Chapter 47: Dragon Boat Festival 1

The book office is full of old men and grandchildren, and the whole family is happy. Naturally, such a beautiful thing can't be bad for others, and Wang Shouren agreed. In addition to the money that the old man should get for so many years, Wang Shouren also specially instructed his servants to spend more money from the account to give the old man. Wang Shouren specifically explained that he could not spend money from the government's account, and the extra money given to the old man was included in Wang Shouren's own governor's salary. Although Wang Shouren has only been a governor here for more than a year, he still especially respects this senior who has dedicated his life here. When the money was given to the old man, why did the stubborn old man refuse to ask for it? Finally, Lord Wang Shouren came forward in person, that is to say, he added a gift for his grandson, which made the old man accept the money. This day was also the last day for the old man to work. The old man devoted himself to the office to deal with the handover. Next is a difficult thing. After all, the governor's daily affairs are also many and important. You can't let a governor handle such tedious errands while dealing with official duties. This is useless. Fortunately, the position of book office is also managed by the imperial court. The old man's resignation has been submitted, and naturally there will be government officials who specialize in managing the personnel of various government offices. Naturally, there is no need to worry about this. The above approval is also returned very quickly. If the matter is done, the old man can also leave at ease. The successor will arrive in a few days.

These days, there are no trivial things that need to be written down. Since it is a holiday, no one wants to do any chores. In the past few days, Wang Shouren has personally dealt with some copywriting affairs. If there is a simple transcription, Cao Muwen will volunteer to replace him.

In the blink of an eye, it was May 5th, and this day was very lively. Su Shi's Huan Xisha: "Bath Fanglan on the Dragon Boat Festival in the Ming Dynasty. The fragrance is full of Qingchuan. The color line is gently wrapped around the red jade arm, and the small rune hangs diagonally on the green cloud. It is written on the fifth day of May. In fact, May 1st to 5th is a festival, but the last day is the most grand.

At the beginning of May, spring ploughing has passed, and the farming has not yet arrived. It is the leisure season for the people of Putian. People hope to use this farm leisure to fight dental sacrifices and clean up. They have been busy for half a year, and they will also have a big meal. Therefore, the "Five Days Festival" with local characteristics came to life. From the first to the fifth day of the lunar calendar, there are five days in total, just as a song of the song of Putian: "The first day of the lunar month, the first day of the rice dumplings, the third day of the lunar month, the fourth day of the wormwood, the fifth day of the fifth day of the first lunar month, and the mouth is empty." In these five days, I will satisfy my taste for half a year. For the rest of the year, I will work hard and have a good harvest in autumn, so that I can eat and drink again during the Spring Festival. After all, China is a traditional farming nation, and farming and eating is the most important thing.

On this day, the emperor will also celebrate the festival and give it to his ministers politely, such as the Ming Dynasty: "On the Dragon Boat Festival, all the civil and military officials will give fans and colorful longevity. If you are a minister, a concumen, or don't give fans, colorful ribbons, Aihu and other things, each according to the grade.

Liu Ruoyu's History of the Ming Palace: "From the first day of May to the 13th, the courtiers of the palace wear five poisonous Aihu mending clothes, and put calamus and basin boxes on both sides of the door. At noon on the fifth day of the first lunar month, drink cinnabar, Xionghuang, Acorus wine and eat zongzi. These are the preparations for the people in the palace, and ordinary people also need to make some preparations. Feng Yingjing's "Moon Order Guangyi": "Use cinnabar wine for five days to ward off evil spirits and detoxify, and use wine to dye the forehead, chest, hands and heart, and there is no danger of snakes. He also sprinkled walls and doors and windows to avoid poisonous insects. Drinking realju in the most classic White Lady is also an activity of the Dragon Boat Festival.

This is because at the beginning of the pre-Qin Dynasty, people generally believed that May was a poisonous month and the fifth day was an evil day. It is said that the evil sycoon was in charge, and the five poisons came out. In the Book of Rites, the Dragon Boat Festival originated from the orchid bath of the Zhou Dynasty. The chapter "Midsummer" in Lv's Spring and Autumn stipulates that people should abstinence and fast in May, which does not seem to be recognized by people at all. Lv Buwei probably means that from the beginning of this day, the weather will become hotter and hotter, which can be regarded as a hot summer. Under the conditions of social productivity at that time, food was difficult to preserve, especially meat, which was easy to be corrupt. Therefore, people were asked to fast and be vegetarian, at least not easy to get sick and diarrhea. In the pre-Qin era, this disease was noisy. If it's not good, people will die, but... It's not enough to let people eat big fish and meat, but to make people vegetarian. This chapter is not good, so this chapter is the right to fart. The most important thing is to fill the five internal organs temple first. Even if you eat to death, you are a full ghost.

In "Da Dai Li", there are many legends that "May 5th is the day of storing orchids for bathing" to exorcise evil spirits and think that the heavy five is the day of death. " Historical Records · Biography of Meng Changjun, a famous Meng Changjun in history, was born on May 5th. His father asked his mother not to give birth to him, believing that "May's son, who is older than Huqi, will be unfavorable to his parents." "It is said that the son will be born on May 5th, and the man will harm the father and the daughter will harm the mother." Wang Chong, the author of Lunheng, also wrote: "It is taboo to lift the first month and May son; it is not allowed to kill father and mother with the first month and May son." Wang Zhen, a general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was born on the fifth day of May, and his grandfather named him "Chen Evil". Song Huizong Zhao Ji was born on the fifth day of May and has been fostered outside the palace since he was a child. It can be seen that the fifth day of May was a common phenomenon in ancient times. It can be seen that since the pre-Qin Dynasty, this day has been an unuspicious day. In this way, it is logical to insert calamus and wormwood leaves to exorcise ghosts, smoke canthus, Baizhi and drink realju to avoid the epidemic. And people also avoid the taboo of "Duanwu" and call it "Dragon Boat Festival".

