My Ranch

Bought for me? What did you buy? Hearing their words, Jiang Hai looked at them with some doubts. He really didn't know. But after hearing what Jiang Hai said, Feng Yunchen and Ai Xiao here Xi couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, then took out a bunch of keys, opened the layer of tape on the outside of the package, and then a piece of golden stuff appeared in front of Jiang Hai.

When he got closer, Jiang Hai looked at the two of them strangely, because the contents of this box were, well, a bit unlucky to say the least. This was a box of paper, but this paper was familiar to Jiang Haigong. Burning paper for the elderly at home.

This thing is not easy to do in the United States. Only San Francisco, where a large number of Chinese people live, has this thing.

But Jiang Hai really didn't understand why he wanted to get these things? Qingming Festival has passed long ago.

It's almost Zhongyuan, idiot. Looking at Jiang Hai's confused look, Ai Xiaoxi couldn't help but scold him.

In fact, her mother asked her a few days ago when she was on the phone with her family. By the way, she asked her whether she would be back during the Mid-Autumn Festival. After all, they had not seen Ai Xiaoxi for a while. After confirming that she would not After the festival, Bu Lai casually said that she would visit her grandfather's grave in a few days. After hearing this, Ai Xiaoxi also remembered it.

Then he quietly bought this box of paper for Jiang Hai. It was indeed the time of Zhongyuan, and Jiang Hai would not go back to Bingcheng to offer sacrifices. He would just burn the paper here to express his feelings. As for Whether it will be delivered or not...who knows?

In fact, this thing is more of a form, a way for living people to remember their ancestors.

According to materialist thinking, when a person dies, there is nothing left. No one knows whether there is really a soul or something.

Anyway, Jiang Hai has never seen it. As for Jiang Hai and his generation, not many people believe in this thing.

Maybe in a few decades, when Jiang Hai and his next generation grow up, even this tradition will probably disappear.

For Jiang Hai, in fact, he doesn't remember things like burning paper too much. Just like what his mother said, if you are unfilial while alive, what's the use of screaming after you die? The time when a person should be filial is while he is alive. When the person is gone, no matter how grand the pomp is, it is only for others to see. Those who really should be filial will not remember it.

So before Ai Xiaoxi came, Jiang Hai would burn it during the Qingming Festival and go home to burn it during the Chinese New Year. But now that Ai Xiaoxi and Feng Yunchen still remember this matter, Jiang Hai is quite pleased. .

If you don't tell me, I won't even remember. When is the official day? Looking at the two people in front of him, Jiang Hai touched his hair and smiled.

This thing can't be burned on the right day... The day after tomorrow is the right day, but we can burn it tonight or tomorrow. He rolled his eyes at Jiang Hai. It seemed that Jiang Hai really didn't understand this, and Ai Xiaoxi was born in In the countryside, you know a lot about these things.

Among the traditional Chinese festivals, there are three yuan festivals, but the only one that everyone is familiar with is Shangyuan Festival, which falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Commonly known as the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, etc., to modern people, the completion of the fifteenth day represents the passing of the New Year.

Of course, judging from the current situation, few people will work after they are fifteen.

Basically, after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, everyone goes to work on the sixth and seventh day of the Lunar New Year. The pace of people’s lives now is completely different from that in ancient times. Except for the Shangyuan Lantern Festival, Zhongyuan and Xiayuan know But there are very few people.

The Three Yuan Festival is mainly related to Taoism. Taoism has three officials, the Heavenly Official, the Earth Official, and the Water Official. The so-called Heavenly Official gives blessings, so in ancient times, everyone celebrated the Shangyuan Festival. This is passed down, and the Earth Official forgives sins. , Shuiguan resolves the disaster.

The birthdays of the three officials are respectively the 15th day of the first lunar month, the 15th day of July and the 15th day of October.

In ancient times, October 15th was the time for big families to worship their ancestors, but that is no longer the case. After all, after the founding of New China, there were no more families to speak of, so Jiang Hai and the others were not allowed to celebrate the Xiayuan Festival.

As for the Ghost Festival, not many people actually know about it. However, in recent years, when promoting traditional Chinese culture, this festival seems to have been promoted. At this time of year, there are dots of stars everywhere in China. Fire lights are basically the same across the country, but they are not worshiped on the official day. There seems to be some explanation for this.

Jiang Hai doesn't understand this, but since Ai Xiaoxi understands, just follow what she says...

After roughly understanding the situation, Jiang Hai and the others began to sort out the contents of the box. There was a lot of yellow paper in the box, and there was also a lot of paper money. In addition, there were also a lot of gold ingots and the like that were stacked on paper. of.

