Qingchuan History

Chapter 296 The Sacrifice of Fleeting Spring

On the day of the beginning of spring, members of the royal family and all court civil and military officials went to the spring field [-] miles east of Qigong to hold spring sacrifices.

Both Mangshen Pavilion and Chunniu Terrace were redesigned and built by the Gu family after the founding of the country.According to the tradition in the south of Qingchuan, before the sacrificial altar, there is still the god of mang in the east and the spring cow in the west.When the time comes, all the officials will wear vermilion court attire, with hairpin flowers on their fronts to welcome the spring; when the emperor leads all the royal family to worship the ancestors and bow down, they will beat the clay statue of the spring bull with colorful battles to mark the spring.

The statue of the spring ox was broken, and the ground was full of debris. When the officials retired, they picked up the debris and went home one after another, hoping for auspicious and smooth year.Such rules are also true among the people. It is just not as grand as the royal family.

The Royal Spring Festival is indeed a grand event in the country. The statues of Ge Yinmang and the Spring Ox are all coming out of Zheng'anmen, and Neishi leads the team to the main road in the city all the way to the spring field——

The jubilation and excitement along the road goes without saying.The common people are all lucky and honored to be able to see the statue of the Mangshen Spring Bull in the palace, and they are convinced that even if they glance at it from a distance, for a short moment, they are also full of joy and auspiciousness.

"Our Daqichun Festival really has two styles."

After Zhao Sui passed, Shangguan concubine came back to life.It was as if the gloom of the fleeting years had been dissipated by a night of candle lighting. Spring came early, and her crimson palace skirt was embroidered with roses again, as delicate and complicated as before.Her voice is still like a silver bell, and she speaks exquisitely, but the cadence has been reduced a lot, just like a pebble whose edges and corners have been worn away by running water.

Ruan Xueyin felt it a few days ago on Mingguang Terrace.

Her words also increased again.Much but soft.Especially when Gu Xinglang is present.

At this time Gu Xinglang was not there.

The four wives are all there.After the ceremony, the female relatives retreated to the Yongri Hall in the spring hall to rest. The tea was spring tea, and the tea was made of spring spots. It was green and new, just like the grass that was born in February.

After saying this, Shangguan concubine picked up the blue green dumpling on the plate at hand and looked at it, and smiled sweetly, "Before I came to Jidu, I always heard that Da Qichun came to eat the green dumpling. I tasted it in Qingming last year, and I have never forgotten it. I always think that when this year comes again, I will have to eat more to satisfy my cravings from last year. I didn’t expect to have something to eat just after the beginning of spring.”

Shangguan Concubine and Duan Xirun entered the palace half a month earlier than Ruan Xueyin, in mid-February last year, the Spring Festival had already passed, so they did not see the Youth League on the beginning of spring.

"Qinan's wheat sorrel grows early." Ji Wanling said, "every February, the first batch of wheat sorrel is sent to the palace from the south by a fast horse, and the imperial chef cooks it overnight for the spring festival. The first sip of the Youth League in a solar eclipse."

Beginning of spring is usually the fourth day of junior high school.Three days of transportation and cooking ensure that the freshest dumplings can be eaten on the day of the spring festival.Wheat sorrel is the raw material of Qingtuan, smashed and pressed for juice, mixed with glutinous rice flour, red bean paste, candied sweet-scented osmanthus and a small piece of lard are used as fillings, steamed in a cage, and a layer of oil is applied when it comes out of the cage. Jasper is like emerald, and it has the most spring flavor.

"It's full of fragrance, sweet but not greasy, but it's more unique than our Baihua Xiaodian." Duan Xirun said, already eating the second one.

Baiguo is famous for its wide variety of flowers and undefeated in four seasons. All kinds of Baihua Cake, Baihua Cake, Baihua Box and Baihua Banquet in Yunshui City have been praised by other three countries in Qingchuan for many years.From Zhao country to Bai country, Cheng family to Duan family.

Ruan Xueyin was relieved to see that her appetite was the same as before, eating snacks was like eating three meals a day, and she secretly thought that people who like food and good food are always big-hearted and open-minded.If the heart is big and the sky is long and the water is wide, luck will not be bad.

"Run'er eats from Yunshui to Jidu, and the entrances are all of the highest level of food in various countries. Gai Ming'er will also go to Yin Palace with Mrs. Pei to taste something new, or follow me to Cangwu to have a bite of spring."

