What I didn't expect was that Dong Mengyao left Yuling in disgrace, but the matter did not end there.
The encounter between Sima Jingjing and I in the backyard also brought about a more difficult problem to solve. This trouble was Qi Xuguang. To be honest, my impression of Qi Xuguang was not good at first. This person was too tactful to talk to.
It's like hitting a ball of cotton, you can't apply any force at all. But that's it, the less you can see the flaw, the more it explains the problem.
Qi Xuguang had a smile on his face and looked kind, but this kind of kindness was superficial, and there was no sense of intimacy with him at all. It was like a stranger talking to you, with a smile on his face, and he wanted to
He melts you with his smile. At this time, you will definitely feel disgusted and hope to keep distance from him.
Who can guarantee that he has no conspiracy.
But then again, I am not a child of several years old, can you still deceive me with this smile? This method is obviously too clumsy, and Qi Xuguang would never do it.
I always keep Sima Jingjing’s reminder in my mind. When she said “there is another master,” she should be referring to Qi Xuguang. However, I still don’t know how Sima Jingjing judged that Qi Xuguang was not a simple person. The two of them should be nothing more than that.
It was just a face-to-face meeting.
If Sima Jingjing's judgment is correct and this Qi Xuguang is not a good person, then what kind of ability does he have that scares Sima Jingjing, and what is his purpose in coming to Yuling.
"Brother Lin Kun, I wonder when Miss Si can come to see me?" Qi Xuguang asked politely.
I shook my head and said, "I guess she won't be here in a while."
"It's okay, it's okay. If she has something to do, she'll be busy first. I'll just wait." Qi Xuguang's words and deeds were all very decent. Even though he was a senior, he still followed the distinction between respect and inferiority. In Yuling, age is not a measure of respect.
The first element of humiliation is largely determined by the difference between inside and outside. Blood proximity is the most important condition.
Although Qi Xuguang claims to be the cousin of his seventh uncle, in fact the blood relationship between them is far apart, and to some extent, Qi Xuguang is suspected of being a relative. After all, their families are very different.
I have been in contact with each other all my life, and if I mentioned such a thing at this time, no one would believe me if I had no other intentions.
Speaking of Qi Xuguang, there are almost no records of him in Yuling. His behavior can be said to be extremely low-key. If he were not mentioned now, almost no one would remember that a person like him exists. Especially with his
With such qualifications, a person who has no sense of existence now suddenly jumps out, which inevitably makes people suspicious.
Although Qi Xuguang has lived in Hebei, he has always been active in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. He is mainly responsible for an ancient but rarely mentioned "work" - Lake Festival. Qi Xuguang took over this from his grandfather when he was twenty years old.
According to the errands, the person responsible for the "Lake Sacrifice" has always been a family of Yuling's relatives. There is no limit to the responsible family, and it has been changed from time to time in history. Because the "Lake Sacrifice" is not one of Yuling's responsibilities
Important "errands" have almost never been mentioned by anyone. Take me for example, I have never participated in one since I was born, and I have never even heard of it.
Qi Xuguang's grandfather, Qi Yuanli, was only six years old when he took over the hosting of the "Lake Festival" ceremony. At that time, the Qi family suffered a series of changes, and Qi Yuanli became the only flesh and blood of the old Qi family. Liu He, who was presiding over the "Lake Festival" ceremony in Huzhou at that time, was under the knee.
He had no children, so he took Qi Yuanli into his home and adopted him as his adopted son. From then on, the Qi family officially took over the hosting of the "Lake Festival" ceremony. Qi Xuguang's father had almost never participated in the "Lake Festival" because he died young, so Qi Xuguang
He is the second generation of the Qi family's "Lake Festival" priest.
Speaking of "Lake Sacrifice", this is actually one of the large-scale sacrificial activities in Yuling. There are many sacrificial rituals in the Yuling clan, the most important of which is the annual Guyu Sacrifice Ceremony, and this Lake Sacrifice appears to be
It has been marginalized a lot. The "Lake Sacrifice" altar is located in Taihu Lake. Because Taihu Lake is vast in area, there is no fixed address. Logically, the "Lake Sacrifice" is held once a year, but the normalized "Lake Sacrifice" activity is not common to the entire Yuling ethnic group.
Those who participate are left to the priests who preside over the "Lake Festival" to organize it themselves. It is about the same scale as ordinary people's ancestor worship at home, and it is nothing more than a formality.
Of course, this does not mean that the "Lake Festival" is only of such a small scale. The reason why the "Lake Festival" priest was established was to consider the need to hold a large-scale "Lake Festival". In history, there have been several large-scale "Lake Festival"
"Sacrifice", its specifications are no less grand than the Grain Rain Sacrifice Ceremony for Yu.
In ancient times, in Taihu Lake, when fishermen went out to fish in the lake, they would offer sacrifices to the lake. But that was not a "lake sacrifice". It was just a folk custom that evolved among the people because of the "lake sacrifice". When offering sacrifices to the lake, eight villages in four townships
People came to visit relatives according to the custom. In the old custom, the fishermen prepared three animal sacrifices, the women made fine food to worship the Dragon King, and then the good people pooled the money from the neighbors and went to invite him.
The troupe sings a three-day drama, which is a sacrifice to the lake. Sacrifice activities are activities that the ancients extended the relationship between people to demand and reward to the relationship between people and gods. Therefore, the specific expression of sacrifice is to use gifts to the gods.
