Chapter 191 Worship the Mount of God
After dinner, it was completely dark, and the young woman dressed up beautifully. When she entered the greenhouse, the adult man also went out. Xiaoqiong and Erhei came to the yard and saw a man playing the flute for a long time under the daughter's greenhouse, and there was no movement. He was unwilling to put flowers on the branches. There was no movement outside the building. The man scratched his heart for a while. Xiaoqiong thought he had nothing to do, but he sang a love song again: "Sister, people's hearts are more expensive than gold. As long as the friendship is as deep as the sea, the yellow ducks will be in pairs--!" Xiaoqiong's lyrics are strangely interesting, but a little in the flower room. There was no movement. The man felt bored and left.
Xiaoqiong and Erhei smiled secretly and admired the woman in the flower room. The man used a variety of secret codes. The waiting woman opened the door when she heard the sound, but she was not tricked. After a period of secret visits by the man and a woman who had been married before, the woman made the man A Xiao public, and the male A Xiao could publicly visit the woman. Xiao, and you can go to the room, drink tea and chat in the lower room of the female A Xiao's house, and enjoy the warm hospitality.
When a man visits the female A Xiao for the first time, he must bring his matchmaker or a boyfriend he can be trusted, and carry tea, sugar or clothes for the female A Xiao with him. The other party's home gives hospitality to the visitors, and takes part of the tea and sugar brought by the male A Xiao to sacrifice to the ancestors, and part of it is given to all households in the village or It is only given to the relatives, so as to euphemistically announce that the daughter in the family has a male A Xiao. In the evening, the woman's mother or sister leads the male A Xiao to the female A Xiao's bedroom.
After making friends with A Xiao, the two families become in-laws. Every festival, they have to send gifts to visit each other. When there is a red and white wedding, they will help each other. The other's family will go to the funeral. When the male A Xiao is far away, the woman will send chicken, eggs, incense, sausage, pork fat, etc., which will be packed in a gift box for A Xiao and his partners on the way. Enjoy.
Xiaoqiong and Erhei had seen enough and went back to their room to rest. For a few days in a row, the three of them had a lot of fun. During the day, they went out to hook fish, pick up eggs, play, or do some housework with the heroines in this family, such as making barley wine, thorn fruit wine, salted bird eggs, intestinal blood, etc., and also learned how to make barley wine. The method is to mix and cook corn, barley, mille, etc., add the wine yeast and ferment, put it into the retort, cover it tightly, heat it in the pot and steam it. When steam, put a large bowl in the retort, fill it, pour it into the bottle or jar to cool it, and the mouth is soft, about 30 degrees, let people relax their vigilance, but there is stamina, and it feels twice as cool.
There is also green thorn fruit wine, which has a strong fruit flavor, which makes Xiaoqiong like it very much. It is also the original creation of the Mosuo people in Lugu Lake. It is the oil made by the Mosuo people using wild plant thorn fruit. For thousands of years, the Mosuo people have eaten Qingna Manan as a health care and medical supplies. It has a long history. At the end of spring and early summer, the thorns In the ripe season, groups of Mosuo girls gather in groups, carry wooden hooks in their waists, collect thorn fruits in the dense green thorn forest, and then squeeze out a clear and slightly golden thorn fruit wine after a series of processes such as washing, drying, grinding and steaming.
In the evening, as long as there are guests, the hospitable Mosuo people usually hold a bonfire party, and Xiaoqiong and Erhei will also go to join in the fun. After eight o'clock here, adult Mosuo men and women will dance around the bonfires hand in hand and dance properly, which means "dancing at a beautiful time". The dance steps are very simple, left point. Point the right foot, turn around and click again.
Xiaoqiong will be soon. She can dance with everyone and take Erhei's hand to join in. Wherever Xiaoqiong goes, she is the most eye-catching. When she comes here, there are often adult men who take the opportunity to dance to join quietly to hold Xiaoqiong's hand. Turning together, at this time, Erhei will involuntarily get nervous. However, everyone has to hold hands to dance this kind of dance. He can only hold Xiaoqiong in one hand and Miss Mosuo in the other. He is thinking about Xiaoqiong in his heart and jumps up clumsily.
At the bonfire party, if a woman is interested in a man, and her expression is also very implicit, she knocks on two in the palm of his hand. If a man is interested in a woman, he will also knock on the palm of her hand three times and give him a knife for his coming-of-age ceremony. The two can be happy with each other. When the relationship has faded for a long time, he is free. It is.
When Xiaoqiong is dancing, there are often men knocking on the palm of her hand and giving her a knife. Erhei may have lived with Xiaoqiong for a long time, and he will also be jealous. When he sees a man who has really passed, he will grin at the man's teeth and make a strange face. If he ignores Erhei, he will run away with Xiaoqiong and hide. Where there is no one, it is thin, close and loving. It's really afraid of melt in his mouth. He is afraid of falling on his head. Xiaoqiong loves him very much. For this kind of small thing, it's up to him. He can do whatever he likes. Erhei is not stupid and can't speak, but he can always understand Xiaoqiong's thoughts and use his lips on her. He whispered in his ear and muttered softly.
