Cultivation of Immortals Begins with Drilling Wood To Make Fire

The one caught by Fang Chang was a young man with a child. He looked about eighteen or nineteen years old. He turned his head and glanced at Fang Chang, and said:

"Brother, this is the first time I've come back to watch the Jiangshen Festival? It hasn't been long since it started, and it won't end until the sun is in the middle. I guess there are still two hours left."

Hearing the words, Fang Chang nodded and cupped his hands to express his thanks.

Feeling close for no reason, the young man said a few more words: "Don't worry, brother, the exciting part is still to come, just watch it for now."

"After this ceremony is over, we will distribute offerings to everyone, but the children will be given priority, and then it will be our turn."

At this moment, the little boy next to him tugged at the corner of the young man's clothes, and shouted childishly: "Daddy, look quickly, that colorful building has come out! It's so tall and beautiful!"

The young man immediately turned his head and laughed with his child.

Fang Chang also looked at the field, but the shadowy heads of the crowd in front of him were swaying back and forth, which greatly affected the line of sight. Even if Fang Chang was a little taller, it was not very refreshing.

He looked around, then simply took a few steps back, jumped on tiptoe, and came to the top of a tall acacia tree behind.

This is the best place to see the situation ahead.

He simply found a slanted branch, lay on his side, and watched the sacrifice below.

The scale of the Jiangshen Temple is very grand. It is estimated that there are many people living on the Xujiang River in this cave, and the worship of incense is strong, so funds can often be raised for repairs and expansions.

At the same time, the yamen will also support the construction of such facilities involving the common people, and the official obstacles are relatively small.

Not far away is a tall and wide temple dedicated to the god of rivers, with flying pavilions and flowing pills, and jade-built and carved railings. It can be seen that the builders must be skilled craftsmen.

It's just that Jiangshen Temple has no courtyard, only a few gorgeous halls, which are located on the abutment, and there are several auxiliary buildings around it, which seem to be surrounded.

In front of the temple is a large slabstone square. The boatmen lined up in the square, wearing their best clothes, with serious expressions.

Selected in advance, the most respected and respected literate old man held the prayer in his forehand and read it aloud.

It is related to their own livelihood, they dare not move around, and no one talks to each other.

A few strong and strong men in the back, wearing only thin shirts in the cold winter and the twelfth lunar month, walked over carrying a super-large colored building, holding a guard of honor horses, Chinese chariots and painted boats, all of which were tied with colored paper and bamboo strips.

Fang Chang untied the wine gourd around his waist, unplugged it, and took a sip of the rice wine with his head raised.

The rice wine here is very soft. Compared with the sorghum wine he used to drink, it has a different taste. He just found a tavern and refilled the gourd he drank, so he can drink it for a while.

The priests in front finished the prayer session and began to salute neatly, kneeling twice and knocking six times.

The types of offerings are extremely rich, starting from the table in the main hall, covering the floor of the hall, and spreading all the way to the steps outside the door.

Such as various snacks, candied melons, peach cakes, wine, tea, sesame candy, bean cakes, flour powder, bacon, fungus, roast chicken, pig's head, sheep's head, mushrooms, gluten, stewed meat, boiled eggs, pumpkin, tofu, radish , sesame, millet, wheat, rice, beans... full and not heavy, all arranged according to old customs, every year.

Of course, only some of it is edible.

After the sacrifice, the edible offerings are distributed to the onlookers present, which is also a repertoire of the project.

This is expected by many people, especially the children, who have long been unable to hold back their hearts and minds. Some dolls watched the ceremony ahead and kept biting their nails, drooling already.

The crowd dispersed, piled up beautiful colored buildings, paper horses and the like, and set them on fire.

Fang Chang lay on the tree and shook his head when he saw this scene. This is really a useless step. After burning these river gods, he won't get anything. I don't know why Dongxujiang river god didn't want to stop it.

Before the smoke cleared, two strong young men walked to the center, carrying a large wooden tray.

Inside is the biggest fish that the fishermen in these boats caught from the Dongxu River within three days.

They worked together to put the wooden plate at the front, then brought the big incense burner, placed it in the middle, and went forward to offer incense one by one.

Next, it's time for the band to perform.

It is very particular about inviting bands, and they have to invite two bands at the same time, so that for the sake of word of mouth and future business, they will naturally work hard to fight against each other.

So the scene became lively with the sound of suona, sheng and drums, and the villagers also listened with great interest.

Fang Chang smiled and didn't wait to distribute the offerings later.

The offerings that can be eaten will be distributed to the people on site. Although they are colder, everyone does not dislike them. Of course, many people still choose to take them home and heat them up before giving them to their children.

And those that cannot be eaten directly will be used in the dinner party. Today, the priests will use the ingredients for the offerings to start a party, paired with the drinks in the offerings, and have a lively meal. band members.

The following program was a little lackluster. Fang Chang has very good hearing. He heard people come every year to talk about it. After that, the priests stood in place and listened to the music. By the way, they waited for the incense in the burner to finish burning, and then everyone saluted again. , this sacrifice can be regarded as a successful conclusion.

He didn't want to wait any longer, so he just jumped off the tree.

Fang Chang turned to the back of the river god temple, and followed the flying incense to visit the local river god.

The water god, the river god, and the river god, like the city god and the land, may be appointed by heaven and earth, or may be granted by the government, may be human beings, or animal monsters, and the situation varies from place to place.

The Jiangshen will not be in charge of the entire river, but just like the land, he only controls a section of the river and the water banks on both sides, and there is no uniform standard for the specific situation.

Similarly, Dongxu River is also a section of this river, which is controlled by the river god of Dongxu River.

After Fang Chang saw the Dongxu River River God, he found that the other party was actually dressed as a fisherman. He looked like a former fisherman on the Dongxu River in an unknown era.

After notifying each other of their names, Jiang Shen asked, "Where did Fang Shangxian come from?"

"I am a group of scattered people in Yunzhong Mountain. Not long ago, they traveled to Lizhou and were about to turn back. They came here to go down the river and return to the mountain via Xingqing Mansion."

Hearing Jiang Shen's question, Fang Chang replied.

"As a result, I couldn't see any boatmen here. After asking, I found that they all came here to sacrifice, so I rushed over to watch the excitement. By the way, after the sacrifice, I hired a boat to go downstream."

"However, just now, it's quite interesting to see this priest, and I'm interested, so I'll come and pay a visit."

"It's also on the way to Xingqing Mansion." Dongxujiang Jiangshen said with a smile. His surname is Zhou, and this surname is quite common here: "I don't know what is interesting in Fang Xianchang's opinion?"

Fang Chang said with a smile: "I see these boatmen working together to weave a paper bamboo building and burn it. Zhou Jiangshen should not be able to receive it."

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