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Chapter 538: The Origin of 'Year'


The gambling game is over, and the original hanging heart is finally put down, but after the end of the gambling game, Tang Dashao not only did not leisurely, but became more busy for only one reason, that is, to celebrate the New Year, in fact, many people do not know why the New Year, the word year, and how did the "New Year" originated from the ancestor worship activities at the beginning and end of the year in the Yin Shang period of our country, the initial date was not fixed, the Qin Dynasty had previously stipulated the first day of December, November, and October "New Year", until Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the "Taichu calendar" It was officially determined on the first day of the first lunar month.From the Yin Shang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, "New Year" has many names such as "Yuanchen", "Sui Dynasty", "Yuan Ri", "New Year's Day" and so on.And there is a myth and legend that there was a four-horned and four-legged evil beast Xi in ancient times.Due to the shortage of food due to the heavy snow cover in winter, he often went to the nearby villages to find food, because of his large body, short temper, and fierce abnormality, which brought great disasters to the villagers.At the end of each month, people tidy up their clothes to help the old and the young, and go to the nearby bamboo forest to take refuge.A kind old woman woke up the child, and asked the child to go up the mountain to avoid the evil beast, and the clever child told everyone: cut more bamboos and take them with you, and the whole village can go home tonight and hang a red cloth outside the door of your house, and it will be fine, and the night will not come again after dawn tomorrow.The villagers listened to the child's words with disbelief, and the old man of the village took them back to their homes and soon it was night, and the villagers were afraid that no one would dare to sleep because they were afraid that the "evening" would come, so they came to the open space in the middle of the village to guard some broken bamboo knots brought back from the bamboo forest.The weather is cold, everyone lit a fire to keep warm, hungry to take some food out of midnight, Xi really came, a loud roar, it scared people trembling, and then the child said that the broken bamboo was thrown into the fire, making a crackling explosion, this sound will scare the child to see the stiffness of the night, calling on a blind date to throw the bamboo into the fire, Xi took the opportunity to use the horn to push the child up, the villagers responded to the child's call, threw the year bamboo to the vitality, and suddenly all kinds of explosion sounds appeared "Xi" heard the sound of the U-turn rat scurry, Soon left the village, did not damage the things in the village, but unfortunately the child, but failed to survive, and finally died, and the child's name is Nian, because "Xi" did not die, so every year on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, everyone guards the broken bamboo festival and waits, hoping to get rid of the "Xi" as soon as possible.But a year has passed, no one has seen the "Xi" again, some are just the firecrackers and the red cloth hanging in front of the door to prevent the arrival of the "Xi", but it has left us this legend and the customs of the New Year.And the year is remembered, the thirtieth month of the year is called the New Year, also called Chinese New Year's Eve.The New Year is naturally to commemorate that child, Chinese New Year's Eve, is to get rid of the monster Eve is approaching the New Year, the family is busy, because there are many things, to prepare New Year's goods, to prepare the Spring Festival in many places There are many rules and customs, such as scraping the ashes at the bottom of the pot before the year, also called burning the bottom of the pot to clean the house, cleaning the cobwebs in the corner of the wall, called sweeping the house.Before the New Year, a lot of steamed buns should be steamed in advance, and when the first pot is out of the pot, it is necessary to set off the cannon, and the first steamed bun out of the pot cannot be eaten, and it is necessary to sacrifice to the sky.Years ago, to fry croquettes, to marinate meat, to cook a lot of dishes in advance, especially when croquettes, but also particularly taboo, there are many things that can not be said casually, such as this less oil, how long to fry, when can be eaten, etc. are not allowed to say as if, croquettes are a very sacred thing, to treat the Chinese New Year's Eve at noon at noon with a humble attitude, and if it is meat filling, before the dumplings to be released thirty nights to eat reunion dinner, douan oil bun, symbolizing reunion, And no matter how much is left of this meal, it must be thrown away, symbolizing that there is more than enough every year.When the door is closed at night, it is called a cannon cannon, and after the family is gone, the family will not go out of the gate, and when the door is opened the next morning, it will also be fired, which is called an opener.After the cannon is fired, the family sits together to watch the Spring Festival Gala, and in some places there is a custom of keeping the New Year.On the first day of the new year, starting at zero o'clock, in order to welcome the New Year, I also want to eat dumplings, but it is stuffed with leeks and eggs, and there are rules for making dumplings this time, and there are still some leftover dumpling skins, cut into noodles, and it is also called money, although that thing doesn't look like money when eating, everyone has to get one or two in the bowl, how much to eat when the dumplings, it is also necessary to set off the cannon, this time the cannon, is to welcome the New Year, some people will choose to get up early in the morning, some people will choose to get up early at four o'clock, and the dumplings.If there are elders in the family, you also need to take out a bowl separately, and give it to the elders to taste the morning of the first day of the new year, after eating dumplings, the old people sit at home, holding melon seeds, peanuts, candy, red envelopes, put them on a plate, waiting for the younger generations to come to pay New Year's greetings, and the young people are walking together in groups, even though there are many rules in the past, but the New Year is still loved by many people, but there are more and more people who say that there is no New Year's flavor now, and they can't experience the atmosphere of the New Year in Haishi.

