Chapter 936 New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve.

Early in the morning, many important officials of Jiang were standing in front of Yuelou, waiting for Mufeng to lead them to start the new year.

This is Da Jiang's first big festival.

Everyone doesn't know it, and they want to know how to live it.

Lihu, Mingguang, Yuli, Baiyue, Hanshu, Dahuyou, Lei Meng, Jiuzhu...

Everyone was waiting for Mu Feng to appear in front of Yuelou.

After Mu Feng washed, he left the Moon Tower and stood in front of the square facing the Moon Tower.

Everyone looked forward to it.

Mu Feng cleared his throat, and said seriously: "Today is the first day of the New Year for me, Da Jiang, and also the first day of the lunar calendar, and today is the last day of the first year of Da Jiang!

Everyone, worship the dragon totem with me! "

Everyone cheered in unison: "Yes!"

Mu Feng looked at Yu Li and said seriously, "High Priest!"

Yu Li nodded, with a solemn expression, walked straight to Mu Feng's side, bowed his head in salute, Mu Feng stretched out his hand to cover his palm, pressed it, then walked down the steps, came in front of everyone, and looked at Yu Li like everyone else.

In the past few days, Mu Feng has made it clear to Yu Li that he, the high priest, presides over many rituals during the Chinese New Year.

Even he, the great chief, would act according to the orders of the high priest.

Yu Li nodded solemnly, turned around and held his stick, and shouted: "According to the Dajiang calendar, today is the last day of the first year of Dajiang, and tomorrow is the first day of the second year of Dajiang. Today we bid farewell to the old and tomorrow we welcome the new!

Everyone, follow me to worship heaven and earth, and thank Zulong! "

"yes!"

Including Mu Feng, everyone responded in unison.

So Yu Li led the people around and walked towards the totem pole.

Yu Li leaned forward.

Wooden Wind is in the middle.

Everyone was behind Mu Feng again.

There is a difference in respect and inferiority, and there is an orderly sequence.

A table has been set up in front of the totem pole, and on the table are cattle heads, pig heads, sheep heads, and some large and small animals such as apples and pears.

Yu Li came to the totem pole and said in a loud voice: "Respect the heaven and earth, the ancestor dragon knows, Da Jiang will practice the New Year calendar today, and celebrate the New Year according to the calendar. The chief of Da Jiang, Jiang Mufeng, and the priest Jiang Yuli, the leader Li Hu, Bai Yue, Lei Meng, Jiang Hanshu, Jiang Mingguang... come to pay homage to heaven and earth, and thank you Zulong!"

After finishing speaking, Yu Li first turned his back to Zulong Xiangnan, knelt down and kowtowed.

Then he got up and kowtowed to the totem pole, then got up and faced Mu Feng, knelt down on one knee, and saluted.

Mu Feng nodded.

Yu Li got up and said in a loud voice: "All the members of the Great Jiang tribe, kneel down facing the south, pay homage to the heaven and the earth, and give me a place to live in Great Jiang!"

Everyone knelt down, saluted according to the order, and shouted: "Thank you heaven and earth!"

Yu Li shouted again: "Er Li knelt down facing the north, thanked Zulong, and gave me the blood of Jiang!"

Everyone did the same again, and the mountain shouted: "Thank you Zulong!"

Finally, Yu Li quickly came to Mu Feng, bowed his head and saluted: "Great Chief, please come forward!"

Mu Feng was slightly taken aback, Yu Li's move was unexpected to him, but seeing Yu Li and everyone's eyes, he suddenly understood something, nodded and followed suit with a smile.

So Mu Feng and Yu Li switched positions, and it became him to face everyone again.

Yu Li shouted loudly: "Sanli knelt down to thank the chief, and let no one dare to bully me!"

Everyone knelt down, saluted Mu Feng, and shouted loudly: "Thank you, Great Chief!"

Mu Feng was astonished, but also relieved.

One day, two ancestor dragons, and three chiefs.

The right time, the right place, and the harmony of people, all three benefits are complete.

Good luck!

He raised his hand to signal, and said in a loud voice: "I, Da Jiang, can be as powerful as I am today, not only because of the protection of the ancestors and dragons of heaven and earth, but also because of my own efforts, but also because of your contributions. So today, Da Jiang and I are celebrating together, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

And I, Da Jiang, will become stronger and stronger in the new year, no one dares to bully me!

Because we have such a vast territory, so many powerful warriors, and so many clansmen who are united as one! "

After finishing speaking, he looked around, clenched a fist with one hand, waved it fiercely, and shouted loudly: "God bless the big prize, the luck will last forever!"

Everyone shouted in unison: "God bless the grand prize, and the fortune will last forever!"

"God bless Jiang, the fortune will last forever!"

After everyone finished shouting, Mu Feng laughed loudly: "After offering sacrifices to the ancestor dragon of heaven and earth, let's start setting off firecrackers now!"

The clansmen who were prepared on the side piled the bamboo among the piles of stones that had been piled up in advance, and put hay on the bottom.

Holding a torch in both hands, one person walked quickly to Mu Feng and offered the torch.

Mu Feng took the torch and threw it on the firewood.

The firewood was quickly ignited.

Mu Feng motioned for everyone to back away.

After a while, the sound of "cracking and peeling" continued to sound, and the sound drummed the eardrums, which was stronger than real firecrackers but not weaker!

The fire was very strong, and the faces of every Dajiang tribe were red.

It is booming.

The children who had nothing to do were all attracted, and stood beside the adults and quietly poked their heads out to look.

After seeing that Mu Feng didn't do anything, each of them became more courageous, and quietly moved towards the fire, clapping their hands and dancing.

