Chapter 484 Mazu Returns to Her Parents' Home (1/2)

Stinky Feet had a very bad relationship with his family. In the end, the only people who were willing to come to see him off were his parents and one brother.

Due to the incident of Mazu's security inspection, I was afraid of causing conflict and impact, so I could only place his body in the coffin first, and could not be buried in the funeral for the time being.

It can only be postponed until after the Lantern Festival, and almost everyone in the village hates smelly feet. His family does not intend to do nothing in vain, but to keep everything simple.

Death is like a light going out, and the story of Stinky Feet leaving was quickly forgotten by the villagers amidst the sound of firecrackers.

However, he did not leave nothing behind. The biggest contribution of Stinky Feet was that he made the entire Xiasha Village understand a truth.

That is, if you are bitten by a dog or cat, you must get a "dog shot".

In the past two days, many villagers came to Zhang Defa's health station and said they had been bitten by dogs before and wanted to get dog shots.

"You have been bitten by a dog for half a year. The dog that bit you is not dead, so you should be fine."

"The one that bit me was killed and eaten by me a long time ago. That doctor Chen said that dog injections are effective as long as they don't get sick."

Zhang Defa had quite a headache. To be honest, he really didn't like Dr. Chen. He came to their village to show off his authority, patted his butt and left, but it brought him a lot of trouble.

How could his health station have such a dog needle? This thing needs to be kept refrigerated, and you have to apply to your superiors.

"I don't have it here. If you want to get it, you can go to the health center in town to apply. But it requires at least five injections, and the price is not cheap."

When Zhang Defa told the approximate price of dog injections, many villagers who clamored for dog injections finally chose to give up after weighing it.

After Zhang Defa closed the door of the health station, he carried his bag and took a boat to the school.

Zhang Defa always felt that he was very powerful and knew more than his classmates, but since he came into contact with Xiao Rong and Dr. Chen.

He found that he often listened to the scriptures there and could not get a word in at all. Sometimes, he even had an illusion.

These two people are very likely to be better than his teacher, which makes him quite helpless. No wonder Xiaorong said that if you want to study medicine, it is best to study in the best school.

study hard!

During this time, the entire island was filled with an indescribable atmosphere. Everyone was excited and excited, and there were sounds of gongs and drums everywhere.

Because Dandan Island is about to usher in a grand event that has not been held in more than ten years, that is, Mazu’s security patrol.

Even Dandan Island Primary School postponed the start of school for several days to allow students to participate in this event.

The closer to the day of security patrol, the busier Li Duoyu, the boss, became, almost busy at the Tianhou Temple from morning to night.

Because he is a tool used to throw the Holy Grail, even now, Li Duoyu is kneeling on the futon, holding the Holy Grail in his hand and asking Mazu for instructions: What time will it be more appropriate to go to the ancestral temple tomorrow to pay homage to the ancestors and offer incense?

I tossed the Holy Grail many times.

Li Duoyu finally asked about the exact travel time.

At 5:30 tomorrow morning, we will officially set off from Thean Hou Temple on Tam Tam Island.

Since the Chinese New Year, Thean Hou Temple has begun to accept donations. Compared to building schools, the villagers of Dandan Island seem to prefer spending money on this aspect.

Li Duoyu alone donated 5,000 yuan in the name of the company, and other relatives in their family, including the uncle, third uncle, and eldest cousin, also donated 5,000 yuan in total.

From the start of donations to now, in less than ten days, Thean Hou Temple has received more than 30,000 donations from believers.

There is a team at Tianhou Palace that specializes in managing money. After they got the money, they immediately paid back all the money advanced by Li Duoyu.

Every expenditure in the entire Thean Hou Temple is recorded and publicized. Even a pair of candles must be recorded.

Some people may try to embezzle other money in the village, but no one dares to take advantage of the money from Thean Hou Palace.

As for leaders like Li Duoyu, not only would they not be greedy for the money, but they would often give it away.

When Li Duoyu bought some small things for Tianhou Palace, he was too lazy to ask the supply and marketing cooperative to issue a receipt.

After asking about the Holy Grail, Li Duoyu ran back home on the spot and fell asleep directly after learning that he had nothing to do.

Unexpectedly, his mother-in-law Chen Huiying had been at his house early and came to supervise him and told him not to eat meat or drink alcohol.

Almost at the same time, Lao Mao, who was in charge of broadcasting in the village, used the village’s loudspeaker to broadcast:

[Dear villagers, hello everyone, we are now announcing an important event. Our island’s Thean Hou Temple is going to the ancestral temple to pay homage to our ancestors tomorrow. Villagers who are going will gather at Thean Hou Temple at four o’clock tomorrow to carry lanterns, flags, and sedan chairs.