The customs and things in each place are different, but the customs in the northeast where Jiang Hai is located are somewhat similar to those in Lu Province.

After all, many people in the Northeast came from Lu Province when they invaded Guandong, so for many things, Jiang Hai just listened to Ai Xiaoxi and worked hard for a long time. Before night, Jiang Hai finished all these things. .

Qi Jie and Qi Ya have seen these things before, so there is nothing surprising.

On the other hand, Aphra and the others were a little confused. Darlene and Marianne had gone back together with Jiang Hai when they were young, so they had naturally seen these things, so they were not unfamiliar at all. Jiang Hai simply talked to them. After these people talked for a while.

In the evening, Jiang Hai and his party left the manor. This kind of thing was not burned in his own home. Even if Jiang Hai's home was so big, he couldn't burn it in his home, because according to the older generation, burning This thing will attract some ghosts and wandering ghosts into your own home. This is obviously not a wise choice.

So they went out to find an intersection to burn. After driving to Winthrop for more than ten minutes, Jiang Hai and the others found a large intersection. They didn't know if it was useful at intersections in the United States. Anyway, Is it just Jiang Hai doing his best?

First, I found a branch, and then drew a circle, leaving an opening in the middle. This was where the ghosts could withdraw money.

Then Jiang Hai first lit the yellow paper on which he had written the 'address', and then started to put the paper into the circle while chanting.

Not long after, the raging fire started burning, and someone could see it from far away.

Many people living around the town saw the fires, and some even called the police directly.

Just kidding, in the United States, many Chinese customs are difficult to understand, such as traditional Chinese medicine, festivals, speaking habits, etc. Jiang Hai also said this before, Chinese people like to be polite when talking to each other, such as Say I'll treat you to dinner one day when I have time! Let’s get together next time we have a chance! Chinese people always say this.

But in the United States, if you say this, this person will really wait for you to invite him to dinner and get together with him, even if you do it under an AA system. If you don't ask him, then he will not be happy and think that you are cheating. He and some radical people have no friends.

There are also people who cook traditional Chinese medicine at home, and then their neighbors call the police, saying that they are making poison at home.

The same is true during festivals. In the United States, except for protests, gatherings at other times must be reported to the government.

This should be considered an accident for the Chinese, because the Chinese in the United States do not have the idea of ​​having only one child, so a Chinese family is sometimes really large. In their eyes, when they meet their ancestors, they gather together. when.

Hundreds of people came at once, and the police were often disturbed in the early days. It has only gotten better in recent years, and burning paper during the festival... Haha, this is naturally not allowed in the United States.

However, Jiang Hai didn’t know this, and neither did other people. When someone saw Jiang Hai and others burning paper there, some good citizens called the police. They didn’t know what Jiang Hai was doing, so they still asked the police to ask. Better to ask.

While Jiang Hai and the others were burning paper, two police cars came over. After discovering that it was Jiang Hai, the people who got off the two police cars became much more polite and walked to Jiang Hai's side with a smile.

Mr. Jiang, what are you doing here? Looking at Jiang Hai who was still burning paper, the two policemen asked strangely.

Well, burning paper, what should I say about this? This is a custom in China when we commemorate our deceased ancestors. Isn't this okay? Seeing the police coming over, Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered, This may not work... After all, in the United States, flowers are always given during memorial ceremonies, and no one burns paper. There seems to be something wrong with what Jiang Hai is doing now.

It is true that some residents don't know what you are doing, so they responded to us. I wonder how long you will continue to do this? After hearing Jiang Hai's words, the two policemen also smiled. This matter is indeed not true. That’s great to say.

If it were other people, they might have opened their mouths and chased them away, but the person burning the paper was Jiang Hai, so they really couldn't say anything. Fortunately, Jiang Hai also burned the paper very quickly.

After hearing their words, Jiang Hai and the others also quickened their pace. After about ten minutes, all the contents of the box were burned. Seeing that the fire was burning through, Jiang Hai and the others also said apologetically, Then he got in the car and left.

After Jiang Hai and the others left, the two policemen watched the fire go out before leaving.

Otherwise, there would be a fire or something, and Jiang Hai wouldn't be able to escape, and neither would they.

It seems that you can't burn paper casually anymore. Touching his nose, Jiang Hai grinned. This is indeed a very annoying thing. Although Jiang Hai doesn't care much about these formal problems, He will still burn when it is time to burn.

But next time, he may have to find a way to burn it again... (To be continued.)

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