He planted peonies in the Tang Dynasty

If a person is in the capital, the lights of thousands of houses are not fake, and the long streets are colorful, there is nothing he can do about it. The Daming Palace spends the whole night wandering. Qi Qiao Festival.

At night, the city was full of flames, trees and silver flowers. Gu Yue looked for Su An everywhere. He first went to the county government office to ask Zhou Langzhong, but it really didn't make much sense, and then he went to ask the city gate man, but he didn't see any horses coming out. From this, he deduced that Su An must be somewhere. The band steals music cards.

The crowd was getting thicker and thicker, Gu Yue stumbled into the neighborhood, was in a hurry, but bumped into Hua Niangzi again.The lady smiled and said: "If you buy another three taels of red candles from my house, you will have a clue." Gu Yue immediately took out his purse, not caring that candles made of wax are the most precious things, and continued: "People are as tall as me, He can dance while walking, and he is still holding a pipa, er, he is not a fool..." Hua Niangzi said: "Hey, I have met him before, you can go to the water market to find him, I am sure he will be there."

Gu Yue followed the direction guided by Hua Niangzi, while pulling out his long ears to search for pipa music, while looking at the boat array under the bridge.He walked across the embankment, and the mud and stones flying from the soles of his shoes made ripples on the surface of the river, shaking the reflections of the passing passengers.

"Eight feet, six feet!" "Four feet, eight feet!"Gu Yue heard the accompaniment of the pipa, and plunged into the center of the arena: "Asu!" After shouting, he realized that the person holding the "Duoshi" pipa was a woman.

"Eighteen." As the evening clouds gradually receded, Su An stood on the embankment, his hair was tied up with bamboo hairpins, his dark green long sleeves fluttered in the wind, and a white hand was stuck in the air, holding half a tile, "here It’s not dark, what are you doing holding a candle?”

Gu Yue froze on the spot, because he was unconscious, so he didn't know that two red candle tears had scalded his fingertips.

Su An said with a smile: "You help me win this round, and I won't remember the mistakes of the villain." Gu Yue nodded, handed the candle to the old woman, pulled out a tile, and turned Turning around, he glanced at the person competing for drift beside him.

The man was big and thick, covered in lumps, with a cloth scarf hanging on his shoulders, and he was a fish shop clerk.The buddy bent down and swung his arms, and shot the tile out at a perfect angle almost horizontal, and jumped seven times in a row, a full ten feet away.

The tented boats along the way were full of girls threading needles and threads. When they saw each other, they all waved and applauded.Su An pursed her lips and looked at Gu Yue nervously: "You, hey, I lost ten rounds to him just now, do you really know how to play this game?"

Gu Yue said: "I was born here and grew up here, so there's no reason why I won't be in vain. Look at it." After speaking, he lifted up his sleeves, lunged and stood firm, and after comparing the angles, he moved his wrist back and forth, Fly the tiles out.

Everyone held their breath, only to see the tile spinning and jumping. Although the distance was not far when it fell into the water for the first time, it was as light as the touch of a dragonfly on the water, with full stamina. Once, twice, three times... "Twelve feet, eighteen flying steps! Victory!" !"

The girl screamed more happily than before, and the man stomped his feet angrily, spit into the ditch, picked up the fishing net and left.Gu Yue smiled and put the bounty he got back into his purse, and turned around to hold Su An.Su An said: "Colorful, colorful, colorful."

"Hey, the waves are calm and the wind is calm and the lake is flat. How can it be a stone show?" The mother-in-law returned the pipa and red candle as they were, and grinned. If it’s not burned out, hurry up and beg for cleverness.”

Su An thanked her mother-in-law and walked in front of Gu Yue.Gu Yue said: "The bridge market is lively, let's take a stroll first, I'll buy two goldfish for you to play with." Su An said: "Yes, good." Gu Yue thought for a while: "Let's play together."

There was a lot of laughter under the thatched shed, and the children of the common people walked through the huge painted pottery tanks like loaches, standing on tiptoes from time to time to catch fish.The unlucky guy just now sat with his legs crossed, shouting and selling all over the street.

Su An stopped and walked, admiring a fish with a big red meat ball on its head, a silvery white body, and a tail fin like a gauze skirt.The children coming and going yelled: "'Heding is red'!" Su An smiled, and was about to move when he saw the child stretch out his hand to catch the fish... "Put it back!" For a while, because he didn't control the volume, , Su An directly yelled at the child.