For the above reasons, the Dragon Boat Festival has always been regarded as a bad day and an unknown day. On this day, it is easy to damage the spleen and lungs, and insects and snakes come out, so we must pay attention to health care. Due to humanistic factors, there are poisons in the south in May to harm people. It is common for children born in the Dragon Boat Festival to harm their parents, such as Meng Changjun's Dragon Boat Festival, so they were asked to abandon them. Therefore, there are customs such as eating mail, bathing orchids, hanging wormwood leaves, colorful, drinking medicinal wine, and not banishing virtuous ministers.

After the Warring States Period, due to the necessity of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival, it began to spread to the lives of ordinary people and evolved into various forms, such as eating horns, bathing orchids, competition, etc. During the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the Yellow River was 500 miles away on the Dragon Boat Festival, which was regarded as a Wei by the rulers of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, such as the Book of He Tuluo, so May 5 began to become a happy and auspicious day. During this period, the Lord of Qi and Emperor Tang Dynasty were all born on the Dragon Boat Festival, so the Dragon Boat Festival turned from a bad day to a festival of great luck.

Qu Yuan was a direct minister of Fu Qingliu, so he was commemorated by people since the Han Dynasty. Corresponding to customs and Ruizhao of the Sui Dynasty, he became a celebrity to commemorate the Dragon Boat Festival. Therefore, the competition is also related to Qu Yuan. Because of the repeated changes of the Dragon Boat Festival, the bustle and prosperity of the festival, and the memory of Qu Yuan's feelings, it aroused the poet's poetry. On the contrary, it is easy to cause misunderstandings. If we talk about the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone will think of Qu Yuan, but one thing is that the origin of the Dragon Boat Festival is much earlier than Qu Yuan. If there is a Dragon Boat Festival because of Qu Yuan, it is reversed. It was not the Dragon Boat Festival that Qu Yuan committed suicide on this day, but because it was the Dragon Boat Festival that Qu Yuan committed suicide on this day. Because the pre-Qin era of the Dragon Boat Festival was regarded by most as a "evil day" and it was a good choice to commit suicide. If Qu Yuan has something to do with the origin, it can only be said that it is Zongzi and dragon boating.

Because of Qu Yuan, this day is naturally a migrant and coquettish. It is a good day for dignitaries to have a banquet. It is a necessary activity to recite poems and music at the meeting. Many literati will also write various works on this day to describe the scenery of the day. Yang Sichang's "Wulling Competition Strategy": "The boating is aggrieved, and it has a deep meaning, and I don't only feel the prosperity of Miluo." Chu Ci: 'Yu Shangyuanxi on the boat, Qi Wubang and defeated him. The ship did not enter, and it was flooded and stagnant. This original encounter hides the situation. Later generations wrote that the drums were light, and the snow was blowing, and the concubine washed away their ears of impurity. He also said: 'The morning is in vain, and the sunset is in the sun.' Yuan and Weizhu are both Wuling water names. The viewer's tree is red and green, or on the sentence color, as the boat passes by. All the boats are told to set off firecrackers and yellow smoke and wave their fans to cheer; otherwise, the group of voices will make noise to make fun of them, and the angry people will fly like rain, and the boatman will also dance their palms, acting accordingly. Looking at the boat on the river, the north bank building has three or four floors. From the Qingping Gate to the lower stone cabinet, it is five or six miles long, all of which are accepted in the early stage. The value is as many as hundreds of articles, and it is slowly occupied by people. In the sun, the pot, Ma Bu Yuxuan, shoulder rubbing on the road, and the cards will be collected. On the plate, there are Korean plum wheat and yellow peach, and the new flavor is squid. Taste the tripod and go down thousands of miles. Fang Gong talked and laughed. Suddenly, he heard the boat race. Don't stop changing the color of the cup and leaning on the threshold. It's Ye Feiye. If there is a gain or loss, Yuan Huang will fight for himself and win or lose. At that time, if the air is surging like a mountain, you can step on the river and go through the house; or if you die, you don't know how to leave the building. The eagle flies in the sky and flies, and it is not enough to become a tiger for a fish.

Zhang Dai also has a very detailed description of the dragon boat in Tao'an Mengyi: Jinshan competes to cross ten or twenty dragon boats in Guazhou, depicting the dragon's tail and taking its anger; sitting next to 20 people holding a big tent, taking its toughness; using a colored canopy, embroidered umbrellas in the front and back, taking its gorgeous; hitting the drum to take its joints; a military weapon in the back, taking its shovel ; On the dragon head, a person's foot stands upside down, and on it, take its danger; hang a child at the end of the dragon, take its danger. From May 1st to 15th, the sun will come out, Jinshan will appear on the fifth day, and Zhenjiang will also come out. Shocking and jumping foam, a group of dragons fighting, I fall into the vortex, then a hundred victories, and the committee comes out. There are a group of people on the golden mountain, looking across the river, attached to the bees, ready to move. At night, thousands of people opened together, and the two sides of the strait were boiling. Liu Dong and Yu Yi are in the "Dijing Scenery Strategy": "before the 5th of May 5th, the group will enter the Temple of Heaven and avoid poison every day. After the afternoon, walk under the wall of the horse altar. Wujiang City is a silk section of horny vulgar, and it is also a horny. There is no competition, and there is also competition. On this day, the whole country, from the venerable to the people of Li, are all happy to celebrate this day when they can eat, drink and play openly in the middle of the year; also thank Qu Yuan, after all, his death has brought more entertainment activities to people, and there are eating (zongzi) and playing (dragon boating).