Pray or pay tribute. Sacrifice occupies a very important position in the minds of the Chinese people. There is a saying that "the major affairs of the country are only sacrifice and military affairs", and it is regarded as an important matter in the Five Classics. "In the way of governing people, don't rush to etiquette.
"There are five classics, and nothing should be more important than sacrifice." Therefore, all things in the world, the sun, the moon, stars, wind, rain, thunder and clouds, mountains and rivers, the four spirits, humans and ghosts, etc. are all objects of sacrifice for people.
The origin of "Lake Sacrifice" lies in worshiping the "Dragon King". Being related to the dragon is related to Yuling.
The folk customs of lake sacrifices and dragon sacrifices are also widely circulated, and the specific time they can be traced cannot be determined in detail. Take the Tang Dynasty as an example, the custom of dragon sacrifices has been particularly prosperous. For example, the famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, who was a court official at that time,
Bai Juyi, who envoyed the troops in Hangzhou to guard Hangzhou's governor, Zhu Shi, wrote an "Article on Dragon Sacrifice", from which we can know that the custom of dragon sacrifice has become very prosperous.
In the second year of Wei Changqing, on the second day of Guiweishuo in the eighth month of Gui Mao, the imperial court met with the ministers and sent all the troops to guard Hangzhou. Bai Juyi, the governor of the Zhu State in Hangzhou, led the officials, recommended incense, and paid homage to Heilong in the north. Weilong
Its color is Yuan, its position is Kan, and its god Rengui is connected with water. Yesterday, I prayed in all directions, but there was no answer. Now I am pious and pure, and I changed my destiny to the black dragon. If the dragon has no water, what can I rely on? The god has no spirit.
, will be exhausted. If it can save things, I can really hope for the dragon. If things don’t have their own gods, how can the dragon not ask for help from me? If three
During the day, there was a torrential rain, which was the spirit of the dragon. It was also the blessing of the people, and all the courtesy was repaid. The gods listened to it, and they were as anxious as laws and orders.
Dragon sacrifice and lake sacrifice are inseparable. In essence, the purpose of lake sacrifice is to sacrifice dragon. The incense in the Dragon King Temple was at its peak during the days of lake sacrifice. In ancient society, people believed that nature has life and magical abilities.
, so every time one expresses reverence to mountains, rivers, vegetation, rivers, seas, and lakes, asking for their protection and blessings, a primitive belief is formed. People believe that religious sacrifices can ensure the capture of prey, the normal sequence of seasons and even the harvest of crops. This kind of primitive belief is based on
Once the sacrificial activities of faith become customary, they become the prototype of the festival. It is hard to imagine that the Dragon King temples scattered among the people in various places only have a few square meters of courtyards, but the square tables in the temples are actually
It was filled with all kinds of sacrifices. On both sides of the Dragon King statue were book boys on one side and guards on the other. Pilgrims even came from all over the country and all directions.
Of course, the origin of lake sacrifices may be dragon sacrifices, but in the process of evolution, folk customs will absorb different historical backgrounds and folk stories from different places, so the final folk customs of lake sacrifices are diverse. Today, Suzhou's generation of lake festivals
Among the folk customs of festivals, such a legend is widely circulated. It is said that a woman was married to a fisherman by fate in her previous life. This is one of the several high-risk professions in the world. When the fishing season comes, it is also a time when fisherman women are in high spirits.
. Women enjoy the joy of harvest, but they also have to pay the price of mental pain and torture. I don’t know when widowed women burned paper money to pay homage to the ghosts on the lake, but the sadness in the soul of fishermen women is difficult to hide. For example, for example
When the men go out to the lake, they sing a three-day drama, and they want to experience all the joy and sophistication in the world. For example, when relatives rush around this day, it is hard to say that there is no meaning of farewell; and it is they who burn incense and kowtow to the Dragon King, place offerings, and pray.
The women use superb skills to make large steamed buns weighing several dozen kilograms that will not crack in the wind, which are for the Lakers to ride the wind and waves...
After the liberation, it was said that it was superstition. The Dragon King Temple was demolished and the sacrifice to the lake was banned. However, the sacrifice lake, which had not been seen for many years, is now alive again. The officials invited a group of cultural experts from outside TV to organize and plan this event.
In order to carry out the activity of fishing and offering sacrifices to the lake, the local fishermen listened to the instructions of these experts and started to play tricks. Since they are not fishermen, of course they do not know how to start fishing and offering sacrifices to the lake. Maybe they can only imitate the worship scenes in the movie and TV.
, making a nonsense. In this way, let alone whether the Dragon King can be placed on the throne, it is still a question whether to worship the Dragon King or not. The symbolic meaning in the custom is gone, and it becomes a non-trivial matter. Don't look at the trivial matters.
Fourth, any section in the entire city is monopolized by this group of experts, who are doing it in such a non-trivial manner. Nowadays, there are only a few people who can understand it, namely the local fishermen, facing the experts invited by the leaders.
Who dares to say, from the TV station! So tough.
This phenomenon is understandable. In order to develop the economy, everything will be linked to attracting investment and developing tourism. It may be a good thing to turn the fishermen's fishing festival into a "fishing festival", but there is no original reason.
Chapter completed!