After the festival was over and the Spring Festival began, Lu Mansion was busy cleaning the courtyard, drying clothes and quilts, and began to sweep the dust.
As the saying goes, "If you want to post, sweep 18; if you want to have it, sweep 19".
Because "dust" and "chen" are homophonic, sweeping dust in the new year has the meaning of "removing the old and putting on the new", in order to break the old and build the new.
Then it was preparing for the New Year’s goods. About ten days before the festival, Lufu was busy purchasing items. New Year’s goods including chicken, duck and fish meat, tea wine sauce, roasted seeds and nuts, sugar bait and fruit products must be purchased adequately, and some goodies should be prepared for New Year’s visits. Visiting friends, gifts given by Shangguan, children should buy new clothes and hats, and prepare to wear them for the New Year.
During the New Year, the happiest part is of course the children.
Lu Fu is a child of Wang Lu Xiuying, and he is naturally beloved, and all kinds of sweets and snacks have never been cut off.
Now Xiuying has long since disappeared from suffering, her complexion is ruddy, like a peach blossom reflecting her face, more lovely.
She was deeply loved by the elderly. Lian Qiu also sewed new winter clothes for her early, with red silk and gold, and Lu Bing bought her snow-white fox fur, which is very rich and wealthy.
Although Xiuying now seems to be more mature than other children of the same age, she is no longer just expressionless every day. Especially when I was with Lian Qiu, I was very cute.
Except for Lian Qiu, Xiuying is more intimate with Yang Sen. Yang Sen’s childish and playful character makes him the closest match to children. Since then, Yang Sen has moved into Lu Mansion, either learning things from Huang Duxian or staying with Shitou with Lian. Play in autumn.
Yang Sen was also triumphant, and handed Xiuying the flying knife stunt. And Xiuying is also a hard-working child, in addition to continuing to practice Wang's kicking legs, she also learned light skills from Huang Duxian, and many ingenious things.
Xiuying's emphasis on basic skills also affects Xiuying, who wakes up early and squats with the stone.
Mrs. Lu felt sorry for her. She didn't want her to suffer so much, and she felt that it was useless for her girl to learn these things, so she asked Lu Bing to persuade her.
But Lu Bing thought for a while, but still didn't intervene. This is an opinionated child, she knows what she is doing. Lu Bing knew that Xiuying would not let the Wang family's effort be cut off.
Soon, the Lunar New Year’s Eve arrived, and early in the morning, Lu Bing personally wrote, "The east wind blows the mountains and green, the spring rain showers Vientiane and the new", "Happy and auspicious, flowers blooming and wealthy", "A family is in harmony. "Fu, four seasons, four seasons of spring", "Ruixue resigns to the new year, winter plum greets the spring", "New Year's Day, happy spring every year", "Prosperous Thousand Years, New Year's Hundreds of Hundreds" and so on Ask the servants to post the Spring Festival couplets, red, yellow, blue and green and other color symbols.
The Spring Festival couplets originated from the Tao Fu. According to the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the Tao Fu is six inches long and three inches wide, and the names of the ghost gods "Shen Tu" and "Yu Lei" are written on the peach board. As the saying goes, "On the first day of the first lunar month, make a peach talisman, and the name is immortal wood, which is feared by a hundred ghosts."
In the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the court, someone inscribed the couplet on the peach symbol. "Song History·The Family of Shu" said: Meng Chang, the lord of the late Shu, ordered Xin Yinxun to write on peach planks. With his non-work and self-proclaimed writing, he wrote: "New Year for Yuqing, Jiajie No. Changchun". This is the first time since ancient times. A pair of spring couplets.
Until the Song Dynasty, the Spring Festival couplets were still called "Peach Symbols". In Wang Anshi's poems, there is a sentence that says "every families will always exchange new peaches for old symbols". In the Song Dynasty, the peach symbol was changed from peach wood board to paper, *** sticker" and "spring couplet".
In addition to the Spring Festival couplets at the entrances, there are also a variety of Spring Festival couplets for worshipping the gods. The Spring Festival couplet of "Lord Land" is: "White jade grows in the soil, gold grows in the ground". It means that as long as you work hard, you can get something from the land.
The Spring Festival couplet of "Heaven and Earth" is: "The sky is high and all things are covered, and the earth is thick and bears the masses". In just ten words, everything in the world is covered.
Lu Bing also personally posted "trees with deep roots" and "deep roots" on the big trees in the yard. The walls in the yard should be pasted with "Spring is bright and beautiful", and the walls of the house near the kang should be pasted with "Happiness and Health". ", "Diligence and Frugality, Keeping Home" and so on should be posted in the kitchen, and red spring couplets are everywhere.
After pasting the Spring Festival couplets, you must also hang New Year pictures, such as "Three Stars of Fortune, Longevity, and Longevity", "Blessings from Heavenly Officials", "Welcoming the Blessing in Spring" and other New Year pictures, which are beautiful and lively. The most interesting New Year pictures are "Rice Marrying", which is vivid Lively and festive. During the New Year, even mice are not willing to be lonely.
Just when Lu Bing was about to stick to the door god, Wang Lu Xiuying sat on the shoulder of the stone and ran over with Yang Sen playfully.
"Hey, father, who are these two ugly monsters!" Xiuying asked Lu Bing strangely.
"Don't dare to talk nonsense." Lu Bingzheng brushed the door with thick glutinous rice porridge. He was busy all morning, his head was full of steaming mist. After hearing Xiuying's words, he raised the brush tied with the broom seedling in his hand and used it. The brush handle gently tapped Xiuying's head, and said with a smile: "These are the two gods Shen Tu and Yu Lei."
"Huh? Why haven't you heard of it?" Xiuying asked strangely.
"Haha! I don't even know this, let me tell you!" Yang Sen seized the opportunity and laughed at Xiuying: "According to legend, in the "Shan Hai Jing" in ancient Chinese mythology, there is a world of ghosts, with a seat in the middle. On the mountain, there is a large peach tree covering three thousand kilometers, and there is a golden rooster on the top of the tree. Whenever the golden rooster croaks in the early morning, the ghosts who go out at night will be driven back to the ghost domain. The gate of the ghost domain is located in the northeast of the peach tree , Standing by the door are two gods named Shen Tu and Yu Lei. If a ghost does something harmful to the world at night, Shen Tu and Yu Lei will immediately find and catch it, using a rope made of Mang Wei It was tied up and sent to the tiger to feed the tiger. Therefore, the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shen Tu and Yu Lei. So the folks carved them out of peach wood and placed them at their doorsteps, respecting them as door gods, to avoid evil and prevent harm."
"Why don't you post Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong, but post them?" Xiuying said unconvinced, turned to Lu Bing, half acting like a baby, and half complaining: "Father, if you post Qin Shubao and Yuchigong, Xiuying won't Have you been laughed at by your uncle?"
"Because we are Daming's generals, we can't post Wei Chigong and Qin Shubao." Lu Bing smiled and said: "If we post the Tang Dynasty generals as gate gods, wouldn't it mean that our Ming generals are not as good as the Tang Dynasty generals? "
"That's it! Xiuying remembers." Xiuying nodded obediently.
"You know why I know?" Yang Sen said proudly: "My house also has Shentu and Yu Lei.
Lu Bing was bored, and the youngest daughter was by her side and asked for something to say: "Xiuying is pretty good, do you still know Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong?"
"Of course!" Xiuying said triumphantly.