The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is a traditional festival that has been passed down since ancient times. It is called Qixi Festival, also known as Qiqiao Festival. In the era of Yunyan Hui, it was Chinese Valentine's Day, which was generally only celebrated by young men and women.
But in the Northern Song Dynasty, it was a grand festival for the whole people to enjoy carnivals, and all men, women and children would participate, so Yun Yanhui had long since stopped equating it with the modern Qixi Festival.
It was the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, but three or five days earlier, the festive atmosphere on the street was very strong, and children were holding lotus pods, lotus leaves or unopened lotus flowers in their hands.
On the night of the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, "begging for cleverness" is everywhere. Women have various activities, such as watching the moon and threading needles, etc., and it is a seven-hole needle. Women make all kinds of delicate objects, boys write poems, one begging for skill, the other for literary talent.
Zheng Ping took Shuangyi and Xiaobao to participate in the activities held by the neighbors of the old residence nearby. Yun Yan was back. He rejected Zhao Yunchu a few days ago. Today, there are other things to do, and he told Zheng Ping long ago. false.
Early in the day, Yun Yan went back to the place of the lay preacher.
Today, it is with these brothers that he has a business to do together.
Earlier, Yun Yanhui planned to make money, so he put his idea on the Qixi Festival, a national carnival festival.
On the night of Qixi Festival, the whole Bianliang will be very lively. The rich and noble people will beg for cleverness in colorful buildings, which is spectacular, but what is even more striking is the most beautiful scenery in Bianliang City, that is, the various prostitutes and prostitutes in the city.
On this day, the place that Bianliang people call the courtyard street will display all kinds of exquisite and luxurious festive items, show off the wealth of Chi Guoguo, of course, it may also be an alternative to attract customers.
The big family is inside the high wall, and ordinary people can't see it, but everyone in the courtyard can see it, not only can they see beautiful objects, but also beautiful women.
In addition to the vicinity of the courtyard street, the surrounding area of the Washe will also be very lively.
Speaking of the point, the most popular of these festive items is a kind of thing called "grinding drink music", which is a kind of clay doll, usually made into a boy holding lotus leaves, lotus pods or unopened lotus flowers appearance.
During the Qixi Festival, children holding lotus leaves and other objects are actually imitating grinding and drinking music, which can be regarded as ancient cosplay.
In previous years, during the Qixi Festival in Bianliang, there were many Mojos sold on the market with high prices and sold for thousands of dollars. Although it is a mud doll with a wooden base, people can decorate it with expensive items such as gold, silver, jewelry, ivory, jade, etc., which are very popular.
Yun Yanhui cooperated with the lay monks to sell mills and drink music.
To say that during the Qixi Festival, there are almost everywhere on the street selling mills and drinking music, but Yun Yanhui wants to do this kind of public business, there is no gold and silver decoration, and he still wants to sell at a high price, of course, because he has a lore Skill!
- The image of grinding and drinking music comes from the Buddhist scriptures. Ya is the son of Sakyamuni, one of the eight divisions of Tianlong. Why are you holding a lotus or lotus pod in your hand? Because this represents auspiciousness, holiness and other beautiful meanings in Buddhism!
Yun Yanhui couldn't believe it. Why didn't the monks in the Daxiangguo Temple come to do the business of grinding and drinking music. Is there anything more suitable than a monk to sell this stuff
Even if the streets are full of people selling mills and drinking music, the ones on the streets are not more "qualified" than what we sell.
Yun Yanhui greeted the abbot in advance, pooled money with the monks to order a batch of grinding and drinking music, put it in the Buddhist temple, and received the nurturing of chanting scriptures and incense under the eyes of the Buddha, and more importantly, the people who came to pay homage to the Buddha. You can also see it, which is equivalent to advertising in advance.
Of course, Yun Yanhui didn't take everyone too fast. When he ordered the mill and drink, he didn't ask the craftsman to make lotus and other things, but bought a batch of lotus bowls in the temple. Today, they It is to grind and drink the lotus leaves of the bowl lotus.
In fact, it was precisely when he saw that there were bowls of lotus in the monastery that he decided to sell mills and drink music during the Qixi Festival.
At this time, the bowl lotus was only found in the area of Suzhou, and it was only seen in rich and noble families. It was a rare thing in Bianliang. These in the Daxiangguo Temple were also cultivated by the monks who managed the flower gardens after they got them occasionally.
-The temple needs a lot of flowers because of the worship of Buddha statues and celebrations, so it has its own super-large flower garden, which will attract many flower-viewers.
Usually when people see the bowl lotus, they may think it is very elegant and cute at most, but its size is very suitable for the grinding and drinking music. If it is inserted in the grinding and drinking music, it will be added to the offering in front of the Buddha. One plus one is greater than two. The combined effect of two swords.
In a word, the lotus leaf of this bowl of lotus can be said to be the finishing touch, which is why Yunyan returned to generously advertised the grinding and drinking music in the Buddhist temple, and was not afraid of plagiarism after other temples knew about it.
Because there are Buddhist temples everywhere, even if the Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple, it does not change, but the bowl lotus is unique, and there is only enough here!
Not to mention, there is not much money to buy a bowl of lotus, which is definitely the lowest price. Yunyan Hui has agreed with the monks in the flower garden that this bowl of lotus leaves will not be fresh for many days. If the rich people want to keep this chic after buying it back, they must go to Daxiangguo Temple to buy a bowl of lotus... This is another This business may even directly drive the popularity of bowl lotus farming in Bianliang.
