After the Chinese New Year, Bianjing is very lively.
On the day before the beginning of spring, Kaifeng Prefecture will bring spring oxen into the ban to whip the spring. In Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties, spring oxen will be placed in front of the mansion.
Early in the morning on the day of the Beginning of Spring, the officials of the government make spring calls, with the purpose of admonishing farmers and encouraging spring plowing.
Zhang Yue also went to the street with his classmates to watch the spring ox fight.
The streets and alleys were full of people, everyone rushing to watch the fun.
On both sides of Kaifeng Fuqian Street, people sell small spring cattle, decorated with colorful flowers and placed in cattle pens, with various characters performing various operas arranged on them. Folks also give each other small flags and colorful willows specially made to welcome the spring.
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Although this custom is no longer seen in cities today, for Zhang Yue, a big foodie, the custom of eating spring rolls is still preserved to this day.
During the Shangyuan Festival, Kaifeng Prefecture's Jiaofu Mountain Shed is built directly opposite the Xuande Building, the main entrance of Da Nei. Tourists will gather under the two corridors to watch the lanterns and visit the night market.
This was the biggest annual entertainment program for people in the Song Dynasty.
Originally, the women in the boudoir usually stayed at home, but only during the three days of Lantern Festival, they would go out to enjoy the lanterns.
Women can show off as much as they want without tabooing secular rules.
Many men and women meet on this day and have a good marriage.
So February 14th is not considered Valentine's Day. In the Song Dynasty, Chinese Valentine's Day was actually not Valentine's Day but Children's Day. From ancient times to the present, only the Lantern Festival is the real Valentine's Day.
During the period before the Yuan Dynasty, there was no homework in Taixue. As for the students of Taixue, they would not study behind closed doors. Most scholars would inevitably feel a little homesick on this day.
Just like the Lantern Festival poem written by Ouyang Gong, "The moon is above the willow branches, and people make appointments after dusk."
On the day of Shangyuan, after dusk, the moon rises above the willow branches, and it’s time to ask the girl out to play.
Therefore, as early as the Yuan Dynasty, all the students in Taixue had washed their spring shirts in advance, and on this day they would put on clean clothes. It was better to watch the lights at night, not to watch girls.
On this day, Zhang Yue was also troubled, because he turned over the note given to him by Qi Niang and read it several times, but he could not see where it was.
The Jinmyeong Pond where we met last time is a royal garden, and people are only allowed to enter in March and April, so it is definitely not the same place as the old place.
On the day of the Lantern Festival, Seventeen Niang will definitely go out to enjoy the lanterns like all the women in Bianjing. But to appreciate lanterns is to appreciate lanterns. Bianjing is so big, and all the people come out to look at the lanterns. I met Qi Niang by chance in the huge Bianjing.
, it is undoubtedly finding a needle in a haystack, and the probability is lower than burning blue and white porcelain on a rainy day.
On the Lantern Festival, Huang Haoyi sighed. Since Yulian left, he had become disillusioned with the world and was not interested in traveling during the Lantern Festival for fear of being moved by the scene. Zhang Yue did not realize that a person like Huang Haoyi was actually very affectionate.
As for Han Zhongyan, he made an appointment with a large group of people in the studio to visit the brothel, and also invited Zhang Yue. Zhang Yue declined, and everyone laughed that Zhang Yue must be hiding his love in Bianjing City. Zhang Yue smiled.
No explanation.
So at dusk, the house was empty except for Zhang Yue and Huang Haoyi.
Huang Haoyi was very moved and thought that Zhang Yue refused the opportunity to go to the brothel and stayed with him.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that he would rather go to the street alone and experience the critical attack of a single dog than stay here with Huang Haoyi.
Zhang Yue searched for the chance in the crowd again, and if he happened upon it by chance, he could really publish a book.
In Huang Haoyi's voice asking where Sanlang was going, Zhang Yue left Taixue. At this moment, there was a sea of people outside Taixue.
In this street, the imperial offices of the Imperial College, Imperial College, and Gongyuan all had lamps and balls hung on bamboo poles on the street.
Looking up, one can see the lantern balls far and wide, like flying stars, dotted in the night sky of Bianjing City.
The streets and streets in the distance were all like this. Zhang Yue walked into the crowd and walked towards Daxiangguo Temple.
Along the way, thousands of streets and lanes are bustling and lively.
