sweeping the world

Chapter 920 Proclaiming Emperor

Since arriving in Chang'an, the foreign visitors had a few days to wander around, but behind them were officials from the Honglu Hall, who taught some etiquette, which made Julian very interested in learning the etiquette of the Han Empire.

The Honglu Pavilion did not stop at the post house where the Roman royal family was located, but all foreign visitors were visited by the staff of the Honglu Pavilion.

The Roman royal family and the Sassanian royal family went to the Shaocheng, and the kings who came with their relatives went to the doctor. The lower the level of the foreign visitors, the lower the official position.

The officials of the Honglu Pavilion are there to teach the etiquette of the Han family to the foreign visitors. If they usually teach how to deal with the emperor when they meet the emperor, Julian and other foreign visitors have caught up with the grand ceremony of Liu Yan's proclaiming the emperor. They will be arranged Watching the ceremony naturally requires more procedures.

What kind of etiquette should be followed when meeting someone, what kind of appearance should be there, and even the walking posture and the distance to be walked have strict requirements. After the whole set, there are many foreign visitors who are completely confused. .

"Why didn't Emperor Han arrange for Helena and Helena?" Childe said anxiously, "Could it be that Emperor Han wants to refuse the marriage?"

Childe came to the Han Empire on behalf of Christianity, and so far, let alone an audience with the emperor, he has not even met a single important official of the Han Empire.

Christianity came to the Han Empire with many intentions, including preaching, but they knew that things should not be rushed, and they had to take their time.

Regarding the marriage, Julian had already submitted his credentials, and after accepting it, the Honglu Hall also gave a reply, to the effect that he needed to report to the emperor, and the emperor would inform him in time when he made a decision, and then there was no more.

The situation on the Persian side was similar to that of the Romans. They also submitted the certificate of marriage, and the reply was not only that the text and punctuation marks did not change, but it made the Romans relax.

"Bishop Childe, haven't you received a formal reply to your request to go to Changguang County?" Julian didn't like Childe, not because Childe was fat and had a lot of Christianity. The position of the clergy is linked to their own weight, and even the archbishop is so fat that he needs to be carried by servants to walk around.He said: "It is the religious aggregation of the Han Empire. It is indeed necessary for you to go to the field for investigation."

The religious atmosphere in the Han Empire was not enthusiastic, and there were no central government positions related to religion except the ancestral temple and the Star Observation Office.

Changguang County is the home of the Han soldiers who died in battle, and some non-soldiers who have made meritorious service to the country are also eligible to be buried there in the Martyrs' Garden.

Because it is a national-level cemetery, it naturally needs special people to manage it, including some priests needed for the encoffining ceremony.

The country holds a large-scale public sacrifice every year, which is usually presided over by ministers at the level of three officials and nine ministers sent by the central government. It is inevitable that clergy will be required to perform some ceremonies, and some religion-related departments have been specially set up there.

When envoys from various countries came to the Han Empire, except from Jingkou to Chang'an at the beginning, they were not allowed to run around without permission.

Not only the Han Empire has such regulations, in fact, any country in the world has the same regulations.

Everyone in the room is waiting. They put on their country's costumes and are about to go to the Temple of Heaven to watch the ceremony.

Today is the first day of the first lunar month in the 13th year of Yuan Shuo. It was called Shuo Ri in ancient times and later renamed New Year's Day. It is a grand holiday every year. This year, Liu Yan will hold a ceremony to proclaim himself emperor on today.

The first ceremony took place at the Temple of Heaven, and the subsequent ones at Miyagi.

Since Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty changed the Yuan Dynasty, the last day of December every year is New Year's Eve, and the first day of every year is Spring Festival.

On New Year's Eve, the entire city of Chang'an was full of festive excitement. After dinner, there were bonfires everywhere, and at midnight, the sound of explosions resounded throughout the city.

These actions are all to deter Nian Beast.

According to the legend, the Spring Festival was not a joyous day at the beginning. On that day, a ferocious beast would appear and eat people. It was found that the ferocious beast was afraid of the fire, so it had the habit of lighting a bonfire every year.

Bamboo is a very flammable plant. Each section of bamboo will make a sound of explosion when it is burned. It was found that the beast is afraid of the sound of the explosion. became another custom.

