Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1860, Lantern Festival in Penglai City
Golden Island Penglai City.

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin stayed at Tian Erniu's house until the Lantern Festival, and were going to experience the Lantern Festival in Penglai City.

The Lantern Festival here in Penglai City is very lively and grand.

Because it is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, the local government of the Ming Dynasty also undertakes the important mission of promoting the culture of the Ming Dynasty and inheriting the spirit of the Han family. Therefore, it must attach great importance to important holidays and hold various activities to celebrate.

The government attaches great importance to it, and the common people also actively participate, because basically they live in cities or immigrant towns, where the population is concentrated, and various activities are easy to hold, and it is convenient for everyone to participate.

In addition, there are a large number of descendants of Yin and Shang in the local area. They worship the Ming people and Ming culture very much, because they think that the Ming people are descendants of the sun god. Although they are also descendants of the sun god, they made mistakes and were exiled. to here.

Therefore, we must learn everything about Daming, so that we can integrate into Daming and gradually return to the embrace of God. Therefore, we also attach great importance to various festivals of Daming and actively participate in them.

At this moment, the entire Penglai city was dressed up, every household hung up lucky lanterns, and many shops even held various activities to celebrate.

Some stores put out crossword puzzles. Whoever can guess the answer can go to the store to get some free prizes. For example, those who buy grain and oil can get some grain or oil.

Another example is teahouses, restaurants, etc., and you can get a pot of high-quality tea or wine for free when you go in and consume; in some inns and hotels, you can even stay for a few nights for free.

Naturally, the commercial firms will not miss such a good day, and they have also launched many activities, such as making some difficult pairs, and directly rewarding tens of taels or hundreds of taels of silver if they match, which can directly go to the real world. Gold and silver.

There are also some commercial houses that will spend a lot of money to ask for poems and so on. Some famous restaurants in Penglai City do not hesitate to spend hundreds of taels or thousands of taels of silver in order to become famous. The poems left for future generations to appreciate.

Of course, the most important thing is to increase one's reputation and style. After all, literati and poets have been like this since ancient times. If they are linked to poetry, this restaurant can naturally follow suit.

If Wang Bo's "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng" was not in the Pavilion of King Teng, it would never have such a great reputation. It ranked first among the four buildings, all thanks to this masterpiece through the ages.

In ancient times, if you want to hype a place, a restaurant, an attic, etc., the best way is to write poems. The more wonderful the poems, the faster you can become famous.

This is also the reason why poets and poets in ancient times were popular. On the one hand, because of the high status of scholars, those who can write poetry are all scholars, and naturally they can read well if they write well.

Another aspect is that in many cases, no matter whether it is a person who wants to be famous or a place or a building, it is indispensable for the literati to write lyrics and poems.

Why was Li Bai able to roam around when he was in the Tang Dynasty?
You must know that people from poor families and rich roads never go out without money since ancient times, not to mention that there were so many bandits in ancient times.

What does he rely on?
On the one hand, of course, it is because Li Bai's poems are well written, he is famous, and he is the object of everyone's pursuit wherever he goes. He is like a popular star in the Tang Dynasty, and everyone likes to make friends.

Li Bai himself likes to make friends, and he hangs out with celebrities and scholars wherever he goes. He is also good at writing lyrics, and he can make people very happy when he writes casually.

For example, Wang Lun is a huge fan of Li Bai. When he learned that Li Bai was visiting his uncle Li Bingyang’s house, he went to invite Li Bai to his house as a guest. Big gifts, eight valuable horses and ten official brocades, and a "step dance" for Li Bai to see him off.

Think about it, everyone, these ancient horses are now at least high-end cars, no matter what, you have to use a million-dollar luxury car to match it. This gift is eight horses, what a heroic spirit.

There is also official brocade, this thing was also very expensive in ancient times, only the really rich could afford it, and it can be used as real gold and silver. It must have been sent a lot.

If we put it into the present, it means that Wang Lun gave Li Bai something worth tens of millions at one time. Think about it, everyone, how popular this Li Bai is.

So Li Bai was moved, and there was a poem "To Wang Lun" that has been passed down through the ages. Wang Lun was originally an unknown person, and his name has been passed down through the ages by giving Li Bai a big gift bag.

From here, we can see how popular Li Bai was in the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know how many fans he has. He has fans everywhere he goes. Wang Lun must not be the only one who warmly entertains Li Bai.

