Kyoto Shenyin Love Story

Chapter 242 The Mountain Hokage Parade

The long pulling rope hung down on the ground, and the huge hoko cart also stopped.

The sun was shining fiercely, and the long knife on the top was shining coldly.

Facing the shop window at the intersection, the inside and outside glass is wiped extremely clean, almost without any sense of existence.After staring at the bottom for a while, Soya picked up the teacup again and took a sip.

Long Sword Hoko is about to turn.

And the turning of this giant hoko is a simple but strenuous process.

The wheels can't change direction, and they can't lift such a heavy giant. The turning method figured out by the ancients thousands of years ago is quite rough - tie a rope to the wheel on the side to be turned, and use human power to pull it hard.

He looked down, and someone was carrying a wooden bucket and walking to the front of the hoko cart.

Crash, the barrel fell, leaving a large puddle of water on the ground.

A few more people came over with more than a dozen bamboo slices, clacked them, threw them into the water, and then squatted down and lined them up carefully.

The long pulling rope was straightened again, and the hoko was pulled forward for a few minutes. The huge wheels pressed against the bamboo pieces in the water, and stopped again.

Sprinkling water and laying bamboo sheets are all to reduce the difficulty of the people pulling the carts forcibly turning, and to reduce the wear and tear of the wheels as much as possible.

After these preparations are made, a long rope is tied to the steering wheel, and the long sword hoko officially begins to turn.

The musicians sitting on the second floor stared down, while the two conductors who were standing below had already mounted the giant wheel and waved the paper fans in their hands.

With a finger on the fan, the chariot pullers pull up the long rope;

Another wave, the slogan sounded;

The horizontal fan is like a wave, swaying left and right, bringing everyone's rhythm into one in the louder slogans.

The long rope is stretched straight, and the paper fan moves faster.

The two old commanders issued a final reminder, the raised paper fan paused for a moment, and at the same time waved it in the direction of Kawaramachi Street.

"what!"

Amid the neat and loud slogans, all the cart pullers exerted their strength at the same time, and the hoko cart turned nearly forty or fifty degrees on the ground while pressing the bamboo pieces.

There was a burst of cheers and applause all around.

"..."

There were also voices of relief coming from the left and right sides at the same time, it was Kirino Akane and Hongko who came over at some time.

"It's amazing, it turned such a big angle all of a sudden..."

Holding his shoulder, Akane Kirino stared fixedly at the cart puller who was resting below, without blinking her eyes, "Two more times will be enough."

"Probably." Soya is the only one here who has witnessed the turning of a hokocar for the first time, and he is not clear about the situation in previous years. "Generally speaking, how many times does it take to turn?"

"Basically between three and five times." Hongzi on the other side said.

She leaned against him, with her arms close to his, "Usually she turned around twice, but because the hokoshi couldn't adjust its direction at all while it was moving forward, it had to turn exactly ninety degrees, so the next few times were Fine-tuning."

"I see."

She got closer and closer, eyes met, Sogu told her not to be too presumptuous with his eyes, and looked at the street on the other side.

Because the Nagatohoko was turning, Mantis Mountain following behind had stopped, and other Yamaboko floats further behind were gradually approaching and stopping, forming a colorful long dragon.

Touring takes time, and a lot of time is spent waiting.

He looked back and found that a large group of reporters had gathered in front of the hokocar that was preparing for the second turn, squatting, kneeling or lying on the ground, pointing long guns and short cannons at the huge wheels and the busy cart pullers.

"Such a big sun..."

Sogu looked at the blue sky, "It's a good thing they can lie down."

Akane Kirino felt the same way, "The ground must be very hot."

After a while, after intensive preparations, the second turn began.

"what!"

The long rope was pulling the wheels, which drove the hokoko to deflect again, and the long knife hoko, which weighed more than ten tons, turned almost [-] degrees abruptly on the spot.

Although Soya felt that it was almost the same from above, the actual situation was obviously still a little off. The people in the town wearing the "long" sacrificial clothes were preparing to turn around for the third time.

The fine-tuning is much less jittery.

A few more minutes later, after the steering was finally completed, the two old commanders on the long knife hoko climbed off the wheels, stood back to their original positions, and gave the command to start again.

