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Text Chapter 704 Shangyuan Lantern Festival (Part 1)

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    Early in the morning of the Lantern Festival, many families hang up red lanterns high in front of their homes. Rich families hire skilled craftsmen to make them. Those with beautiful pictures will make them exquisite.  Lanterns, such as rabbit lanterns, lady lanterns, walking horses, etc.; if you want to have a grand picture, you will buy a few big lanterns. You don¡¯t have to look good, as long as they are big, this big one will overwhelm many other people¡¯s homes.  You can see it from a distance, it's the kind that stands out from the crowd.  At this time, there were no regulations that stipulated that the size of lanterns in common people's homes should not exceed a certain size, so they all tried to make them larger. Your home's is five feet square, while mine must be at least six feet. In some homes, the lanterns are really too big.  It couldn't be hung anymore, so he simply set up a stage at the door and put the lantern on it, which gave it a little bit of the momentum of a float. When Wang Kuang got up at three in the morning and went out for a walk, he almost doubted that he was back.  later generations.

    People who don¡¯t have money don¡¯t have to pay their own money. Chang¡¯an and Wannian counties have already hired craftsmen to make many simple lanterns about one foot in size and hang them up in every house, which can be regarded as adding a bit of happiness to their homes.  When delivering the lanterns, Chief Li Zheng did not forget to say: "Try to make your own lanterns next year. The county magistrate has said that if you have any difficulties, just raise them. When we are all together, we will see if we can approach the court."  , ask Marquis Jian'an to help think of a solution, this opportunity is rare, but don't dare to mention it because you are afraid of being laughed at." Then when he saw there were children, he handed each of them a piece of amber candy: "This is a gift from the palace.  Those who come down, eat sweets during the Chinese New Year, it will be sweet for the whole year.¡±

    Being an official has its advantages, at least other than that, the supply of amber sugar is unlimited, so they will not be greedy. Compared with the salary that is about to be increased four times, it is natural that they will not be greedy.  Salaries are better. No one is stupid. When salaries are mentioned, the intensity of supervision on them will definitely increase.  With high salaries, people who want to be officials still don¡¯t rush to do so?  When we pulled it out today, a bunch of people were immediately watching us, but they didn't pull it out.  There are also many people staring at you, just waiting for you to make mistakes and fall into trouble. The people in the Yushitai are not vegetarians. The Tang Dynasty is no better than the former Sui Dynasty. In the former Sui Dynasty, the people in the Yushitai were too busy.  ,What now.  They are so idle that they always want to find something to do.

    The children cheered for a while when they got the amber candy, and ran triumphantly to show off to their friends who hadn't gotten the candy yet. The adults thanked them profusely and said, "It's us who have held everyone back."  "Things like this, or maybe he didn't say a word for a long time, and when he turned around and went back to the house, he called the whole family together to discuss it.

    Starting at noon.  The yamen servants and scribes of each yamen were all busy. Except for Honglu Temple, Chang'an Prefecture yamen and Chang'an Wannian County yamen, which were outside the imperial city, they did not need to build other platforms or sheds.  All you need to do is remove the door panel of the Yamen, open the Yamen wide, pull the rope to the tree in front of the Yamen, and wait for nightfall to hang up the lantern with the mystery. The amber candy as the prize is also  They were all placed in the back hall, waiting to be moved out at night. In addition to the amber candies stipulated by the court, each yamen also prepared its own prizes.

    As for the other yamen, it will be much harder. They must choose a place on Zhuque Street early to occupy a good position.  Things also had to be moved onto the street, and someone had to keep an eye on them. Some arrived late and there was no suitable place to tie the ropes, so they had to make temporary stakes and then pull on the ropes.  This Shangyuan period was lively because the imperial court took the lead.  Many discerning merchants rushed to join in the fun. Among so many merchants, Jianlin, Fulai and Shanwaishan are the most eye-catching, because without exception, their prizes are all of the same piece.  There is a wooden sign engraved with their signature dish. With this wooden sign, you can eat this signature dish cooked by the chefs of these three restaurants for free. This is no better than those who spend money to buy it, and those who spend money,  Unless you are a distinguished guest, the chef will not cook this dish. It is all made by the masters who hold the spoons. There is not much difference in taste, but in the mouths of gourmets, you can still taste the difference.

    Therefore, when these three companies all announced that the prizes were signature dishes cooked by the chefs, many gourmets were waiting in front of the tables of these three companies early. Some even said that they were willing to use the dishes as the prizes.  Five times the price of the dish comes to collect the wooden sign.  These three families do not prohibit private trading of wooden signs, because those who are willing to pay big prices to buy them are all picky people. They think it is worth it, but ordinary people can afford it, but the dish in their mouths is just like ordinary people.  There's no difference.  This means that if the pursuit is different, the value will also be different.

    The entire Shangyuan Lantern Festival is divided into two places, one is Zhuque Street, and the other is Furong Garden. Furong Garden has always been a place where young men and young ladies often go. This lantern festival is also to take care of young men and young ladies.  , being able to meet people you like in Furong Garden without being disturbed by others. In that environment where everyone is a boy or girl, either a frown, a smile, or "accidentally"  Stepping on someone's foot is a kind of understanding and an expression.

