Yun Yanhui saw that Xingzong believed it to be true, and even praised the melon essence against his will, and he was amused and speechless in his heart. Li Xingjian was really desolate, that is to say, the communication was not developed at this time.
After tasting ginseng fruit, Xingzong ordered people to serve wine and play music.
Li Xun's father had been on an envoy to Liao, so at this time he gave Yun Yanhui and Zhao Yunchu popular science, "In Liao, wine and music are combined, generally when you play music, you must have wine, and when you drink, you like to enjoy music. "
This belongs to the national characteristics of Khitan, and the wine served is also a popular milk wine in Liao. The most common wines of Liao people are fruit wine and milk wine, especially milk wine. Because of the developed animal husbandry, there are many kinds of milk wine.
You Liaochen seized the opportunity to brag: "Your envoy brought mellow wine, but our milk wine is not too different, and we can go home without getting drunk today."
The wine sent to Liao by the Song Dynasty was very popular. There was no such wine in Liao. The people of Liao loved wine, so every time the wine sent by the Song envoy was given to the courtiers by the Liao Emperor as a reward.
Of course, in the face of Song Envoy, of course, you can't show weakness.
But in Hanchen's mind, naturally he would not get drunk at such a banquet, so Li Xingjian only took a few sips.
Yun Yanhui didn't care, the degree of milk wine was not as high as that of wine. He drank a whole bowl in a row before he could taste it. When Liao Chen saw it, he felt that people were not good-looking. Among the Song envoys, the deputy envoy who seemed the weakest and the most arrogant actually drank.
As the banquet started, everyone started drinking, and the musicians also performed in the hall. Dressed in the narrow sleeves characteristic of Liao, most of the men have beards, and the women also have a healthy complexion.
Yelu Yalu, as a qualified consulate escort, introduced them diligently by the side. At this time, the performance was san music, and the instruments included Dongxiao, pipa, clapper, waist drum, etc., and some singers sang in Khitan language.
Compared with the Song Dynasty, the song is more extensive, with a heroic meaning, and it seems to have a strong religious color.
Yelu Yalu translated the lyrics into Chinese and told them: "This song is about the origin of our Khitan people. At the beginning, there was a goddess riding a white horse, from the horse Yushan down the Tu River, a goddess Riding a green ox cart down the Henghe River from the pine forest on the flat ground, they met at the confluence of the two rivers, where they became husband and wife.
"Gods and goddesses thrived in Muye Mountain. Later, there were eight tribes including Yuling, Mulian, and Xiwandan, and gradually formed the Khitan."
Many ethnic groups have the characteristics of integrating folk customs and legends into song and dance performances. From the artistic works of a country, you can see their history and their souls.
After two rounds of drinking, another dancer came up, both male and female, dancing the traditional Khitan dance.
Liao people especially like singing and dancing. The monarchs and ministers all smile with the singing and dancing, and their bodies are shaking. If they feel like they can, they can stand up and dance together anytime, anywhere.
According to the introduction of Yelu Cuilu, the content of this dance also reflects the Khitan national culture, referring to their four seasons system.
There are five capitals in Liao, Shangjing is the imperial capital, and there are four other capitals in the east, west, west and middle. As the seasons change, the rulers and ministers of the country will move. In winter and spring, they will be in Shangjing, and in other seasons, they will be in other capitals.
This unique system is probably inseparable from their nomadic character.
Whether they liked it or not, the envoys of Song watched with a smile.
Yun Yanhui thinks it's pretty good. The Khitan nation has "disappeared" in modern times and has merged with other nations. Now, I am very lucky to be able to see the original flavor of Khitan singing and dancing.
In addition to the performances in Khitan language, these songs and dances also have dance music in the style of the Song Dynasty and Bohai Kingdom.
Many Liao officials also sang along with them, and even Yelu Yalu simply tapped the table with their hands and beat the beat together.
When it came time to rise, Xingzong actually came down from the throne again, the ministers did not respond, only the Han envoys felt strange.
At this time, Xingzong walked to the hall, grabbed the musician's pipa, and then began to play it himself!
Yunyan replied: "..."
The other musicians didn't stop, just a little bit softer, so as to highlight Xingzong. Xingzong played the pipa and sang at the same time, and the Liao ministers showed an intoxicated look...