The child was pitiful, looking at Gu Yue who was beside him with a gentle smile on his face.Gu Yue bent down, gently stroked their little heads, and rolled his eyes: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, have you heard of the poison that makes people bleed to death within seven steps? It is made of this fish. Yes, someone touched it, and there was nothing wrong with it on the first day, but the nails would fall off on the second day, blisters and festers on the hands on the third day, and spread to the whole arm on the fourth day..." The child screamed and scattered.

With a happy expression on his face, Gu Yue handed Su An a bamboo sieve, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Here, let's get some of the ones you like." Su An wiped his face sullenly, and asked, "Did you just say that? Really?" Gu Yue said, "Of course."

Su An swallowed a mouthful of saliva, brought a small white porcelain bowl, avoided the fish tank with a red crane top, and filled it with two thin golden crucian carp.

The longer they walked, the more things they had in their hands.Gu Yue felt a little sore in his legs and feet, so he suggested finding a boat to sit down and rest.Su An stretched, yawned, and deeply agreed.At this time, the moon was in the sky, and all the good boats were taken by rich families, only a few broken boats were left vacant by the willow forest.The wooden plank at the bottom of the boat was slippery, Su An stepped on it, unsteady, and fell into Gu Yue's arms.Gu Yue smiled and greeted him generously, the candlelight in his left hand danced wildly, and the porcelain bowl in his right hand splashed water.

Su An cleared his throat, bit Gu Yue's Adam's apple, turned and sat in the hollow cabin, crossing his legs.Gu Yue took out the embroidery needles he bought from his sleeve pocket, arranged them slowly, and then took out a few threads from the flower bouquet.

In the distance, there are hundreds of pairs of skillful hands constantly moving back and forth, and the chains of needles stretched from one end of the bridge to the other.Su An took a look at Gu Yue, who was buried in his head, and said nothing, and then took a look at the pairs of silk shirts and skirts on the bridge.

Talented and beautiful, you talk and laugh, and they hang the bronze mirrors on the bridge railings, reflecting seven or eight crescent moons, and they are completed into the galaxy on the ground.

"Eighteen, is that the county magistrate?" Su An raised his chin and asked, "How dare he stand in the middle of the bridge."

"He's a parent official, and he stands in the middle every year." Gu Yue used the candlelight and the light of the moon to finish piercing the double-eye needle, and then picked up the five-hole needle, "Come and help, don't be in a daze, I'll give you a hand after piercing." You write a Qilu."

"No, then there is Wang Shicheng, why is he with a girl." Su An didn't bother to move, "Could it be Mr. Wei's little girl? I can't see that Wang Shicheng still has such trim. "

"Are you deaf? Thread a needle quickly." "Eighteen, I don't know whether to say something." "Come and thread a needle." "If, I said if, Wang Shicheng is happy, and they want to get married, what exactly is it?" process?"

"Accept the lottery, ask your name, Naji..." "When accepting the lottery, will the gift come from Chang'an, or from his hometown of Youzhou?" "Chang'an." What about Gangchang ethics?"

Hearing this sentence, Gu Yue raised his eyes, looked at Su An quietly, and pierced the last needle in his hand.Su An said: "Why don't you wait for me to finish dressing yourself." Gu Yue said: "Asu." Su An fell on his back to the bow of the boat.

"I still remember that senior brother Xu Kuo got married, not to mention the six rituals, even the bridal chamber was made in Jixian Pavilion."

Su An put his hands on his lower abdomen, took a deep breath, and exhaled again. He didn't hear Gu Yue's answer, but saw Gu Yue walking around beside him, and there was another sound of bamboo joints beating. Fanxing flickered.

"This is not Gangchang ethics, but a private matter between me and you." Gu Yue stood at the stern of the boat, holding a penny in his hand, and rowed the two of them into the river channel one by one, heading towards the arch bridge hole, "You want three books?" Six rites, hire Zhi Jinyan, we will do it when we return to Chang'an, sail thousands of miles, pick up your family, and invite all officials from the three provinces and six ministries to the wedding banquet."

Su An sat up with a grunt, and saw Yanyu Yingge on both sides of the bank: "Keep your voice down, everyone is watching us." Gu Yue said: "So what if you watch? Forgot about the apricot garden? Or is it Mr. Su?" Ann?" Su An gritted her teeth and responded with a smile: "Why not me, okay, let's go back to Chang'an." After speaking, he glanced at the red candle, and there was still Sanyi left.