No one knows whether the Nian Beast exists or not. The custom of burning a fire and jumping back and forth on the first day of the new year has been passed down. The custom of burning bamboo has also been passed down. After the gunpowder appeared, it became a firecracker.

All the foreign guests also celebrated the Chinese New Year last night, they went to bed very late and were woken up early, and their spirits were actually a bit bad.

"I looked out of the window just now." Helena was also dressed in a fine attire, but Rome really didn't do enough research on clothing. After inheriting the characteristics of Greek civilization, it copied it. It was a long silk dress, which was the pattern on the skirt. Richer, with a gold crown of olive branches and leaves on his head: "People are everywhere."

"This city has more than 100 million residents." Flavius ​​is wearing a military uniform. It should be said that the men of the Roman envoys are all dressed similarly. They can't always wear Roman men whose private parts will be seen when the wind blows Qun: "Today is their traditional festival, and it's the time when the emperor of Han proclaims himself emperor."

In fact, most of them went upstairs to observe from the windows, and they could see people walking everywhere, and the two sides of the main street were full of people who were looking forward to seeing the emperor's chariot.

Other avenues are better. The avenue from Miyagi to the Temple of Heaven is called a sea of ​​people.

"Our August [-]th will be so lively." Julian said about the August Festival in Rome: "Speaking of which, our August Festival is very similar to the Chinese Spring Festival."

There are many festivals in Rome, but some festivals such as Christmas, Halloween, etc. currently do not exist.They will also celebrate the New Year, but they are not taken seriously. In the early days, they will celebrate some gods, and the religious atmosphere is relatively strong, and then they will set up festivals for some famous great men.

The August Festival is a festival specially set for holding balls, and it is also one of the more grand festivals of the Romans.

On that day, the Romans will prepare their costumes for the ball, and dress themselves up radiantly, so that no one will wear old clothes if they can wear new clothes.

At the same time, to prepare for the dance party, you must do a lot of shopping beforehand, prepare rich food for the guests, and some items for decorating the house.

During the Chinese New Year, the Han people will inevitably prepare new clothes in advance if conditions permit. After a year of hard work, they must have a good meal, and their houses will be decorated with some festive decorations.

No matter from which aspect, the Han people’s New Year is really too similar to the Roman’s August Festival, which is the basis for Julian’s saying that it is similar to the Han people’s Spring Festival.

While everyone was chatting, officials from the Han Empire came to the posthouse.

The one who came was the young prisoner from the Honglu Pavilion. The Romans didn’t understand the rank of the official position in the Han Empire. Seeing that they had brought many assistant officials, they judged that the young prisoner should be a high-ranking official.

"Check your attire." Director Liu, the young supervisor, was already observing after entering the door, and he was stunned when he saw the Romans' attire: "Are you wearing costumes?"

According to Zhu Xia’s aesthetics, the clothes of the Romans were too frugal. The Roman men in military uniforms were actually okay, and the rest were all simple group clothes. Create a development line called clothing art.

When the Romans were asked, they didn’t know how to answer. They had so many styles of clothes. To distinguish whether it was a dress or not was the pattern of the clothes and some jewelry. It was not as complicated as Zhu Xia’s dress.

There are many styles of costumes in Zhuxia, and there is a standard set of clothing for various occasions. Usually, a lot of matching clothes are needed, and the color and pattern (pattern) are used to distinguish the grade.

For example, the crown, coat, skirt, boots, knees, and ribbons worn by the emperor form a whole. The marquis’ dress differs from the emperor’s attire only in some details. Not only does it look very complicated, but it is also not easy to wear.

Seeing that no one answered, Director Liu didn't care, nodded and said, "I need to get a solution as soon as possible, don't wait to make a fool of yourself."

When the Honglu Hall came to teach etiquette, it was very clear that there is no such thing as leaving the venue halfway when watching the ceremony. If there is feces and urine holding back, even if you can't hold back, you must never leave for half a step.

The Romans did not understand the etiquette of the Han Empire. If they were in a strong position, they would definitely protest. The problem is that they were not in a strong position, and they were even a little afraid of the Han Empire's military strength, so they chose very rationally. understanding.

Director Liu gave 10 minutes and decided not to give the Romans another second.

