Xuande

Chapter 284 Everyone Dances Together
When Cheng Pu and Han Dang arrived in Liangzhou, it was already the end of the year. After this little episode passed, the New Year would follow.

During this year in Liangzhou, Liu Bei had a relatively stable life, at least because of guarding Liangzhou, he didn't need to go to Luoyang to give gifts to Emperor Liu Hong in person, he just needed to send someone to give gifts.

But then again, with Liu Bei's current political status, he doesn't need to stand in the cold wind to taste the taste of iced drinks in summer. Even if he goes to Luoyang to worship, he must stand in the hall with heating settings, and he can eat hot Huge food.

Thinking of the bowl of summer ice drink in the early morning of the first day of the first month of the sixth year of Guanghe, Liu Bei still couldn't help being stiff from body to soul.

This time it was fine.

Liu Bei was in Liangzhou, the native emperor of Liangzhou. Only the officials lined up to offer gifts to him, and there was no such thing as him queuing up to give gifts to others.

And he can be regarded as a serious man who has personally operated a Chinese New Year custom that only official heads of state will operate. This feeling is completely different from the past tense.

The Han Dynasty was still in the early stage of the imperial society, and many social customs did not go beyond the customs of the ancient times. From the emperor to the common people, people believed in ghosts and gods very much. Even the Spring Festival has a great connection with ghosts and gods.

In the Han Dynasty, people's activities at the end of the year basically revolved around exorcising evil spirits and praying for blessings.

People hope to drive away all the troubles of the past year through exorcism activities, and among the many exorcism activities, the most important one is the Nuo dancing ceremony held at the end of each year.

The local officials in Liangzhou all went home to celebrate the New Year with their families, while the officials in Lidi were invited by Liu Bei to have a New Year's Eve dinner at the State Shepherd's Mansion.

The origin of dancing Nuo is very long. In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Huizi was a very important sacrificial ceremony. In the Zhou Dynasty, it was included in the category of rituals and became an important national ceremony.

It would be too stingy to expect Tiao Xiaoshen to solve all the problems.

That night, whatever Xue Chun said, he wanted to spoil his subordinates who had worked hard for a whole year with him.

On the evening of the last day of the eighth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei personally presided over the Nuo dance ceremony and selected 170 children from Ji County to dance the Nuo dance.

At the very beginning, official representatives and fully armed knights appeared on the stage.

Yes, that's all important.

Before the extremely silent beating of gongs and drums, the official dispatched cavalry in full armor to take the burning statue out of the city, sent it to a smaller water system in the city and set it on fire, sending it away, which means sending it away, Burn the calamity of the coming year.

That night, Liu Bei announced that he would cook in person for a rare occasion, and make his own delicacies for Xiaojia to eat.

Liu Bei paid out of his own pocket, the women set up a battle in the inner courtyard, Xue Chun was in charge of entertaining in person, while the men and children set up tables in the inner courtyard, and Han Ning and Han Dadie were in charge of entertaining.

After sending off the plague ghosts and gods, the next one is not the New Year's Eve dinner for Xiaojia to celebrate the New Year's Eve. The New Year's Eve dinner was not available in that era, and it was also a meal for family reunion. Those who can return to their families will try their best to return to their families. Loving family having a reunion dinner together.

The main purpose of the Nuo dance ceremony is to get rid of the epidemic and pray for happiness and well-being in the coming year. There are neither official nor folk ones. The same is not the size.

But Liu Bei now also has the capital to do that thing.

What to eat?
We were fully armed, and with 170 knights who were also fully armed, we sent the statues of plague ghosts and gods all the way to the Weishui River in the city of Jixian majesticly above the Jixian people holding torches. Under the boat not fully loaded with kindling.

The elders of the Nuo dance used peach arcs and thorny arrows to shoot around the statues, and then spread them with red pills and seven grains. They jumped, jumped, shot, and smashed around the statues. In short, the whole atmosphere has not been heightened to its peak.

To solve disasters, we need to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland, plant trees, eat cooked food, drink cooked water, live in a house, wash hands frequently, exercise, isolate in case of accidents, and develop medical technology.

People with no money are limited by the limitations of the times. Although there are few ingredients that can be eaten, the cooking methods are very unlimited, and the delicacy of the food can be compared with what people enjoy today.

For ordinary people, it is a night of reunion, a rare night of eating a little meat all year round, which means that the next whole year will rely on the meat eaten tonight to relish the taste of meat.

For example, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Xu Huang and others, Jian Yong, Han Hao, Ruan Yu and others who are not in the Ministry of General Affairs, there are always hundreds of bad people, and even if we have no family members, we were invited by Liu Bei.

The types of New Year's Eve dinners are of course far different than those in Xue Chun's memory.

Even so, it is just a piece of boiled meat, dipped in some salt, at least dipped in some sauce, and there is no way to remove the fishy smell, just eat it like this, it is unimaginable that the fishy smell is not less strong.

Officially held by the imperial court, 17 children under the age of 170 and over [-] from the eunuchs' families were selected, dressed in soap clothes, holding a small scorpion, dressed as "Fang Xiangshi" wearing a mask and bear skin, wearing Gangmao, and seventeen beasts. Playful and dance.

Ordinary people may only be able to eat a bite of meat at night on that day throughout the year, with a little bit of meat, and other times eating bran and swallowing vegetables is considered a bad meal.

For a person like Liu Bei, that ceremony is groundless.

At first, the statue and the boat were ignited, pushed out, and made to go far along the water flow, and then sank rapidly under the water surface due to burning.

The dance was terrible, but that was important, the atmosphere was important, there were very few people onlookers, everyone came to pray for blessings and make a lot of noise, before the statues of ghosts and gods that symbolized the disease were rolled out, the noise of people's agitation became even smaller.

But it’s important, the existence that is hard for people to swallow today was considered a rare delicacy in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the return is within reach, and people struggle all year round, just for this one bite.

So I chose to slowly blend into the folklore atmosphere of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and led the Liangzhou prefecture to hold a grand and small Nuo dancing ceremony.

At that time, there were still statues that symbolized diseases, ghosts and gods. Xiaojia danced and beat drums together, shot around the statues with peach arcs and thorn arrows, and sowed them with red pills and seven grains.

What you eat is important. When you reach Liu Bei’s position, the type of food you eat for Xiaojia depends mainly on your heart. When you have the heart, eating white rice carefully can make the little guy grateful. If you want to reach that level, you have to do it Liu Bei's housekeeping skills.

fried chicken.
That year, Liangzhou's official representative knights were Guan Yu and Zhang Fei. They came to Ji County to report on their duties and celebrate the New Year. They were called by Liu Bei to be the knights who sent the plague, and they readily agreed.

For the officials, it was also a night of relaxation and joy. All the busy affairs were put on their own, and all the defenses could not be temporarily relieved. They were reunited with their families, comfortably and slowly. Have a small night.

In the Han Dynasty, the national Nuo held by the imperial court had no fixed pattern, and it was very particular.

The people in Ji County continued to cheer and clamor to send off the plague ghosts and gods to leave Ji County. They would come there again in the previous year.

Liu Bei himself took his family and the family members of the important civil and military generals under his command, and watched us dance around the fire with very strange postures and very strange dances, as if we didn't have our own consciousness in our hands and feet.

Liu Bei set up a running water mat outside the small courtyard of the State Shepherd's Mansion. Tonight it is a system of sharing meals. A small table can seat more than ten people.

(End of this chapter)