There is a small shadow puppet show shed at the entrance of each alley, and a group of children with hair or buns crowded in the alley to watch the shadow puppet show.
Many adults go out to watch the lanterns and let their children watch shadow puppet shows here.
Some of them followed their parents to watch the lanterns. These children also carried various lanterns in their hands, including rabbit lanterns and melon-shaped lanterns. They jumped up and down in front of Zhang Yue, occasionally grabbing their parents' sleeves and saying
Lighting the lanterns on the roadside.
Zhang Yue raised his head and countless fish-shaped and dragon-shaped lanterns were hung on the streets, rising and falling with the night wind, as if they were flying in the wind.
As Zhang Yue watched, a child in front of him accidentally fell to the ground, and the lantern in his hand was smashed to pieces.
The child was crying loudly. Zhang Yue secretly thought that it was a pity, but he saw that the child's appearance was somewhat similar to Xi'er. On this Yuan Dynasty night, Zhang Yue felt homesick. Thinking of this, Zhang Yue went to the lantern shop by the road and bought something.
A lantern was given to the child.
Zhang Yue walked to Daxiangguo Temple Bridge.
"Brother Zhang! Saburo."
Zhang Yue looked back and secretly realized that it was Wang Kui and He Qi.
I haven't met this girl by chance, but I met these two by chance. Bianjing is such a big city, why did you two meet me? Could this be the legendary meeting that happened thousands of miles away?
Zhang Yue reluctantly saluted the two of them.
The two of them were happy too.
Wang Kui said enthusiastically: "I came to Taixue to find Brother He. I was going to invite Sanlang to go enjoy the lanterns with me, but I didn't expect Sanlang to go ahead. Fortunately, we met here again."
Zhang Yue cursed, "Who wants to meet you?"
But Zhang Yue was still very surprised and said: "It's really great."
He Qi joked: "Why is it that Sanlang is also alone? He has been in Bianjing for a long time and there is no woman he likes?"
Zhang Yue said angrily: "How can I be romantic?"
He Qi clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's good, let's go to the brothel together and have a romantic relationship."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, this is okay, but today is not the time. If he meets the Seventeenth Mother at the door of the brothel, the scene will be beautiful.
However, Zhang Yue saw He Qi's high spirits and said: "Very good, very good. Sanlang is short of money, so please take care of Brother He."
When He Qiyi heard that Zhang Yue had no money, he immediately changed his mind and said: "There are mostly brothels at night in Shangyuan, and we won't see any beauties if we go there, so let's forget it and invite Sanlang to go with us another day. Today we just look at the lanterns and guess lantern riddles.
Compose Lantern Festival poems.”
"Where can we go to guess lantern riddles?" Zhang Yue asked.
He Qi smiled and said, "Just come with us."
The three of them walked to Daxiangguo Temple and saw that the place was very bustling and lively.
The main hall and the front hall of the temple are all used as music booths, where musicians play music, and the sound of sheng and flutes is so pleasant to the ears.
Poetry lanterns are hung in both corridors of the temple.
Zhang Yue got closer and saw that Lantern Festival poems were written on the poetry lanterns.
The sky is blue and the Milky Way is about to fall, and the moonlight is like water flooding the towers. Who will withdraw thousands of golden lotus seeds to the star capital for five nights?
This is a Lantern Festival poem written by Yang Yi, a gangster from Zhangyue.
The fire trees and silver flowers are closing together, the iron locks of the star bridge are open. The dark dust follows the horses, and the bright moon follows the people.
All the players are playing with plums, and all the singing is with falling plum blossoms. King Wu cannot help but stay at night, and the jade leaks must not rush each other.
This is Su Weiwei’s Lantern Festival poem.
These poem lamps are made of wooden tablets, carved with characters, and then covered with gauze and silk to burn the lamp inside.
There are rows of these lights in the two corridors, arranged one after another for people to watch.
As for a group of scholars gathered nearby, competing to compose Lantern Festival poems.
The Lantern Festival poems they made will be presented to tourists for evaluation. If they are satisfactory, they will be reviewed by the boss. Finally, they will be written on the Lantern Festival lanterns in the two corridors of Daxiangguo Temple for visitors from all over the world to enjoy and read.
The three of them were watching here. Every time they composed a Lantern Festival poem, they were read aloud. Many ladies and gentlemen came here to stop and listen.
If you find a young man you like, you might as well look at him a few more times and express your affection.