Some bold ones even brought small bamboos from the side and threw them into the fire from a long distance away.

The adults hurriedly wanted to stop their children, but they smiled to Mu Feng, "No, it's New Year's Eve, except for the necessary sacrificial etiquette, the children can do everything else, so don't be harsh!"

The children laughed loudly: "Oh, you don't need to be beaten!"

The adults were all joyful: "Thank you, Great Chief!"

Then Mu Feng said: "Let's play, children, let's start eating!"

Everyone laughed and turned around to eat.

Mu Feng ordered all the leaders to go to each "canteen" and follow his orders.

As for him, he brought Yu Li into a cafeteria and sat at a table where meals had already been prepared.

The few people who accompanied the meal waited for Mu Feng without moving their chopsticks.

Mu Feng picked up the wine glass, turned around and walked outside the door, muttering to himself: "The gods of heaven, the emperor of the earth, and the ancestors of Dajiang, bless me, Dajiang, with good weather and prosperity in the coming year. No one dares to bully me. This glass of wine is toast to you!"

As he spoke, he flipped the wine glass in his hand, and the wine spilled to the ground.

Then he turned around and went back into the house, picked up a chopstick dish from a dish, went out again, and changed his words: "The gods of heaven, the emperor, and the ancestors of Dajiang, bless me, Dajiang, in the coming year It's delicious!"

After finishing speaking, he scattered the dishes with the chopsticks on the ground, and turned straight into the cafeteria.

After going back and forth so many times, he sat down and said with a smile: "It's time to eat!"

Only then did the originally solemn people show their faces and laugh: "Oh, it's Chinese New Year, eat delicious food!"

People at other tables around them also started to laugh loudly: "That's great, it's Chinese New Year!"

"Mother, I want to eat that piece of meat!"

"I want scrambled eggs!"

...

After dinner, Mu Feng began to take people to post Spring Festival couplets.

Pasting Spring Festival couplets in China also has its own specialties in various places.

Some were posted the day before New Year’s Eve, and some were posted on New Year’s Eve—even if it was New Year’s Eve, the posts were divided into morning posts and afternoon posts.

Woodwind was selected in the morning.

Posting Spring Festival couplets in the morning has the saying of "removing the old" and "welcoming the new".

Today is the first Chinese New Year for Da Jiang, and there is nothing old to get rid of.

Mufeng led people to take a broom to symbolically clean the city gate and the places on both sides of the earth building that could be pasted with Spring Festival couplets, and then pasted the Spring Festival couplets.

The earliest reading method of Spring Festival couplets is from right to left, so right is up and left is down.

The same is true for horizontal batches.

But later in the "modern age", the reading method from left to right gradually began to appear, which is not wrong, but it is already inconsistent with the tradition.

Wooden Wind respects history, so it chooses the traditional way of thinking.

Of course, the word "Fu" should be pasted under the horizontal batch, such as "three blessings" and "five blessings".

In addition, the five blessings of the main gate and the three blessings of the side gate are also divided into positive posting and reverse posting. They are all common posting methods, and each has its own particularity.

But in any case, Jiufu's ruthless sticking method will not appear.

Of course, paste is needed when pasting couplets.

It is nothing more than kneading noodles with boiling water, and it will be sticky.

Of course, if you really want to have a strong viscosity, you can put it in a pot and heat it again, which is to "cook the paste".

The resulting paste is very sticky.

When pasting the couplets, Mu Feng only pasted the couplets at the city gate and the moon tower as a demonstration, and left the rest to other people to complete.

Unexpectedly, Da Huyou was very enthusiastic about this matter, and he took dozens of young adults and a group of children who watched the fun and started to put up Spring Festival couplets from tulou to tulou.

Some more courageous children even begged for Spring Festival couplets from Da Huyou, and made gestures in front of their own doors.

In this way, it saves a lot of time.

As long as the big flicker leader carries the paste to the door of each house to brush the couplets.

The children laughed from ear to ear, and followed the adults like tails to join in the fun.

Around noon, several clansmen returned from Azure Dragon City, all of them came to explain the situation to Mu Feng.

It is said that Qinglong City also set off firecrackers in the morning and added meals.

As for the other cities, it must be the same.

Just wait for the news sooner or later.

Wooden Wind felt a little regretful.

After all, the means of communication are underdeveloped, and real-time contact cannot be achieved.

Otherwise, several cities will open a video at the same time, contact online, and celebrate the New Year together, which will make the tribe feel the power of Jiang.

Fortunately, all cities have received Mu Feng's order in advance, and they have already started preparing for the New Year.

It is estimated that there are no couplets posted in the cities at the moment, but there should be firecrackers, extra meals, and rest.

The so-called "the end of the world is at this time" is nothing more than this situation.

...

At noon, it was natural to set off firecrackers again.

The children in the tribe became more courageous, knowing that they could join in the fun, and they didn't need adults to hold the bamboo anymore. They rushed to grab the bamboo poles and put them into the big stone trough.

In response to the situation, Mu Feng didn't light the firecrackers himself, but handed over the torch to a little guy with a thick head and a tiger head, who was hiding behind the adults and poking his head, and asked him to light firewood.

The adults were very excited and smiled.

That kid is not afraid of people, he hesitated for a moment, then looked at his lord, and finally looked at Mufeng, took the torch with both hands, nodded in a dignified way, then trotted to the firecracker pile, put the torch inside Throw it away, cover your ears and hurry back

run.

Obviously, he knew that firecrackers were loud.

Everyone laughed.

Mu Feng led the crowd to watch the firecrackers being set off, and then he laughed and said, "Dinner is ready!"

This is how the serious New Year's Eve reunion dinner begins!