Of course, it can almost be concluded that what they are doing is a one-time deal, and it can only be done once this year, but it doesn't matter.
When setting the price, Yun Yanhui also directly set the price of the lotus leaf at the same price as the one with the lotus leaf, and added 500 wen for the lotus, because the number of lotus flowers is relatively small. This made other monks uneasy, and they were a little afraid that they would not be able to sell.
"What they earn is the money of the rich, and the consistent two is nothing to them. Besides, the incense of Daxiangguo Temple is still very valuable, right?" Yun Yanhui was very calm, and he still felt that the price was low. Well, if it wasn't for their lack of capital, they could buy a more luxurious mill and drink, and then the price would be doubled.
The monks rubbed their hands together and were very excited. If this batch of rubbing music were all sold tonight, each of them would benefit a lot. It was Brother Yan who was clever, and actually came up with such a good idea, and led everyone to post another one.
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The sky is getting dark, and the carnival of the Qiqiao Festival is about to begin. This night, Tokyo must be lively at the third watch and the fifth watch.
The monks are divided into several pairs, and they will go to the most prosperous places in Bianliang with the grinding and drinking music, and some will go directly to the prostitutes and sell them to them. We were divided into groups early today, and some monks performed during the day, while others performed at night. Those on the night shift would help to insert bowls of lotus during the day, and those on the day shift would come to sell mills and have fun at night.
Yunyanhui and Huichong went to the gate of the Eastern Song Dynasty. There is also a washhouse here. Because the monks are opening up the market these days, many washers and Yunyanhui have dealt with them, including here.
Along the way, in addition to selling mills and drinking music, you can see various items, such as mandarin ducks, fish, turtles and other small animals painted in yellow wax. This is called floating on water. There are also flowers and melons carved into various patterns, and the sweet season fruit food "Smiley". If you buy a pound, you will also get a pair of little people in armor, called General Fruit Food. Not to mention the most famous double-headed lotus in Beijing, which is artificially made and very delicate.
Yun Yan sighed, this is almost the same as the Chinese New Year in modern times, and the children deliberately wear new clothes.
Yun Yanhui and Hui Chong greeted Washer early, and since they set up the grinding and drinking, they immediately attracted many onlookers.
The chubby chubby boy is standing on the painted hollow carved wooden seat, holding a lotus leaf or lotus flower the size of a child's palm in his hand, and it is not fake, it is a real lotus leaf/flower, but it has shrunk. How many times, it only matches the size of the mill, it's simply cute!
When I asked the monk again, it turned out that it was actually enshrined in front of the Buddha in Daxiangguo Temple and received incense.
Since it was enshrined in front of the Buddha, and it was so cute and ingenious, there were a few cheap ones to buy on the spot. Even if I can't afford it, I am willing to take my child to watch it for a while.
There is a lot of traffic, and even if the price is set high, there are many people who buy it. Huichong happily collects money as a monk. It is expected that it will be sold out tonight and there will be time to play elsewhere.
They didn't put much effort into this. Yunyan went back to do pre-orders and the like. They might have been busy for a day, but the profits were quite good. How could Hui Chong not be happy? .
Yun Yan returned to sit at the booth, because the business was so good that he didn't even need to shout, and Hui Chong didn't ask him to work, he was like a mascot. He still had a lotus leaf in his hand, which Huichong had just bought for him. He said that the children on the street were holding it in their hands. .
Yun Yanhui put the lotus leaf on her head and looked up at the juggling in the distance. A very familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and upon closer inspection, it was Zhao Yunchu who was pulling the crowd over, and he was still dragging a person in his hand.
Zhao Yunchu squeezed in from the crowd, and when Yunyan returned to their stall, the person he was pulling also staggered, stood firm and supported his hat, but one leg was dragged.
This person is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and his face is somewhat similar to Zhao Yunchu. Yunyan has seen it once or twice in the temple in retrospect. It should be Zhao Yunchu's brother, but Zhao Yunchu is the youngest son. I can't remember exactly which one it was.
"Why are you here?" Yun Yan asked after putting the lotus leaf down.
"I met the senior brothers in the temple at Suzakumen, and they told me that you were here, and my brother brought me to find you." Zhao Yunchu, still holding a box in his hand, said disappointedly, "I wanted to send me a mill. A drink for you…”
As a result, I saw that people were selling mills and drinking music.
Yun Yan couldn't help but laugh.
Then he saw Zhao Yunchu's brother lying next to him and said, "Why did I bring you here, you forcibly dragged me here, okay? Your brother and my leg are broken, yet you still treat me like this! "
Just said why the leg was wrong, it turned out to be broken, Yun Yan thought back.
Hui Chong couldn't bear it anymore, he also knew Zhao Yunchu's brother, "Why did you break your leg?"
Zhao Yunchu's brother said shyly, "Oh, don't mention it, my dad caught me working as a book boy in the study, and broke my leg. It took me dozens of days to go to the ground."
Yunyan replied: "..."
Hui Chong slowly covered Yun Yanhui's ears, but Zhao Yunchu's ears were not covered, but fortunately he was also confused, Hui Chong said rather speechlessly: "Can't you pay attention in the public? "
Yun Yanhui slowly pushed Hui Chong's hand away, looking indifferent, as if he didn't understand anything, but he was actually drunk, and from this, he suddenly remembered which brother Zhao Yunchu was.
Zhao Yundi, very famous inside the Daxiangguo Temple, not only has the habit of breaking his sleeves, but also can't control his mouth.
In a sense, he is also a persevering warrior, no matter how many times his legs are broken, he will not change his style.