The Romans chose to cooperate a long time ago, and then they lined up according to their internal agreed structure, and followed Director Liu out of the post house.

No one asked why they walked instead of taking a car. They knew in advance that except for a few people today, there is no one in Chang'an who is not allowed to take a car according to the etiquette procedures.

After leaving the post house, it took a long walk to enter Suzaku Avenue. They were led by Director Liu, and there was a team of imperial guards in gorgeous military uniforms on the left and right sides.

It's not that there are no people walking around on the street. They saw officials leading a team of foreign visitors, and no one stood in the way.

None of the Romans walking in line spoke, because they were trained in advance not to speak freely.

The Romans could not speak but they could think in their heads. After they came to the Han Empire, there were two biggest impressions. The first was that the rate of men, women, old and children in the Han Empire was terribly high, and the second was that the Han people pursued and respected order.

When they arrived at Suzaku Avenue, they were shocked by the crowds of people around them. After Director Liu signaled that they could relax for a while, they all admired the large number of Han people and commented curiously on the clothes of Han people.

Director Liu stayed here according to the procedure.

They will meet here with foreign visitors from other countries, and check the clothing of foreign visitors for the last time. The inspection process is also to make sure that no foreign visitors carry weapons, and then they will give the final instruction, repeating what things should be followed later. once.

The Persians were only about 5 minutes later than the Romans.

"The clothes on them are the costumes?" Director Liu asked his colleague Zhou Bian, and compared the costumes of the Persians and the Romans: "At least they are more gorgeous than the Romans."

The Persians of today are not the Persians of later generations, they wear that robe.

There are many types of Persian clothing. Non-military Persian men mostly wear upper robes and lower trousers. The upper body is wide and long to the thigh, and the lower body is loose trousers. is pattern.

The clothes of Persian women are very eye-catching. The main body looks like a skirt, which is knee-length and ankle-length. The upper body is covered with a vest and a gauze windbreaker. The pointed crown and the veil covering the face below the bridge of the nose are supported by the ears.

The gauze windbreaker is basically an ornamental dress. It seems to be a material with gold thread or lead thread. They are embroidered with beautiful patterns, and the thread is always shining in the sun.

Since it is a gauze windbreaker, it will be transparent and cannot cover the upper body that is completely tightened by the small vest. The beautiful curve of the chest, the slender wasp waist and the raised buttocks show that it belongs to women beauty.

After waiting for a while, the spectator teams from several other countries arrived one after another. After checking the service and listening to the final instruction, the huge team began to walk into the Suzaku Avenue.

Almost when the spectator groups from various countries entered the Suzaku Avenue, bursts of cheers came from afar.

Because of being repeatedly instructed and warned of the consequences of not following the etiquette of the Han family, the foreign visitors who lined up did not speak out, no matter how curious they were.

Just when the curiosity of the foreign visitors was about to explode, the Han people standing on both sides of the street cheered and followed suit. The sudden cheers made some foreign visitors almost lose their composure.

The whole city soon became a sea of ​​cheers. Amidst the cheers like a tsunami, the vast majority of people didn't even know what they were cheering for.

The place where the cheers first appeared was at the palace gate of Miyagi.The reason was that the gates of Miyagi were opened, and those who came out of the gates on the left and right sides were nobles below the marquis, and the gates in the middle were a group of marquises, and their appearance made the onlookers cheer.

Audience groups from all over the world?When they first arrived, they aroused the interest of the Han people, but no one cheered for them.

Nowadays, the thinking of Han people is quite simple. They don’t feel that there is anything to welcome foreigners when they come, and they even think that the appearance of foreigners in the capital is an eyesore.

Come to pay tribute?The Han people will think that it is as ordinary as the rising and setting of the sun, and it is strange not to come to pay tribute.

After entering Suzaku Avenue, there were no officials from the Han Dynasty in front of the foreign audience. Director Liu and Zhou Bian walked on the left and right sides of the street.

Under the strong request of the Romans and Persians, they were divided into two columns and walked side by side, and the rest of the small countries naturally followed.

They repeatedly admired the fact that there were no soldiers forming a human wall on both sides of Suzaku Avenue, but the surrounding Han people stood outside the yellow line...

(End of this chapter)