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Chapter 141 Sacrifice
[Faith value: 250]

The faith value has been rising these days, and finally fixed at a very auspicious value.

The newly added belief values ​​come from the Giant Rock Tribe and the Cave Tribe. These two tribes had no other beliefs before. They have seen all kinds of novel things at the tribal conference and gained some substantial benefits. It is easier to enter the pit.

In addition to the Big Tree Tribe and the Shepi Tribe, five of the nine nearby tribes have become believers in the sky. The Yan, Youhu, and Cave Lion tribes have their own heritage and pride. A brief meeting changes their beliefs.

As for the Yougu tribe, he thought that the chief Miao and the young hunters participating in the winter hunting were not a problem. It could be seen that they did not resist this, as long as they persuaded the priest of the earth, it should be done.

"What are you thinking? Isn't it cold sitting here?"

Lin Yu brought a cup of hot tea to Zhang Tian who was sitting at the entrance of the cave.

Snow began to fall in the sky, and the hunter had not yet returned. The people of the tribe were worried about the cold weather and slippery roads, and accidents. The atmosphere in the cave was a bit depressing, so Zhang Tian went to the entrance of the cave to breathe some fresh air.

"I'm thinking about how to do the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven... Didn't you say that ancient rituals are a compulsory course for you? Give me a lesson!"

"Then you make a lot of money! Do you know how much I pay for one-on-one lessons for one hour?"

Lin Yu sat down beside him with a cup of hot tea.

Zhang Tian said with a smile: "I owe it first, and if I have a chance later, I will treat you to Zibo barbecue."

"...You are planning to owe me 1 years!"

Lin Yu took a sip of tea and got back to the topic: "The sacrificial etiquette in ancient my country has formed a complete system in the Zhou Dynasty. There are strict levels of sacrifices, and people of different levels have different scopes of sacrifices, forming a pattern of differential order that distinguishes between high and low, high and low..."

Lin Yu introduced in detail the common sacrificial etiquette in ancient times, including divination, fasting, animal sacrifice, seance, music and dance, food offering, wine offering, etc., which are very particular and cumbersome.

In addition to sacrificial ceremonies, the selection of sacrificial venues, sacrifices and sacrificial methods is also very knowledgeable.

Lin Yu spoke clearly and eloquently.

Zhang Tian has benefited a lot. In the past, it was difficult to listen to this kind of purely informative lectures. Today, not only did he listen to them all, but he even felt that he did not listen enough. As expected, the effect of one-on-one teaching is remarkable.

"We don't need to make such troubles. The so-called worship without altars, sacrifices by sweeping the floor, the ancient rituals of our country are not based on religious worship of gods, but a cultural system with humanistic spirit and humanistic characteristics. The root of sacrifice lies in The virtue of sincerity and respect in the priests is secondary to the offerings, venues, and ceremonies."

Lin Yu said that the ancient sacrifices paid attention to advocating morality and repaying the original, not for utilitarian religious purposes. The heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers became important objects of worship for the ancients, which fully reflected the ancient people's respect for heaven and earth, filial piety, loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, The ethical value orientation of respecting teachers.

This coincides with Zhang Tian's idea. He does not want the people of the tribe to use sacrifice as a means of praying for the protection of the gods. He hopes to promote enlightenment through sacrifice and achieve the goal of "returning people's morals".

The two further discussed the specific process of the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.

Zhang Tian suddenly said, "Can you show me a dance?"

"What?" Lin Yu suspected that he had heard wrong.

"Didn't you do Tieshan to me before? Here's another one!"

"You're thinking about farting!"

Lin Yu gave him a white look.

Zhang Tian said with a smile: "We want to have music and dance, I will produce music, you will produce dance, can't we rehearse?"

"Then you can't teach primitive people how to be an iron mountain!"

"Why not? Didn't you say that the root of the sacrifice lies in the virtue of sincerity and respect in the sacrificer, and everything else comes second. As long as the heart is sincere, is it important to dance? Ever since you danced that day, Xiao has been obsessed with it. If you teach him how to dance, he'll be very enthusiastic."

Zhang Tian didn't think there was anything wrong with Tieshan. He didn't want to make the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky too serious. A celebration ceremony like offering sacrifices to Xueling would be fine. Everyone would participate in it, and it would also be conducive to the spread of culture. , music, dance...the impact of these soft powers is far more profound than various weapons and tools.

From this perspective, adding a few magical dance moves to the sacrificial dance is beneficial and harmless. Perhaps one day in the future, these magical moves will spread to every corner of the world with the migration of human beings. Jumping over the iron mountain, the picture is very beautiful when you think about it.

"Hmm...then shall I weave this movement into the sacrificial dance?"

"You can figure it out, tell me what kind of music you need, and I will try my best to meet it."

The children have already learned to play different sounds with the bamboo flute. Of course, they are playing indiscriminately. It is not aesthetically pleasing, and it is better than noise.

Taking advantage of being idle at home and having nothing to do, Zhang Tian planned to teach them some nursery rhymes.

"Is the little star who taught you yesterday useless?"

"School is useless!"

The children competed to play Twinkle Twinkle Twinkle Shining Jingjing. Brother Tian said that those who can play well will be selected to participate in the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the sky, and they will play the song of offering sacrifices to the sky in front of all the tribes!
This is a great honor!Who doesn't want to express themselves in the limelight?

What's more, Little Xing Xing's voice is very nice, much better than their random playing. The children put in great enthusiasm and practiced hard, and they all played decently.

"Very good." Zhang Tian showed a satisfied smile, "Today I will teach you a new piece of music, two brain axes."

Lin Yu gathered the women together, taught them basic dance steps, and used the same method to select women with relatively coordinated limbs and certain dancing talents to form a prehistoric girl group.

Lin Yu is not a professional dancer, but it is more than enough to teach women to dance. She specializes in teaching simple but beautiful and infectious movements.

The women had so much fun, dancing was far more fun than any skill they had ever learned!It is better to dance, sewing is worse than dancing, weaving bamboo baskets is worse than dancing!

The only fly in the ointment is that dancing is more energy-intensive. Fortunately, this tribal meeting has yielded a lot, and there is no need to worry about no food in cold weather. This energy consumption is affordable!
Among the women dancing wildly with demons, an out of place figure mixed in.

Xiao Xiao likes dancing more than playing music. Not to mention, he still has some talent for dancing. Tieshan relied on Lin Yu to teach him only once. Not only did he learn it, but he even excelled in blue. Putting on overalls is like Kun Geben Kun .

Lin Yu was considering whether to customize a solo dance for him.

Just when everyone was practicing in full swing, the child who was watching on the ridge ran back in a hurry.

"The hunter is back!" he shouted excitedly.

The clansmen had waited for this moment for a long time, and immediately rushed out of the cave and rushed towards the triumphant hunters.

(End of this chapter)