There is a serious lack of public cultural and entertainment activities in this time and space, so no matter street fights, government trials, or public executions, there are always people watching and having fun. News about the city government's public sacrifice
As soon as the news spread, the whole city was in a sensation, and people of all ages came to "watch the ceremony" without anyone mobilizing. It was so noisy that Mu Min had to call the navy to maintain order.
The sedan was carried to the rostrum, and he took the stage proudly. On the stage were the elders of the Guangzhou Municipal Government: Lin Baiguang, director of the Municipal Comprehensive Management Office, Mu Min, the municipal police chief, Wu Mu, the municipal security chief, Meng Xian, the municipal finance director, and Ai Zhi, the tax director.
New, Director of Industry and Commerce Zheng Shangjie, Judge Liang Xinhu, etc.
There are officials, and there are also "social sages". The leader is the high-ranking official. He is wearing a blue robe today and is very simple. He is followed by representatives of the Guangzhou Federation of Industry and Commerce. Zhang Yu's father is a representative, so
They also came to participate in the event "to enjoy the occasion".
Although the big gentry families all sent people after receiving the notice, they were all descendants of the family or concubines. None of the principals showed up. But Liu Xiang discovered a good change, that is, he received the notice.
No one who was notified dared not send someone to come - this has never happened before.
"You know how powerful we are." Liu Xiang thought to himself, "When all your dirty materials are sorted out, I will slaughter you fat sheep one by one!"
When the hands of the watch pointed to nine o'clock, a burst of drum beats sounded like a rain shower. Mu Min, who was sleepy and resentful, resisted the urge to yawn and walked slowly to the podium - she had been unable to sleep for a long time.
At the request of the morbidly excited Liu Yuanlao, she stayed up all night to prepare for this event. When she passed by Liu Xiang, she glanced at Liu Xiang's excited and slightly nervous face and wished she could slap him.
Mu Min first gave a brief review of the witchcraft case. As the sound of the microphone spread throughout the venue, the emotions of the citizens watching the excitement were gradually aroused. There was a slight commotion in the crowd, and some even started shouting angrily to maintain order.
The Nationalist Army and the spies mixed in the crowd also became nervous, and the police kept running back and forth and shouting loudly to maintain order.
After Mu Min's speech, Lin Motian gave a speech on the recent plague prevention and control work. Compared with Mu Min's somewhat "routine" speech, Lin Motian was much more emotional, especially when it came to the prevention and control work.
The personnel who died in the line of duty were choked with sobs many times and could not speak idioms. The stage and the audience were in mourning. Even those who lost relatives and friends in the plague were bursting into tears at this moment.
At the end of his speech, Liu Xiang announced the start of the public memorial ceremony. The intensive drumbeats sounded again, followed by the "Requiem" played by the bugle, with a long and solemn tone - Fu Bojun's Requiem was to the tune of a lights-out trumpet.
, it was originally used in memorial ceremonies for the fallen soldiers of the Fubo Army.
The first thing that appeared in people's sight were two rows of Fubo Army soldiers. They were dressed in gray military uniforms, wide-brimmed hats, light blue leggings, long rifles on their shoulders, and shining bayonets. They walked from step to step with slow and powerful steps.
Walk out from behind the rostrum.
As the music played, the procession passed the rostrum at a slow pace. Liu Xiang stood up first, and then all the people stood up. The civil servants paid attention, and the military attaches and police officers performed a military salute. The procession reached the altar, and the soldiers followed the officer's command.
The team spread out in a straight line. When the team was arranged, the officer gave an order: "Ready! - Release!"
I saw the three soldiers on the easternmost side carrying their guns, holding their butts, stepping their left foot diagonally half a foot forward to the left, raising their guns to the sky at a 70-degree angle, aiming and pulling the trigger. After the gun went off, they immediately put their guns away and stood at attention. In the same manner,
At the command, other soldiers completed all the actions in sequence and lined up to leave.
The gunshots roared and the smoke was thick. The bugles began to cry.
After presenting the flower baskets, Wen Desi, Liu Xiang, Lin Baiguang, Mu Min, Wu Mu, Meng Xian, Ai Zhixin, Zheng Shangjie, Liang Xinhu, Chen Ce, Zhang Yikun and others slowly came forward, stopped and stared in front of the flower baskets, and carefully arranged the flowers on the flower baskets.
Ribbons. Afterwards, all participants in the event bowed three times deeply to the soul-calling flags of those who died in the line of duty, commemorating the great achievements of the martyrs.
At the same time, members of the leadership team of the Guangdong Region, leaders of the Guangzhou Municipal Government and representatives from all walks of life expressed their deep condolences to the people who were killed in the "massive homicide" and those who lost their lives in the city-wide epidemic, and extended cordial condolences to the relatives of the victims.
. And everyone observed a three-minute silence. However, before the silence ended, earth-shattering cries rang out from the onlookers. Some family members of the deceased fell to the ground and cried, while others rushed forward excitedly. The police and the army quickly stopped them.
, the scene was a bit chaotic.
After the memorial service, Mayor Liu delivered a speech calling on people of all ethnic groups in the city to turn their grief into strength, work hard to promote the reform and development of Guangzhou, and work hard to build Guangzhou into the first city in Guangnan.
Liu Xiang then announced the end of the public sacrifice activities, and then announced: In view of the rampant witchcraft and beggars in Guangzhou City, harvesting and cutting, which harms the harmony of the heaven and earth; the people are stupid and stubborn, do not admire the road, worship evil gods, and cause plague, the Senate of the Song Dynasty in Guangzhou
The district government specially invited "virtuous people" from the three religions in the city to practice here to offer salvation to the people who died in Guangzhou City and to pray for the living people of Guangzhou City.
Watching monks and Taoists chanting sutras was a popular entertainment activity for the common people in medieval society. Even the monks and Taoists' reciting practices included considerable performance and entertainment. The observing crowd immediately divided into three parts and surrounded the altars of the three religions.
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Naturally, the one that attracts the most attention is the New Taoism. Taoism, especially the Tianshi Dao rituals, are known for their gorgeous and complicated rituals. The Taoist robes and instruments are bright and gorgeous, and the Taoist music is abundant and quite beautiful. If you meet a Taoist priest who is handsome and sings well,
Those who watch Taoist priests performing rituals and chanting sutras will be even more overwhelmed.