Early the next morning, the village was hot. Xiaoqiong and Erhei were woken up by the happy laughter of the children in the yard. They couldn't help getting up. After washing up, they went to have breakfast. They found that the men, women and children in this family were wearing new dresses and beautiful clothes with happy faces. They were about to go out. After asking, I know that today is the biggest festival of the year for the Mosuo people - the Shanshan Festival. It is a festival for the Mosuo people to worship the Goddess Mountain. Before and after the white dew, they all go to the Goddess Mountain.
Xiao Dongba jumped up happily when he heard it and shouted that he wanted to follow. Xiaoqiong and Erhei also wanted to follow him in their hearts, but at the thought that Erhei had been on such an occasion before, there were more people today. Although Xiao Dongba was present, it was very easy to be the previous one. A man who stared at the Erhei witch and thought about it again and again. Xiaoqiong felt that it was still safety-oriented and didn't want to go. When Xiao Dongba saw that the two did not go, he also refused the master's invitation. It was not good to go alone, so she had to pull the two to the side to ask about the situation.
Xiaoqiong did not hide it. She told him what she thought. Xiao Dongba was not willing to stay where she lived. She began to teach Erhei immediately, but Xiaoqiong still shook her head next to her, and finally simply said, "Master, you go with them. I will stay with Erhei-!"
Xiao Dongba was not willing. He pouted and gritted his teeth and said, "Give me another five days. I will definitely teach him. Let's go today, okay?"
Xiaoqiong also said worriedly, "I've also read it in the past few days. How can I learn it for a while? When I go out, I'm looking for something to do. No, no!"
Xiao Dongba still insisted. When Xiaoqiong saw him, she thought about it and said, "But on such an occasion today, there are many people and a mess. We will have the possibility of separation at any time. If you are not careful, maybe Erhei will be hit ----!"
Xiao Dongba said again, "Don't worry, I will always follow him next to him today!"
Xiaoqiong had nothing to say, so she nodded and agreed. The three helped the family move out their own intestinal blood, grilled fish, barley wine and other food. They walked out of the wooden house and walked to Shenshan. It stood in the south of the east of Gem Mountain by the lake. When it was near the top of the mountain, there was a cave. The locals called it "Gemnico", which means Gemxian. People's cave or Gem Mountain Daughter's Cave. When people get to the foot of this cave, they first burn incense and pray to Gem Mountain. After offering melons, fruit, wine and meat, they take this as a starting point and make a detour around the mountain. The destination is Gemnico.
The Mountain Festival is mainly based on sacrificial activities and Mosuo people gathering together for party. The sacrifices are also the gods of heaven and earth, the sun and moon god, the mountain god, the god of water and the goddess Gum. The Mosuo people's party is mainly about singing, dancing, making friends with Axia and other activities. You can also see the Mosuo lamas wearing chicken crowns and hats, wearing new clothes and carrying Buddhist things. The moving utensils, riding a horse, playing a trumpet or a kind of suona instrument, came to the foot of Mount Gum to burn incense and recite scriptures.
The lamas prayed to help the goddess Gum, and blessed the place where the Motosso people lived in good luck, harmony, happiness, the prosperity of the six animals, and the abundance of grain. The Mosuo people first circled around the goddess temple three times, sprinkled grains while turning around, and then inserted bamboo poles, tied the golden flag Buddha statues, offered offerings, and prayed for the blessing of the goddess. .
Xiaoqiong found that these Mosuo people were very devout and infected in the face of the golden flag Buddha statues on Shenshan Mountain. They followed suit. Next, there will be large-scale horse racing, wrestling, duet songs, picnics and other activities. Xiaoqiong first took Erhei and Xiao Dongba to visit, and Erhei looked at it. It seemed that he could do it. Xiao Dongba contacted him for a few days. Knowing Erhei's ability, he can't read scriptures, but his movements are extremely fast, which is beyond the range of normal people's ability to move. He thought that if Erhei is allowed to participate, he will definitely become the hero of these Mosuo people. The prince charming in the hearts of the women is also majestic standing next to him. He couldn't help saying, "Brother Hei, you go too. Try it. I know that as soon as you appear, you must have stunned them. It's not the first place!"
Erhei is used to looking at Xiaoqiong first when she encounters something. If she agrees, she will go out, but Xiaoqiong glanced at Xiao Dongba and shook her head to object, "Master, this can't be done. Erhei can't go. You haven't taught him to read the strict scriptures yet. If you go out, you won't be a living master!"
Xiao Dongba's face was full of regret. It was useless to say more. Erhei would only listen to Xiaoqiong's words and had to visit wrestling again. This kind of wrestling was very fierce and made people very nervous. But for Erhei, it was very simple. It was the easiest to fall with his legs. Although he had never exercised similar fighting skills, Xiaoqiong could hardly describe it to him, but Erhei's action was passed on to him by his savage father. It does not require long-term training, and it is easy to achieve conditioned reflex. For the true essence of "guai, pick, hook and insertion", it is as if it is natural. You can often know what the next action is, who will lose and who will win.
Xiao Dongba took a look at Erhei, and his previous thoughts became strange again. What was he thinking about? Xiaoqiong didn't know at all, and he was still cheering with the crowd outside the venue.