On the long river, a small boat with red candles swayed in the center, attracting everyone's attention.A familiar and catchy unnamed ballad was sung in people's mouths.Su An was familiar with it, put down the pipa, took off his shoes and socks, tightly protected the candle in his hand, and swayed barefoot in the clear river, humming along with the rhyme.

As soon as a sound comes out, everything is quiet, and the needles are hidden deep.

The guest came from afar and left me a piece of beauty.

Thousands of miles away from each other, the heart of the old man is still there.

Wencai double mandarin ducks are cut into acacia quilts.

I love longing for a long time, and I don't understand the fate.

Who can say goodbye to glue and paint.

Su An's voice is as crisp as a jade stone, and he usually gives up without opening his voice, but whenever he works hard, even the faintest breath can vibrate the water in all directions.Gu Yue plunged into the gravel at the bottom of the river with a pole, propped it out three feet away, and let the boat run on its own.

Who said it was a fairy crossing the border, and the people held their breaths and did not dare to call out. Seeing this, the county magistrate shouted loudly: "Zhuangyuan Lang, I didn't find you, so you cast yourself into a trap." Gu Yue raised his head, went back to the bridge and said, "What happened last year?" I don't dare to take it."

Coincidentally, Wang Tingfu passed by, and whispered an idea to Wei Yinger, asking her to tell everyone to point the mirror at the pair of poets below.Wei Yinger smiled from ear to ear, thankful that she was wearing a veil, and said: "Okay, I'll go right away."

In an instant, the bow of the ship was shining brightly, and Su An covered it with her sleeve. She had never felt that the moonlight could be so dazzling.He was forced to get up, but still refused to let go of the candle, but saw Gu Yue in front of him wearing a white shirt, blocking the wind.

Gu Yue said: "Wang Shicheng, why are you joining in the fun?" Wang Tingfu said: "It's not me, it's your little sister's idea." Gu Yue said: "Miss Yinger, why are you so crazy?" Wei Yinger stood on tiptoe : "I take a picture of a demon."

The county magistrate straightened the Futou, coughed and said, "Gu Lang, the people of Hengshui are here, you, you have to show your talent."

Gu Yue said: "Come!" The county magistrate said: "The title is Qiaoyue, the seven rhythms are flat, and the moon is full of smoke and sky." Gu Yue said with a smile: "The moon is so beautiful and the sky is like the sky, thousands of families gather to set up a boat banquet .When you speak the pipa language of the young master, don't envy the jade girl Wei Ruixian."

At this moment, the boat got into the bridge hole, and the county magistrate held on to the railing and frowned: "Hey, where are people?!" He only heard the frightened voice in the dark hole: "Here! Just pick it up!" Wang Tingfu Shouted: "Willow Bridge crosses into a reunion."

"Crossing the willow bridge, we will have a reunion. Let's worship Chanjuan when the flower needle is pierced. This night, we don't hesitate to cry with red candles. Why do we have to remember the past when we had a good time."

The bright moon, the misty sky, and the sky,

Thousands of families gathered to set up a boat feast.

When Qing Gongzi Pipa speaks,

I don't envy the jade girl Wei Ruixian.

Crossing the willow bridge into a reunion,

Worship Chanjuan after wearing the flower needle.

I don't hesitate to shed red candle tears this night,

There is no need to recall the past when you are happy.

"Eighteen..." After escaping the bright moon outside the bridge, in the bridge hole, the candlelight was dim and the water sparkled, "Although I write such a poem, I will be impeached when I go back, but don't worry, I'm not a white-eyed wolf, and I won't let you down again." Anyone hurt you."

Su An took off her half-wet clothes.

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They talked about the customs of Qixi Festival

