Douluo: A Century-old Legend I Am the Second Uncle Chenxin

Chapter 56 Clan Celebration (Part )

On July 7th, a high altar with fruits was offered to worship ancestors, and a fasting court was set up in front of the memorial hall.

Early in the morning on the day of ancestor worship, whole pigs and sheep were put on the shelves, and various sacrifices such as five animal sacrifices, candy boxes, rice soup, tea and wine were placed neatly on the table. The descendants of the Chen family who came to participate in the ancestor worship were all blue. The dress has a Chinese-style stand-up collar, sky blue western trim, and two symmetrical gemstone buckles. It is black and blue as the base and has no complicated patterns. Everyone is dressed neatly and politely before picking the ceremony.

The Chen family has a small number of people, and everyone from the five houses of "Yu, Shui, Wen, Ji, and Guang" and their relatives came to participate in the sacrifice, as well as the followers. They were very particular about etiquette and entered the venue in order. The clan leaders, elders, or Those who have village duties are at the front of the line when worshiping ancestors, wearing golden sashes.

Before the sacrifice begins, "three cannons" (ground cannons) must be fired in front of the Hanhui Hall of the ancestral hall.

The chief master of ceremonies, Chen Cong, sang the "Tong" ceremony and announced the beginning of the ceremony. The chief priest, Chen Hong, and the ministers took their places.

The master of ceremonies, Chenwu, led the people to beat drums, set off firecrackers and play music, and performed the local auspicious "Five Fulian" play in Wushan County in front of the ancestral hall.

At this time, the drums were noisy, the suonas were playing, and the firecrackers were booming, shaking the heaven and the earth, presenting a lively and exciting scene.

The sacrifice ceremony was personally presided over by the patriarch Chenyu and officially began. The sacrifices consisted of five animals: pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, fish, and grains of rice, millet, millet, wheat, and bean sprouts.

Then Chenwu sang "washing", Chenhong guided Chenyu to wash and return to his original position, and according to Chenwu's singing ritual "burning incense", Chenhong then guided Chenyu to the confession to burn incense, drink wine and pray to the gods. Offer tea, offer olives, offer hair and blood, offer treasures and silk.

The men on the left and the women on the right of the clan stood on two sides. The great elder Chenhong read the sacrificial inscriptions representing the pious heart and the inheritance exegesis of the ancestors' instructions to the descendants.

Then Chenyu took the lead in saluting the statues of the three ancestors one by one in order of seniority, and worshiped according to seniority. There are strict requirements for saluting. You must kneel on four sides, kowtow four times, and put your hands together into fists.

The Chen clan members who participated in the ceremony were listening to the reading of the sacrificial text and "drinking blessings and receiving gizzards". During the ceremony, they knelt down and at the end of the ceremony, when "bidding ancestors and bowing in worship", they kowtowed three times like the main priest.

In addition to the public offerings to distant ancestors, the ancestors of the descendants of each house in the left and right halls, and the descendants of each house also have sacrifices placed on both sides to worship both distant ancestors and recent ancestors.

Then go to the back hall to worship the foreign ancestors of Mu'entang and the ancestors of Zhongzhentang (followers).

After the sacrifice, the pork, mutton and other sacrifices are distributed to the tribesmen, and then the feast begins.

Roasted suckling pig, braised pork knuckles with Nostoc, braised mandarin fish, braised pigeon, stir-fried diced pork with nuts, braised pork with taro, stir-fried raw pineapple bones, braised vegetables with mushrooms, stir-fried noodles with king soy sauce, braised mutton with bamboo shoots and shrimp, stir-fried vermicelli with dried shrimps, Braised pork, yuba powder, kudzu and pork rind stew, soup with seasonal vegetables, seasonal fruit plate...

Taking pigs, sheep, and river fresh food as the staple food requires a lot of meat, and Chen Xiaojun is responsible for this.

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After drinking and eating, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the second repertoire of the clan celebration began. In the martial arts lecture hall next to the ancestral hall, the martial arts performance field was crowded with people. The crowd was sensational and lively. Almost everyone in the village except those on guard came. Watch this children's clan celebration competition.

The Chen family's martial arts performance ground is located on the east side of the ancestral hall. It occupies a very large area and is more than enough to accommodate these hundreds of people.