The atmosphere of the New Year is actually like what many people say, it is not very strong, but the Tang family is very lively, because Tang's mother Ye Ling is a very old-fashioned person, many of the rules of the New Year are actually slowly being forgotten, and the Tang family still adheres to some sacred rules such as "Tang Fei, shut up, go, don't affect my croquettes" In the kitchen room, a woman's scolding came Tang Dashao walked out of the kitchen with a dejected face, looking at Tang Xiaoxiao who was laughing on the side, quite depressed Just now, His mother Ye Ling was scumbing his favorite steamed balls, he wanted to sneak in, taste them first, but he was found to be steamed balls, soaked in water with steamed buns, added batter and materials to stir, and then fried out of the meatballs, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, if you put some shrimp skin inside, the taste is better, the disadvantage is that it is not suitable to store, you can't eat too much at one time, and it will be easy to spoil it after a few days" Xiaoxiao, don't you want to eat meatballs" Tang Dashao rolled his eyes and looked at Tang Xiaoxiao and smiled."

Eat, of course I want to eat, but you have to wait for my mother to do it, you don't want to eat it in advance, it's like this every year, every year I am scolded by my mother, why don't you die at all and don't repent" Tang Xiaoxiao sneered, she wouldn't be so stupid and fooled, "Okay, what about your sister and sister Tingting" Tang Dashao smiled and touched her nose This girl, she has been getting smarter and smarter recently, and she is not as good as she was when she was a child.

For her own reasons, she used to celebrate the New Year in Xiangjiang, and wanted to see how the people of Haishi celebrated the New Year, and what was the difference between them As for Tang Ruyan, she was more depressed, her home was so close to here, but there was no reason to stay here and not leave, besides, Tang Lao's personality would not allow her to live in Tang Dashao's house "Upstairs, as if she was getting something." ”Tang Xiao stared at the TV without looking back."

You girl, when you watch TV, you just lie on your stomach like this, be careful to become a hunchback, and besides, you are so close, you are not afraid of myopia" Tang Dashao said."

Myopic girl is in good health now, don't you know that when I take the year-end exam, my sports are the first, and those boys can't outrun me."

Tang Xiaoxiao shook his smooth calves and said nonchalantly Tang Da Shao was speechless when he heard this, your body is good, isn't it the result of your brother combing you day and night, especially what makes Tang Da Shao depressed is that the first place in sports will become short-sighted, Tang Long on the side saw this scene, shook his head, and continued to read the newspaper in his hand Tang Da Shao came to the second floor and pushed open the door of Zheng Yating's room, the strange thing is that there was no one inside, could it be that Tang Da Shao came to the door of Yun Shang and opened the door before he knocked on the door, Two beautiful women who didn't talk like words stood at the door, looking at Tang Dashao in unison, "You, what are you doing" Tang Dashao said curiously, especially curious, when did the relationship between the two of them become so close According to Tang Dashao's previous feelings, didn't Zheng Yating and Tang Ruyan join forces to fight against Yun Shangshang" didn't do anything, just teach Tingting something. ”Yunshang said."

Teach her something," Tang Dashao said curiously."

Internal strength" Yun Shang said."

What do you teach her this" Tang Dashao was a little dizzy, internal strength, is this to pull Yun Shangshang into the ranks of the supernaturals" Why can't you see that the skin of the clothes is so good, so white, so delicate, I am really envious, the clothes can stay young forever, the skin will get better and better, and the temperament will change, so I begged her to teach me" Zheng Yating first glanced at Tang Dashao fiercely, and then said that Tang Dashao couldn't cry or laugh when he heard this, Zheng Yating wanted to practice internal skills, and it was actually for the skin to become better" Okay, practice is practice, but you have to listen to the words of the dress, you can't practice rashly, otherwise you will hurt yourself, I once practiced myself and vomited blood, if it wasn't for the clothes, maybe my life would be gone" Tang Dashao advised."

Ah, it's so dangerous, do you have anything to do now" Zheng Yating was startled, she could still lose her life when she practiced: