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Chapter 383 Want me to recite poems, wish you happiness?
The winter solstice, also known as "Winter Festival" and "Hedong", is one of the 24 solar terms and is opposite to the summer solstice. .

"Tongwei Xiaojing Aids to God": "Fifteen days after the heavy snowfall, Douzhizi is the winter solstice, which is mid-November. The cathode and the sun begin to arrive, and the sun arrives in the south, and gradually grows to the end."

During the Tang Dynasty, the winter solstice was celebrated with a seven-day holiday.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were only three holidays in the country, including the "Winter Solstice".

According to Wanli's "Minghuidian" Volume [-] "Holidays" article, "the Ming Dynasty has three statutory holidays: Winter Solstice, New Year's Day and Lantern Festival".

Among them, the "Winter Solstice Festival" is a three-day holiday for civil and military officials; the "New Year's Day" is a five-day holiday from the beginning of the year;

Moreover, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty had to personally participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens, which is called "the suburbs of the winter solstice", and all officials of the court had to present congratulatory forms to the emperor and stab each other to congratulate each other, just like celebrating New Year's Day.

It's just that the ceremony of worshiping heaven in the Chongzhen Dynasty was held as usual, and the matter of presenting the congratulatory form to His Majesty the emperor was basically kept simple.

It is precisely because of this that there is a saying that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year". People pay special attention to the winter solstice festival and regard it as important as the "year-old".

After the winter solstice, the yin qi reaches its peak and the yang qi begins to rise. At that time, people thought it was a blessing from the gods, so they set it as the beginning of a year's festival.

It is a good day and auspicious day, so it is necessary to hold a celebration, and therefore it is valued by the emperors of all dynasties, and the emperors winter solstice in the suburbs.

As for the folk winter solstice celebrations, the most distinctive features are "executive chief" and "long teacher".

The so-called worshiping the elders means that the younger generation worships the elders, especially the daughter-in-law presents shoes and socks. When worshiping the elders on the winter solstice, a family banquet must be arranged to salute the elders of the parents. In addition, the daughter-in-law presents shoes and socks to the parents-in-law. The original meaning of "walking long", and the folks also have the title of "walking long festival".

As for the "Long Teacher", it means respecting and worshiping the teacher. On the day of the winter solstice, the school teacher will first lead the students to pay homage to Confucius' birthday, then the disciples will pay homage to the teacher, and then the window friends will pay homage to each other.

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On the day of the winter solstice, Zhang Cheng and Ji Xuanzhu came to the other courtyard of the inner house of the general office in Chicheng early. After they paid respects to the three old ladies, Ji Xuanzhu stayed with them.

The sisters of the Liu family are also here, and they came over obediently to give a big gift to the mistress Ji Xuanzhu, Ji Xuanzhu accepted the gift gracefully, and said with a smile: "Your sisters are used to living with the old lady! "

"Liu Ying thanked Madam for her concern. It is a blessing to have servants and younger sisters serving by Madam's side. I am used to living here, as long as Madam doesn't dislike my sisters." Liu Ying replied softly.

"Alright, since your two sisters have this kind of filial piety, you should stay with the old lady to do my filial piety for me. After I am familiar with the mundane affairs of the master's house, I will go to the two old ladies to perform this filial piety. .” Ji Xuanzhu said.

She stretched out her hand again, held the hands of her mother-in-law Zhang Yangshi and her aunt's mother-in-law Zhang Hanshi, and asked obediently: "Mother-in-law, aunt-in-law, how good is this?"

"Good good..."

Zhang Cheng's mother smiled and said three good things in succession, and said: "Our Xuanzhu is the most reasonable, and everything we say is right."

Aunt Zhang Han also said with a smile: "You, don't come to say hello all the time, the most important thing is to give our two old women a grandson as soon as possible!"

"Oh, auntie, look at what you said..."

"Hahaha……"

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In the main room, Ji Xuanzhu was chatting with the two old wives, Aunt Wu's Biao, Zhang Lifang, Wu Tingyue, Liu's sisters and others, while Jiasao was chatting outside.

"The winter solstice is as big as the year!"

All the government offices are on vacation. Even in the barracks, apart from the sergeants on duty, Zhang Cheng also gave five days off, so that most of them can go home for reunion and celebrate the festival. During the festival in the military camp, everyone can have fun together.

Today Zhang Cheng also invited Chicheng Bingxian He Chongwu, Guan Liangtong judge Qin Shizheng, Chicheng garrison Zhang Guodong, Qianzong Chen Dakuan, Jin Yong, and others, as well as Guangbei Cang Ambassador You Mingzhen, and Pharmacy Bureau medical officer Shen Shichun.

In addition, Bingxian He Chongwu also invited Shao Congyou, a scholar of the Chicheng Confucianism Department, on Zhang Cheng's behalf. In this way, nine people happened to be gathered together.

As soon as the winter solstice arrives, the number of "nine" begins. Therefore, there must be nine people in the banquet, and nine dishes and nine bowls are used on the banquet to take the meaning of ninety-nine to eliminate the cold.

As the saying goes, "the rich eat overnight, and the poor freeze overnight."

It means that on the day of the winter solstice, every household has to buy festive items, but the wealthy households will be more luxurious, and the poor households will be more miserable.

Fortunately, there are no extremely poor households in Beilu today. Although the situation of each household is different, and there are generally good and bad, the problem of food and clothing is basically solved.

Those who can't afford to eat must be lazy people. Zhang Cheng also hates such useless people and will not tolerate them.

At this moment, there was laughter and laughter in the house of the Chicheng General's Office. Ji Xuanzhu was sitting at a table with the three old ladies, Zhang Lifang and Wu Tingyue, and the sisters of the Liu family were at the next table with Yurui and Xiuyue. It also made up the number of nine people.

Outside, all the officials will gather together, although they have different opinions, but on the surface they are harmonious, everyone chatting and toasting each other to bless each other.

"Today's winter solstice, we are invited by General Zhang Shen to gather at the general's office. How about everyone singing a poem to celebrate the toast?" Qin Shizheng suggested that everyone write poems through the strength of wine, hoping to make Zhang Cheng feel happy. Make a fool of yourself.

Bingxian He Chongwu smiled and said nothing, Xuezheng Shao Congyou also looked confident, and medical officer Shen Shichun seemed to be thinking about something, but he shook his head as if he was meditating some poem in his heart.

Ambassador Guangbei Cang Youming shook his fat head, and said with a smile: "There are some adults here, we are a vulgar person, how dare we use the axe, and think that it is fine to drink!"

After he finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of the table and drank it down.

Zhang Guodong has seen some of the world, but reciting poems is really difficult for him, and Chen Dakuan and Jin Yong are even more confused, what is reciting poems?
When they saw that You Mingzhen could not recite poems, they drank a glass of wine and passed away. The two of them felt a little more at ease. Only Zhang Guodong couldn't help looking at Zhang Cheng. He had already seen that Qin Shizheng's will was working Zhang Cheng was just making a fool of himself.

Seeing that no one objected, Qin Shizheng said to Shao Congyou, "Master Xuezheng, full of knowledge, how about asking Master Shao to start?"

Shao Congyou looked calm, raised his hand to brush the little beard on his chin, got up and walked around the table, and turned around once.

When he returned to his seat, he put one hand behind his back, brushed his sparse beard with the other hand, and raised his head and chanted:
"Drinking alone is not much fun, just chanting and thinking.

A glass of New Year's wine, two old poems.

When the willow is yellow at the beginning of the day, the mustache is half white.

The smell of wasted spring, we know each other well. "

"Okay, what a 'drinking alone'!"

Shao Congyou recited the poem, and before he sat down, Qin Shizheng clapped his hands and applauded. When he clapped his hands, he glanced sideways at Zhang Cheng, but seeing his calm and relaxed attitude, he couldn't help but sneered!
(End of this chapter)