Li Bai travels all over the world, and he can rely on his face to make a living, and he basically doesn't spend any money on his own.

In addition, Li Bai is very famous, and he married a lot of wives. The first wife, Xu, was the granddaughter of the former Prime Minister Xu Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty.

The second wife, Liu Shi, Li Bai was down and out and poor at the time. Her wife didn't appreciate Li Bai's talent and often humiliated Li Bai. But in fact, this Liu family is also the daughter of a rich family.

The third wife, Moushi, is a talented woman from Shandong, a woman who can study in ancient times, her family is also rich, and so is her family, and she is also a master of financial management, very good at managing properties, buying a lot of land, and doing business , and soon made Li Bai's family a local rich man.

The fourth wife, Zongshi, was also the granddaughter of the prime minister, the granddaughter of Zong Chuke, the prime minister during Wu Zetian's period, and a talented woman with both talent and appearance. Zongshi appreciated Li Bai's wealth very much and resolutely married Li Bai.

Everyone can know how popular Li Bai was in the Tang Dynasty. Two of the wives he married were granddaughters of the prime minister, and the other two were also from rich families. When they were older, they could also attract beautiful women with both talents and looks. This is Li Bai's charmed.

Of course, everyone can know that in ancient times, people sought after literati and talents, and they sought after talented people even more.

This is very different from later generations.

People in later generations only look at money, and only those who have it can be used as farts. Can they be used as food or can they be used as money?

Elementary school students despise college students, thinking that college students are working for themselves, and it is more honorable to be uneducated.

In ancient times, everyone admired scholars and respected scholars. They were even more fond of poems and songs. Well-written poems can spread quickly.

In order to become famous, many scholars will take their own poems to visit some dignitaries in the dynasty, hoping to gain appreciation and come to a certain official position.

The hype in poetry and poetry is that everyone is keen on it. The rich contribute money, the talented contribute talent, and the talented produce poetry. Everyone eats, drinks, has fun, and is happy.

Because Penglai City is the core of the Golden Continent, the people from Daming who immigrated to the Golden Continent are basically doing well. The worst thing is that they have a lot of land, and there are many rich people.

In addition, under the leadership of Liu Jin, Daming attached great importance to education. New-style education schools opened all over Daming, and old-style private schools, schools, academies, etc. also bloomed everywhere. Everyone with money would also want to send their children to study.

There are more scholars and more people who can read and write, and the various activities held during the Lantern Festival will be more lively.

"It's really lively!"

Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were dressed in literati clothes, holding fans in their hands, followed by Tian Erniu, Tian Yuanshan, and Tian Muye.

In order to serve Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin, the Tian family did their best and served them wholeheartedly every day.

"Yeah, it's really lively, there are a lot of people, and there are a lot of various activities."

Liu Jin also nodded straight.

I still feel that the current Daming is good, all kinds of traditional festivals are celebrated in a decent way, lively and often elegant, very meaningful.

Thinking about later generations, it seems that such fine culture and traditions have been lost, and people don't pay much attention to the Lantern Festival.

In other words, the Dragon Boat Festival is a bit more grand, and the fine tradition of dragon boat racing is still maintained in the south. As for the north, the Dragon Boat Festival is all about eating zongzi.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival, only moon cakes are left to eat. Without the elegance of the ancient times in it, too much, too much precious wealth has been lost.

On the contrary, it is a pity that some foreign festivals from abroad are so popular, such as Christmas, Ghost Day, Valentine's Day and so on.

The Penglai city in front of you is extremely lively during the Lantern Festival, and it is elegant amidst the excitement, promoting Chinese civilization and inheriting the Chinese spirit.

Look at the crowds of people in the streets and alleys, whether they are adults or children, everyone is very happy and actively participating in it.

Adults bring their children here. After the children have read, let them guess word puzzles, play pairs, and win some small prizes to go home. This is also an unforgettable experience for children in their lifetime.

The adults are also happy, and their children have read some books, no less illiterate than themselves, pitiful.

In Liu Yuan's opinion, such a fine tradition is really good, very good, worthy of vigorous advocacy and promotion, and it must be passed on all the time.

What a wonderful cultural tradition and heritage.

Look at those foreign faces on the streets and alleys, they are extremely envious of everything in front of them, because Ming people's festivals can be so lively and elegant, this is what a prosperous empire should have look.

PS: We have lost a lot of fine traditions~
(End of this chapter)