Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2203 Flower War (one hundred and eleven)

The Tiankuang Festival is a very grand festival in Huai'an. After the Tang monks returned from studying the scriptures, they repented when they were crossed by the turtles, their master and apprentice crossed the sea, and the scriptures fell into the water and were soaked, so this day also became the day for sunbathing. . This storyline only appears in "Journey to the West", even though it is said that the custom of drying books on the Tiankuang Festival has existed since the Tang Dynasty. In addition, on this day, it is necessary to "dry red and green", that is, each family will take out their own clothes. It is said that this custom is related to Qianlong. When he was on a parade in Yangzhou, it happened to be a heavy rain, and he got his coat wet, and it was not easy to borrow the clothes of the common people. .

   There are also customs such as women returning to their parents’ homes, people and animals taking baths, and paper-cutters hanging a human figure called “Sao Qing Niang”. Every June and July is the rainy season in Jiangnan, and rainy days are often encountered. Sao Qingniang will drive away the dark clouds, and the paper figurine will put on red clothes and green trousers.

Changganli is an ancient place name in Nanjing. "Changganxing" written by Li Bai tells the love story of an ordinary businessman and couple living in this city. "Bamboo horse" refers to the boy, "Qingmei" refers to Young girl, green plum wine has a long history, but "green plum wine" has nothing to do with love, but is cooked when discussing "the world" in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

   The green plums that were picked at the beginning of June were still very sour, but it was the time when its aroma was at its strongest. When Nick came to the kitchen, he saw Wan Ning instructing the servants, digging well water and rubbing the green plums with salt.

  Everyone was so busy with it that they seemed to have forgotten to make lunch, and Nick helped along too. The wine used to make green plum wine is best to choose a light-flavored or rice-flavored white wine, but the Jiangsu area prefers to use rice wine for soaking. Nick and another servant poured a large jar of Shaoxing yellow wine from a dusty wine jar. When it came out, the amber-colored liquid exuded a strong aroma of wine, coupled with the sweet and sour smell of green plums, it smelled refreshing and pleasant.

  There are many varieties of yellow rice wine, such as Huadiao and Erhong. Just now Nick and the others poured Erhong. Legend has it that as long as the family has a daughter, the father will dig a few holes in the backyard when she is born, put a jar of freshly brewed rice wine in it, and then dig it out as a dowry on the day she gets married. The longer the rice wine is stored, the better. If the daughter is married at the age of 18, then the wine will be buried in the ground for 18 years, and it will emit a very charming fragrance on the opening day.

  Although Nick and the others poured Daughter Red just now, it is not the dowry of any lady. The winery will also brew some “Daughter Red” for sale.

  After pouring the wine, seal the jar, and put it in a cool place. After a few months, you can enjoy the green plum wine. Everyone seems to have completed a project, with smiles on their faces.

   At this time, the chef brought out the lunch. It was a home-cooked dish called "live fish pot stickers". It was not as delicate as Huaiyang cuisine, but it was equally delicious. After eating, Wanning and Nick went to the hall where they usually stayed to continue their studies.

Many women of this era have to study "Biography of Women". One of the volumes was written by a woman named Ban Zhao in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The stories told in the book are similar. Some praise the heroine for being diligent and studious, neglecting to dress up, and Or praise the woman for taking care of her parents, quietly, as Wan Ning said, like a shadow.

  Wanning had no interest in that book, or she liked Wang Zhenyi more than Ban Zhao, a Qing Dynasty female astronomer known as "after Ban Zhao, only one person", but unfortunately she passed away very early.

Not long after the servants brought bamboo curtains and candles, the hall was separated from top to bottom by bamboo mats. There was a table on the east side of the hall with two candles on it, and another table on the west side. But there was no candle light there, so it looked very dim. Through the bamboo mat, Miss Wanning could see Nick's outline, but he couldn't see her clearly in the dark.

  Nick felt that such a move was rude, and when he was about to protest, he saw Cao Xi at the door, and he was looking at Nick angrily.

   So Nick left the Governor's Palace and wandered in the streets full of colorful clothes that looked like Venice.

  Nick did not go to Imam. Every time he went to find him, it was almost always related to Yin Yin, which would destroy his rare good mood, even though he had just met Cao Xi.

   Generally speaking, what kind of mounts do immortals ride on, Li Bai's name is "Exile Immortal", his mount is also extraordinary, it is a whale, so he is also called "sea whale rider".

A whale is a very large mammal. Except for the "sea monster", it is rare to see a larger creature in the ocean. The "Kun" in Shanhaijing is even larger than it and can change. into a bird called "Peng".

  Li Bai has a poem: Dapeng rises with the same wind in one day, and soars up to 90,000 miles.

   This is a different kind of legend from whale hunters, who have always dreamed of catching a beluga whale.

  He looked up at the stars in the sky, and waited for a drum before returning to the Guandi Temple. At this time, Zhuren had already returned, and he was reading a book while drinking Nurse Hong by candlelight.

The    memorial has been handed in. In addition to recruiting the pirates, the admiral also added his own advice to arm those islands that can provide fresh water. As long as there is no fresh water replenishment, the pirates will not be able to last long.

  Emperor Qianlong's image of the inherent drought in the northwest caused Gansu to donate prisoners and fraudulent relief cases, and also indirectly affected Juren's imperial examination career.

   Who would have thought that the drought in Gansu would be good, but Fujian had a drought and really needed disaster relief.

   "Have you eaten yet?" He asked Nick. Nick didn't know if it was a question or just a greeting.

   "Come and chat with me." Juren said.

  Nick walked in, so drinking in the Guandi Temple was not considered a violation of the precepts. Not eating meat and drinking alcohol was a precept that only monks had to abide by.

In fact, since the forty-five years of Qianlong, Hongli began to be frugal. After the end of the New Year's Day celebration ceremony in previous years, the emperor would hold a banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, with one hundred sheep and one hundred bottles of wine. Forty-five years of Qianlong There were 19 fewer tables for the banquet, 18 fewer sheep, and 18 bottles of wine.

  There are also fewer banquet tables on the Shangyuan Festival. In the past, a few more tables were arranged to avoid sudden arrival of guests. Later, it was found that many princes did not go to the banquet for no reason, wasting a lot of good dishes.

The banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony was completely unsatisfactory, and it was all going through the motions. After the emperor ascended the throne, he had to draw the "clean whip" three times, and then three times of worship and nine kowtows, and tea and meals. After the banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the emperor would also Going to a family banquet, this ceremony is accompanied by the empress and concubines, which is also a transition.

   Emperor Qianlong had two empresses. The first one had a very good relationship. The second one originally accompanied Qianlong on his southern tour for thirty years. When he arrived in Hangzhou for some reason, he was suddenly ordered to return to the palace halfway through, and died the following year.

   She was buried according to the concubine's specifications, and when she died, Qianlong was hunting in the Mulan paddock, and he didn't go back at all. Instead, he sent a prince back to treat the funeral. It is precisely because of this that there are scholars who submit a letter to the second queen's funeral system that is not compliant. After her death, the family banquet was hosted by Concubine Ling.

   "A transition is a transition, don't take it too seriously, but the courtesy is not expensive." Juren has something to say.

  Nick drank the glass of wine that was poured for him, and took away all the daughter Hong left on the table.

   He wants to have a drink with Cao Xi, if Cao Xi doesn't go out tonight.

   (end of this chapter)