Hearing this, Duan Xirun became interested, took a sip of the tea in the cup that Man Yi handed to his mouth, first asked Ruan Xueyin, "How do you eat Lichun in Suoning City?" Then he asked the official concubine, "What is Bite Spring?"

Ruan Xueyin just laughed but didn't answer, she didn't explain everything, she didn't participate much, and she didn't have much interest in these folk activities.

Shangguan concubine pouted at the Qingtuan in her hand, "Here, you are now called Yaochun. In Wei Country, eating spring snacks, spring vegetables, and all kinds of things that are in response to spring orders on Lichun is called Yaochun. But we There are no green balls, but spring pancakes, served with a variety of seasonal vegetables, known as bite spring feasts."

Duan Xirun was quite fascinated, nodded and said: "It's lively when you listen to it. It's so elegant, with this kind of atmosphere, you can eat whatever you like." While talking, she turned to Ruan Xueyin, "Sister Pei can't start spring in Pengxi Mountain. Is it commonplace?"

She didn't answer just now, but she already reacted: It is said that the sixth princess does not return to the Yin Palace more than three times a year, it seems that on days like the Spring Festival, she does not go down the mountain or return to the palace.

"It's nothing special." Ruan Xueyin smiled lightly, "For us, the four seasons are nothing more than the stars sinking, the moon setting, the sun rising, the vegetation withered, and the flowers blooming and withering. It's just time, and every day is the same."

"Mrs. Pei's teacher and apprentice lived among the grass and trees, watching the sky and the earth, viewing the mountains and rivers. Naturally, their lives are different from ours." Shangguan concubine smiled cleverly again, and took a look at Duan Xirun.

"Madam Pei watches the stars," Ji Wanling said, "You can know the four o'clock by looking at the astrology, so it's hard to be surprised about the solar terms."

This sentence is a bit of a relief.

Ruan Xueyin nodded, "In the ancient Ganzhi calendar, the solar terms were determined by the top of the handle of the Big Dipper. The handle circles around the east, south, west, and north to form a year. The position represents the end and the beginning. Dou refers to the Yin, which means the beginning of spring; What becomes ends, what becomes begins."

What comes to an end comes to what comes to begin, and the end point is the starting point, and the cycle goes on and on, endlessly, and this is what my father meant.Ji Wanling smiled, "Mrs. Pei learned from Mount Pengxi, it's not like we were trapped in secular schools since we were young, you might as well talk about these interesting knowledge in your spare time, it's better than us flipping through pages of sage stories. "

"Madame Yu is embarrassing sister Pei." Shangguan concubine answered, "Sister wants to watch the stars at night, catch up on sleep in the morning, and accompany you at all other times. Where is the time, how can I have tea with us? It's such a big day, when Hegong is dispatched, we can get together and say a few words." Then he turned to Ruan Xueyin,
"Last month, the palace was full of moving things for your daily life. It is said that half of the huge Wanlan Palace was emptied, and the whole pile went to my sister's Zhexue Palace, but the truth is that those ignorant servants are gossiping. ?”

She smiled very kindly, very softly, as softly as ten thousand green silk ribbons in mid-spring.

"Among the four halls, the Zhexue Hall is the farthest from the Turning Waves Hall." The fourth hall, naturally refers to the Fourth Lady Hall, Ruan Xueyin replied, "He occasionally needs something, and it is too troublesome to get it back and forth, so I put some here spare."

This answer is not tactful, and even did not avoid the sharp edge, because the current situation is seen by the whole Qi Palace, there is no need to lie to one's ears and steal the bell.But to a certain extent, it also denied the theory of "half the palace of turning the tide", reducing the momentum so that it would not be ostentatious in the conversation.

"My sister was honored and favored the Qi Palace, and last month Weiguo Yingzhong Palace, now living in Yuanlin Palace is also my sister's sister." Shangguan's concubine smiled unabated, "Your Majesty is so lucky, there are two daughters in total, both So good, everyone has been saying recently that the current generation of the Ruan family occupies half of Qingchuan's backyard."

Who is everyone, ordinary people or conspirators, it is difficult to discuss on the spot.

As for whether the Ruan family occupied half of Qingchuan's backyard, or whether Pengxi Mountain occupied half of Qingchuan's backyard, Ji Wanling suddenly thought, this is a question.

The answer lies in Wei Gong.

The east wind has arrived.she thought to herself.How is the west wind?
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