    In Furong GardenThe people who set up the stage were basically those electrical shops that sell rouge and gouache. They not only hung lantern riddles, but also moved their own goods over, preparing to make a lot of money. They also knew how to choose business opportunities. If there was that young man and young lady accompanying them,  Here, the young lady likes something, why should the young man rush to buy it?  Or maybe a young lady fell in love with something, but forgot to bring money for a moment. Didn¡¯t this create an opportunity for the young men to get close to the young lady?

    Almost every family¡¯s lunch is in a hurry and they have to eat something to cope with the problem. They have to hurry up, prepare dinner early, finish it early, and go out to the streets early.  It seems that this Lantern Festival is somewhat similar to New Year's Eve. They are all rushing to have dinner early and who can go out on the streets first. The difference is that on New Year's Eve, many people are rushing out.  When collecting debts, they are worried that they will be late. The little money the debtors have will be collected by other creditors, and they will have to wait for another year. On the Lantern Festival, what they want to grab time is to rush ahead of others.  Grab the easy lamp fan, and don't let the amber candy fly away like that.

    The craftsmen who were still busy in Yong'an Palace finally delayed their work for another hour in the afternoon under the force of Qian Niuwei, and then they packed up and went home. They didn't have to worry about not having food. At noon,  The chefs from Changsun's family at the construction site, as well as many chefs from Xianggong's family who were also sent here after hearing the news, specially cooked twice as much food. After the craftsmen finished one portion, they could take it home for everyone in the family.  One serving, just heat it up at night.  But it was much less troublesome, and it also strengthened the determination of these craftsmen to come earlier the next day and make up for the one hour of work they missed today, which the big bosses did not expect.

    However, this incident, along with the scene of building the city wall in Jian'an that year, was recorded in detail, and was eventually made into a booklet for training officials. Every newly appointed official will receive such a booklet.  , let them learn how to grasp and guide the people's hearts.  But that¡¯s a story for another day.

    The sun has finally sunk below the expectations of millions of people in Chang'an. Before it gets completely dark, many people can't wait to go out. According to the practice in previous years, Mingdemen is usually the starting point and the end point is  As far as the cross street in front of the Zhuque Gate of the Imperial City, the difficulty of the lantern riddles becomes more difficult the closer you get to the imperial palace. After all, in the past, saints would sit on the walls of the imperial city to watch the annual lantern festival. The closer you get, the more difficult it becomes.  , the more likely it is to catch a glimpse of the saint's dragon face, but not everyone is qualified to get close. Starting from the entrance of Chongyefang and Jingshanfang in the middle, if you want to go one step further north, you must first break through the front door.  At least two puzzles are required in the middle of the journey, and then every other square, at least one puzzle from the previous square must be solved, and so on, the further down, the harder it becomes.

    But not all the later ones are difficult. Sometimes the saint will temporarily increase or decrease the difficulty of the later ones according to the number of people who can solve the problem. If only three or two people meet the requirements, they will put on some less difficult ones, or even  It is like giving free puzzles to people who have already passed half of the level to guess. If there are too many people who have passed the level, the puzzles that have been posted and do not seem to be very difficult will be removed.

    All of this is for one goal, which is to protect the safety of the saint and at the same time avoid chaos caused by too many people crowding to see the dragon's face.

    Therefore, almost everyone rushes to Mingde Gate as soon as they go out. They know that the riddles at the city gate are the simplest, such as what is the word "Ô»" plus a stroke?  Zhuque Street is fifty feet wide, and each doorway of Mingde Gate is nearly three feet wide and ten feet deep. There are five doorways. It is only slightly crowded to accommodate ten thousand people at the same time. However, people in Chang'an City live far away from Mingde.  There are gates near and far. Horseback riding is not allowed in Shangyuan Festival City. Those who live far away will have to walk for at least half an hour. Therefore, when the city gate official sees people coming, more and more people come.  When there was a strong trend, I immediately hung up the lantern riddles in advance, which quickly diverted many people to the north, and there was no overcrowding.

    Latecomers saw on the road that many people were already heading north one after another. They were all annoyed that they had to rush so slowly, but ended up being a step too late. At the same time, they were pleasantly surprised to find that although there were many lantern riddles that had been solved,  , but a new lantern riddle was immediately hung up in the vacant space, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was no delay. When I asked closer, I realized that this year is no better than previous years. This year, until the Lantern Festival,  In the last two hours or so, the City Gate Cave must ensure that at least half of the lanterns still have lantern riddles hanging on them, which means that new ones will be added at any time if they are solved at any time.

    The hardest part is of course the soldiers patrolling the streets. They can't go to a party, and they have to keep their eyes open in the crowd to prevent young people from taking advantage of the girls, and also to prevent so many people.  They stretched their hands into other people's money bags and bags, but their hard work would not be in vain. This year in the Yuan Dynasty, the court made an exception and gave them a month's salary. For this extraSalary, no matter how hard it is, they feel it is worth it.

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