Also, Mazu is a vegetarian. When paying homage to her ancestors tomorrow, everyone should not eat meat dishes, meat oil, or drink alcohol. In the early morning of tomorrow, everyone can have breakfast at Thean Hou Temple. 】

[Also, except for the villagers who want to pay homage to their ancestors, the villagers on this island should try their best not to go fishing in the past two days. The shrimps, soldiers and crabs will be our good brothers]

The thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Li Duoyu, with a pair of panda eyes, gathered at Thean Hou Temple early, where many people were having breakfast.

This time, there were about 60 people going to the ancestral temple on Meizhou Island to pay homage to their ancestors, and 30 people each from Xiasha Village and Chenjia Village. The formation was quite large.

In addition to adults, many children also come to Thean Hou Temple to have breakfast. If the smelly feet are still there, they will definitely come here to have breakfast.

Li Haoran came to have breakfast early: "Uncle, are you on patrol today? Then should I go back and get the flag?"

"not yet."

Li Duoyu shook his head and said, "Today is not Mazu's tour, but we are going to the ancestral temple of Meizhou Island to pay homage to our ancestors and burn incense."

"What is paying homage to our ancestors and burning incense?"

"This"

"Go ask your father or your grandfather, they know more than me."

Li Duoyu really doesn't understand many of the rules and customs of the tour.

It was only recently that he heard from the older generation that the Mazu on Dandan Island is just a split spirit of the golden statue of Mazu on Meizhou Island.

Split spirit refers to the construction of a new temple in a place, or when believers want to worship a certain god in their own homes.

You can go to a large temple with a long history and miraculous miracles to seek the spiritual power of the god. After a special ceremony, the newly sculpted statue is regarded as the incarnation of the god in the ancestral temple.

The incarnation has the same spiritual power, but every once in a while, you have to return to the ancestral temple to burn incense and cut fire, so as to maintain the spiritual power.

The Mazu of the Tianhou Temple on Dandan Island was separated from the ancestral temple on Meizhou Island more than 200 years ago. According to the original custom, she had already gone back to burn incense and cut fire again.

Because of those ten years, the ancestral worship and incense worship were forced to be interrupted. It has been almost 20 years since I went to the ancestral temple.

At about five o'clock, all the villagers who wanted to worship their ancestors had finished breakfast and had begun to line up.

Their team is called the incense ceremony team, and their main responsibility is to escort the Mazu statue to the Meizhou ancestral temple for incense worship.

Walking in the front is Li Duoyu, who is wearing a yellow silk ribbon with [Incense worship at the Tianhou Temple on Dandan Island] embroidered on one side and [The Holy Mother of Heaven keeps peace] on the other side.

In his hand is an old, smoked incense burner that is said to have a history of more than 200 years. Chen Huotan and Chen Yuanshan, the two deputy heads, followed behind him, wearing yellow silk ribbons like him.

Further back, there are the fisherwomen holding red lanterns, who are also the most eye-catching group of people in this pilgrimage procession.

There are 36 lantern-carrying women, including Shuihua and Lin Shanshan, who are married and have children, and there are more young girls who are not married yet.

They all wear the same Mazu costume, which can be summarized in one sentence: "Sailboat head, sea skirt, red and black pants for safety."

Today, these lantern-carrying women have simple makeup, and their lips have been bitten with red paper. They are all dressed up very beautifully.

The reason why many young men can wake up so early is to see these lantern-carrying women, and many people are still there to comment on them.

"I think Chen Xiaoyan from the old Chen family is the most beautiful. She is just 18 this year and can get married in two years."

"Teacher Lin is also very beautiful."

Zhao Dahai said disdainfully: "Teacher Lin, how can you be beautiful? You are too thin. Your body is full of bones. Women should be fatter."

When Zhao Dahai said this, Shitou happened to hear it and directly retorted on the spot: "You are worthy of being a slut. I like the plump ones like widow Chen."

Zhao Dahai was not to be outdone: "Shitou, you haven't even started eating meat yet, so you won't understand. When you hit your bones, you will know the pain."

An old fisherman also agreed with Zhao Dahai's point of view: "Yes, Dahai is right. Being too thin is really not good."

Li Haoran on the side didn't understand what they were talking about at all. He sighed: "Why are you arguing? That's because my aunt didn't get on. Otherwise, she would definitely be the most beautiful."

Speaking of Zhou Xiaoying, many men at the scene couldn't help but sigh. Looking at Li Duoyu at the front of the team, everyone couldn't help but resent.

Zhou Xiaoying can be said to be unique in Dandan Island. She is fair-skinned and has a good figure. She is neither thin nor fat, and has a great temperament. Unfortunately, she has long been regarded as a child bride by Old Li.

A villager couldn't help but say: "Damn it, why do I feel that the good luck of our village is concentrated on Li Duoyu alone."

Zhao Dahai nodded and said: "That seems to be true."

An old man saw them chatting there and suddenly said seriously: "Don't talk nonsense on such a big day. Mazu will take it seriously. Maybe she will directly move all your luck to Director Li."

After hearing this, the group of people hurriedly worshipped the statue of Mazu and began to admit their mistakes.

The team behind the lantern girl was more than a dozen people carrying flags, and in the middle of the team was the one carrying the sedan chair.

Finally, there were the believers carrying the sedan chair. The sedan chair was sat on the solemn statue of Mazu, and there were believers holding sun and moon umbrellas on both sides, and a believer holding a treasure umbrella behind him.

The only deity to worship at the ancestral temple this time is Mazu, and other deities are not needed.

Many Tianhou Temples have two statues of Mazu, one smaller and one larger.

The smaller one was brought from the ancestral temple more than 200 years ago, and its entire body is carved from wood.

This statue of Mazu is generally called the soft-bodied Mazu by the locals. This statue of Mazu is used for patrols or business trips, big or small.

For example, if you want to worship at the ancestral temple this time, you must go with the soft-bodied Mazu, and some villagers also call it the business trip Mazu.

The other statue is a hard-bodied statue, which cannot be moved, and is also called the Mazu who guards the palace. Once the soft-bodied Mazu is on a business trip.

With the hard-bodied statue, there will be no Mazu to worship at the Tianhou Temple when Mazu is on a business trip.

At 5:30 on time, with the sound of firecrackers from the Tianhou Temple,

The temple keeper shouted at the top of his voice:

"The auspicious time has arrived, the incense offering ceremony team is about to set off."

The lanterns held by the fisherwoman were all lit up, and Li Duoyu, holding the incense burner, walked slowly in front.

The pilgrimage team slowly walked towards the pier, and along the way, villagers continued to kneel down and worship the statue of Mazu.

At the pier, a large number of villagers gathered, some from Xiasha Village and some from Chenjia Village.

But no one blocked the way, but consciously made way.

This time to Meizhou Island, Dandan Island prepared a total of four boats, including Li Duoyu's fishing boat, which was used as a signboard and was responsible for transporting the Mazu statue.

There were also Li Niantian and Li Zhengfa's tugboats, and the passenger ship that traveled between the island and Qingkou Wharf.

The boat was surrounded by flags, and it looked like an ancient warship.

After all the members of the pilgrimage team boarded the fishing boat, the sound of firecrackers exploded at the pier.

It was at this time that brilliant red lights appeared in the eastern sky.

The old fisherman couldn't help but sigh: "The time is just right, he really knows how to calculate time."

The four fishing boats also headed towards Meizhou Island, and the fishermen on the island who had boats also drove their own fishing boats and followed behind the four boats, following them for about ten minutes.

The fishing boats stopped following, and everyone watched the four boats leave, and then all returned to the island.

It takes about two hours to sail from Dandan Island to Meizhou Island.

However, you can't go to pay homage to your ancestors just because you want to. These things must be discussed with the Meizhou Island Ancestral Temple in advance.

Li Duoyu has been busy recently, and these things are all done by Chen Huotan and Chen Yuanshan.

In the next itinerary, Li Duoyu was even more confused. It turned out that they didn't go directly to the Meizhou Island Ancestral Temple.

But they first came to the Xianliang Port Tianhou Ancestral Temple. According to Chen Huotan, this also involves the dispute between Xianliang Port and Meizhou Island about the birthplace of Mazu.

They have been arguing for many years, but for those who come here to worship, it doesn't matter where Mazu's birthplace is.

If you two are arguing, then just worship both of you.

In ancient times, Xianliang Port was the only wharf leading to Meizhou Island. Pilgrims from all over the country must first hold a ceremony to pay homage to their ancestors in the Tianhou Ancestral Temple in Xianliang Port, and then take a boat to the Meizhou Mazu Ancestral Temple to pray for incense.

Dandan Island still respects the ancient customs. The Mazu of Dandan Island first stays at the Tianhou Ancestral Temple in Xianliang Port for one night.

The next day, at dawn.

Then cross the sea from the Xianliang Port wharf to the Meizhou Ancestral Temple to pray for incense, and the whole ceremony will take two days at the fastest.

What Li Duoyu didn't expect was that when they were holding the ceremony, there were many people in suits holding cameras and filming everywhere.

Listen to the accent, it doesn't seem like a local, speaking Minnan dialect, but not speaking Minnan dialect, giving people a more coquettish feeling.

(I looked up a lot of information for this chapter, which led to a late update. There are too many customs about Mazu. If there are any differences, please follow yours.) (End of this chapter)