"The highlight of the Qixi Festival is mainly on the girls, because it is said that the Weaver Girl's craftsmanship is extremely skillful and can weave beautiful clothes like clouds. In order to make myself have the same skillful hands as the Weaver Girl, among the girls, they developed a A custom of "begging for cleverness". The custom of begging for cleverness has been formed probably as early as the Han Dynasty, but it was only later combined with the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. The needles used for begging for cleverness are divided into eyes, five holes, seven holes, and nine holes. On the evening of Qixi Festival, hold a silk thread and thread a needle against the moonlight. Whoever passes through it first will have a "smart". After a period of time, the dust in the air will form a film on the water surface. At this time, throw the needle in the water, and with the support of the film, the needle will float on the water surface. Look at the needle shadow in the water again, if It is skillful to be in the shape of clouds, flowers, birds and beasts. On the contrary, if it is as thin as a line and thick as a faded shadow, it is not a good thing. Some women collect all kinds of flowers and put them in copper basins filled with water It is said that it can make the skin tender and white. Some women smash the impatiens, get the juice, and dye the fingernails of the ring finger and little finger, which are called "red nails". Some women also sing "Song of Begging for Skills": "Begging for skillful hands, begging for appearance, begging for understanding, begging for face, begging for my parents' thousand years, begging for my sisters for thousands of years. "In addition, on the day of Qixi Festival, an incense case had to be set up under the moon, offering fruits and flowers to beg for cleverness from Weaver Girl. According to reports, there was a woman surnamed Ding in Caizhou who was very good at female red. A shooting star fell on her incense case, and the next morning, it turned out to be a golden shuttle. Since then, her "ingenuity has improved". The offerings must be melons and fruits. If Xizi (a kind of small spider) weaves a web on the melons and fruits at night, it means that the woman has got a good luck. Pay more attention, such as Tang Dynasty court ladies, put Xizi in the small In the box, open it the next morning, if the netting is not good, it means that there is less clever begging.”

There is also a theory of eavesdropping and crying. It is said that when the night comes and people are quiet, the virgin quietly walks to the ancient well or under the grape trellis, and listens quietly. It's the sound of weeping, this woman must be a coincidence.

The woman asked for a clever job, and the man was not idle either.It is said that July [-]th is Kuixing's birthday.Scholars who want to gain fame especially worship Kuixing, so they must worship on Qixi Festival, praying for blessings for their luck in the exam.Kuixing in the twenty-eight mansions is the first star of the Big Dipper, also known as Kuixing or the leader.When the ancient scholars were the number one scholar, they were called "Da Kui Tian Xia Shi" or "Win the first prize at one stroke", all because Kui Xing was in charge of the examination luck.

According to folklore, Lord Kuixing was ugly, with freckles on his face and a broken foot.Someone wrote a doggerel to make fun of him:

What's the use of adornment if you don't show it off,

Even lead flowers can't cover it.

Marry Magu into two beauties,

Compared with the honeycomb fruit, there is no difference.

Keep claws below the eyebrows,

The geese step on the sand beside the mouth.

Don't take a nap in front of the eaves,

The wind blows plum blossoms on the forehead.

Xiangjun's jade toe is the most bizarre,

One step up and one step down.

When the money is walking, the body wants to dance,

The fluttering degree is almost like a mouth.

Only because the world is in danger,

Too tired to make a trace.

Mo Xiao's waist is often half folded,

Temporary swaying is also colorful.

However, this Kuixing master was so ambitious and worked so hard that he even passed high school.During the imperial examination, the emperor asked him why his face was full of spots, and he replied: "The pockmarked face is full of stars." Asked why his feet were lame, he replied: "Jumping the Dragon Gate with one foot." The emperor answered him very well. Satisfied, he was admitted.

Another completely different theory is that although Master Kuixing was full of knowledge during his lifetime, it was a pity that he would fail every exam, so he threw himself into the river in grief and anger.Unexpectedly, he was rescued by turtle fish and ascended to heaven to become Kuixing.Because Kuixing can control the luck of literati, so every July [-]th his birthday, scholars will solemnly pay homage to him.

Young men and women beg for wisdom and ingenuity, hoping that their skills will be superior to others. Married, old, poor, and rich all have their own wishes, so Qixi Festival has become a day for making wishes.On the night of Qixi Festival, when worshiping the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, they immediately bow down and express their wishes, whether it is begging for wealth, life, or children, it will all come true.But there can only be one wish at a time, and it will take three years to beg for success.

It is said that the Tianhe on the Qixi Festival can also predict the harvest of the year. If the Tianhe is bright, the harvest will be good, and the grain price will be low; if the Tianhe is dark, the harvest will be bad, and the grain price will be expensive.In some areas, there is a "Young Miao Hui" on Qixi Festival, which is also a kind of wish-making activity.

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The candles in the cave were extinguished, and the sound of water ticking.

Su An rested on her stomach for a while, feeling refreshed, she turned her head and said, "Eighteen, why don't I ferry you?

Gu Yue smiled, tidied up the mess on the boat, You Qi put away the needles, and then replied: "This time I will teach you, next time you have to have new tricks, it will not be too late to serve me." Su An was very serious Said: "Okay."

The tears of the red candle are dry, and the Qixi Festival will be over.

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