Although there are less than fifty households in Chenlin Village, except for Chen's family, which is divided into several houses, they are generally large households and rarely divided into houses.

After all, the place is big and there is enough space to live in it, and the people in each family do not look down on the income and property in the village. There are many people living under the same roof for four or five generations. In the doorway with many people, in the courtyard There are dozens of people, so there are still four to five hundred people in the village, and the number is no less than that of a small sect. Every family in the village is a family of follower soul masters. The proportion of soul masters is very high, as high as 90%. There are soul masters of all levels, from soul masters to Contras.

The martial souls of these families are all intermediate martial souls at the lowest level, and even top seventh-level martial soul families have them, such as Qingying Condor.

However, these high-quality families have also evolved over thousands of years of following the Chen family. They have gained a lot of benefits from following the Chen family, and they have become accustomed to it after many years of getting along with them, so they do not go out independently.

Generally speaking, children under the age of 15 participate in clan competitions. In this way, they are all below level 40 and no higher than a soul master. It is enough to see the soul master potential and fighting talent of the new generation of the family in the clan competition.

Like the clan festival, the clan festival is attended by the children of the follower families, and this time there are a total of 39 people.

Chen Jianjun, Chen Jianzun, Chen Feng, the main lineage of the Chen family, as well as Chen Yanwu, Chen Cong's grandson and cousin Chen Hua's son Chen Mu are all here. These are Chen Xiaojun's brothers and sisters. He is here He is the sixth among his peers in the Chen family. As for those younger than him, his martial arts spirit has not yet awakened.

Chen Jianjun, Chen Jianzun, and Chen Yanwu are soul masters, while Chen Feng and Chen Mu are great soul masters.

Originally, Chen Yu had planned not to let Chen Xiaojun participate. After all, he was young and had just obtained his first soul ring. Generally speaking, he would not be able to compete at the soul master level and could not beat anyone well. Anyway, he could participate in the next clan meeting.

The clan competition is basically composed of great soul masters and soul masters, with very few soul masters. However, Chen Xiaojun insisted on participating and became very conspicuous among the players.

It is divided into upper and lower halves. The signing determines the opponent, single vs. double, No. 1 vs. No. 2, No. 3 vs. No. 4, and so on, No. 1-20 in the upper half, No. 21-39 in the lower half, 39 No. first-round bye.

There are two-story wooden pavilions and corridors around the martial arts arena. Important figures in the clan sit above the pavilion in front. Others are scattered in the attics and corridors in three directions.

Ximen Rongcheng and others who came to watch the ceremony were sitting at the VIP seats in the loft on the left.

Xue Tianming looked at the children standing in the front row below who were dressed in blue swordsman uniforms, and said with a little envy: "The Chen clan members of our generation are still young, and some are not even married. This clan competition of the Chen clan, There should be six people in the main line, plus the unawakened children, the current children are comparable to the previous generation, and this generation of children has a good harvest in terms of number."

Most of the top martial arts families have difficulty in inheriting the inheritance, and each major family has a small number of people. According to the convention, the Chen family inherits the seven-kill sword, which is called the main line. The lineage of the patriarch is the direct line, and Chen Xiaojun is the first generation of mutated martial arts. It won't be divided.

All the families in Douhun City are in their thirties. The Chen family and the Ximen family have been in decline for several years due to the erosion of martial spirits. Most of the heads of their respective clans are in their eighties or nineties. Chenyu is considered young among them, and so is the backbone generation. In their fifties and sixties, the next generation of children slowly begins to show their talents.

Ma Zhibin shook his head and said: "That's not necessarily true. It depends on the situation. There are only about twenty people from the Chen clan present, and there are about thirty people who have not returned from the trip. Children account for 30%. But the casualties of the Chen clan The rate is too high, almost comparable to that of Mr. Ximen."

Ximen Rongcheng rolled his eyes, this guy always likes to drink whichever pot he prefers.

Xue Tianming turned around and asked the bald man next to him: "Zhong Kui, your son is participating below."

Yes, this bald middle-aged man is his friend who fought alongside him in the Demon Sheep Sect - Zhong Kui.

(End of this chapter)