The Gion ditty played on the flute sounded again, and the hokocar continued to move along Kawaramachi Street amidst applause and cheers from both sides.

After the Long Sword Hoko, there is Mantis Mountain.

While waiting, the praying mantis model on the top of the car cover sometimes waved its claws and sometimes spread its wings. Akane Kirino squinted her eyes, half of her attention was diverted there.

Walking to the intersection, Soya thought that the people in Tanglangshan town would directly lift up the float and turn around, but it didn't.

It is also watering and laying bamboo chips, the mountain cart stops, pushes and turns, and continues to move forward.

The whole process lasted only one or two minutes, and the applause was sparse.

"That's how the mountain car turns, because it's very light." Akane Kirino smiled at him, "There are also some mountain cars that will be lifted up when they turn. For example, Mount Ashikari will be lifted up and turned a full circle before It's turning."

"That's 450 degrees."

"Uh-huh."

"It's more sincere than Mantis Mountain."

"Hahaha--"

After Mantis Mountain passed, the rest of the Yamahoko floats followed suit.

In the Yamaboko parade, the leader is always the long sword hoko, and the fifth place is always the Hakotani hoko.

Compared with the unstoppable Long Sword Hoko, Hakotani Hoko is gentler in a certain way-women are allowed to visit the Hoko.

"I went up once." Kirino Akane said.

Hongzi nodded, "Me too."

The two stood in front of the window, looking at Hakotani Hoko who was turning around, Soya was moved and sat back beside Asagiri.

"What about the teacher?"

"I don't know." She shook her head, "It may be on a certain mountain hoko, or it may be on the side of the road."

"Really." He didn't ask much.

Hakoya Hoko also turned into Kawaramachi Street smoothly, and Yamaboko had already seen the turns, so Soya planned to return to the side of the road to watch the rest of the parade from a closer distance.

Kirino Akane and Hongzi had no objections, but Zhao Wuling said that she had booked a seat in the fee-based viewing area of ​​Oike Street, and the four left the mall again.

Along the north-south Kawaramachi Street, go north with Yamaboko, and when you reach the east-west Oike Street, Nagatoboko is making a second turn.

The side of the road was full of people, Soya was tall and couldn't see the concerted efforts of the cart pullers, but as he got closer, he could also hear the shouts more clearly and feel the huge hoko more intuitively. The visual impact brought by the sudden turn of the car.

"It's amazing..."

Turning into Oike Street, the opposite is the Kyoto City Hall. There are more than 1 paying seats on both sides of the street, and the seats are very full at this time.

The seat reserved by Asagiri Rin is nearby.

At the entrance, when she took out the tickets from the bag, Soya noticed that the number of tickets was five.

"..."

There was another one for Kyoko.

Not long after a few people sat down in the auditorium, the smooth-turning long sword hoko slowly passed the street along with the Gion ditty.

Hoko trains go west along Oike-dori Road, and after about an hour, they make the last turn on Shinmachi-dori, which will also end this year's parade.

Of the 33 Yamahokos, 23 will participate in the pre-matsuri, and the remaining ten will not parade until the post-matsuri on the 24th.

For the post-offering ceremony, Zongya was not interested, and at the same time, he was not sure whether he could catch up.

The graduation ceremony is on the 21st, and he can leave for Kyushu the next day. At this moment, he doesn't know how long he will stay there.

It should be that I can't catch up... I went to the beach, so I can't just stay there for two days, can I?
Looking at Akane Kirino who was full of interest, Soya thought to himself.

By the time all the 23 Yamaboko participating in the pre-sacrifice passed by, it was already noon.

In the evening, at Yasaka Shrine, there will also be a Shinko Matsuri for Mikoshi Watari—the god body of Yasaka Shrine will be moved into the Mikoshi floats for another parade for the gods.

Not only Kirino Akane, but Soya himself was also very interested, so he didn't go back, and continued to wander around the bustling Kyoto.

Almost in the evening, the four of them came to Gion Yasaka Shrine.

At six o'clock, another parade, walking in the world but leaving the world, began in the almost exaggerated sound of worship.

　When I typed 【Ye Jiang】, I always typed it as 【Ye Jiang】. After thinking about it for a long time, I realized that it was Su Ye with a younger sister... What a strange name.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)