Yun Yan was in a mess in the wind and felt very magical. She turned to look at Li Xun and Zhao Yunchu with a confused look, and Li Xingjian was also a little stunned, showing a vague expression of disapproval.
The monarch of a country actually went to perform in person, or in front of foreign envoys, which was too inconsistent with the etiquette system. Although the Liao Kingdom implemented Confucian culture, it still could not change its habits.
But this is someone else's emperor, what else could Li Xingjian say? He quickly adjusted his expression, smiled rightly, and gave the others a wink.
Yun Yanhui and the others took a wink, and sorted out their expressions, smiled, and tried to smile.
Xingzong was completely excited. He stepped on the drum with one foot, swayed his body, played the pipa and sang songs, his eyes were still wandering around, looking for everyone's approval...
The Liao ministers are used to it, and whenever they meet Xingzong's eyes, they will become more intoxicated, as if immersed in his singing. Some sycophants also made various gestures along with the content of the lyrics, so they almost stood up and danced.
Xingzong sang and sang, as if he remembered that this was a banquet to welcome the Song envoys, and he walked in front of them, playing the pipa and stepping on the dance steps under his feet. When singing, his facial expressions were also very rich and he communicated with the Song envoys. He also took the time to stretch out a hand and invite Li Xingjian to join him.
Li Xingjian: "…"
The old man's expression turned a little green, but as an old driver, he was still very calm, pretending not to understand, he took up the wine and toasted Xingzong.
Xingzong then turned to the table of the deputy envoys, and the three deputy envoys were busy serving wine...
Yun Yanhui didn't think like Li Xingjian that it was inappropriate for the emperor to play and dance at a banquet. After all, this is a national characteristic of other people.
Fortunately, Xingzong did not force them to be embarrassed. Seeing them drinking, he turned back.
Everyone looked at each other and saw happiness in each other's eyes. If it wasn't for Li Xingjian's good demonstration here, they really didn't know how to gracefully refuse an emperor's invitation to dance.
Xingzong played the pipa for a while, and then he was happy, and returned to the throne as if nothing had happened.
After the banquet, the Song envoys returned to the embassy and gathered to discuss their previous encounters.
Li Xun said, "My father once said that the rituals and music of the Liao Kingdom are somewhat casual, and the monarch, his subjects and the common people all love dancing and music, but it seems that such a matter of a country's monarch playing music and dancing at a banquet only happened in their private banquets. , did not appear at the banquet with envoys."
Yun Yan replied speechlessly: "Then what happened to their monarch, did they drink fake wine?"
Li Xingjian said with a pale face, "It really is..."
He couldn't speak any longer, and he was extremely disapproving in his heart.
Yun Yanhui didn't agree with them for the same reasons, so he didn't take it to heart, he ate a snack and went to bed easily.
Zhao Yunchu secretly went to Yun Yanhui's room to sleep at night, still wanting to discuss with Yun Yanhui, "Brother Yan, what do you mean by saying that the monarch of the Liao Kingdom drank fake wine? Is there any medicine in that wine? ?"
Yun Yanhui almost laughed, "Why do you still think about this?"
Of course, this kind of thing has a bigger impact on an authentic ancient person. Zhao Yunchu pouted and said, "Can you imagine that the official family plays the pipa at the banquet?"
Yun Yan made up for it after thinking back, and suddenly felt a chill, "That's not the meaning. When the Liao Emperor played the pipa at a banquet, it was similar to our official family composing a poem at a banquet."
It's just that the awkward dance was a little bit later... Otherwise, Yun Yanhui would have appreciated it quite a bit.
After Yun Yan said this, Zhao Yunchu was able to accept it a little bit, thinking about it. After all, they can't use their Song people's ideas to demand the Liao people. The Liao people are still old and messy.
- The marriage system in Liao is rather special. Only the Yelu family and the Xiao family are allowed to intermarry, regardless of their seniority, so there will be situations where uncles marry nieces and grandfathers marry granddaughters. For so many years, almost all the queens of the Yelu family of the Khitan royal family have been the Xiao family.
The two slept quietly together for a night, and Zhao Yunchu slipped back to his room early the next morning.
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A few days later, it will be the first day of the first lunar month. Today, the Liao Emperor will entertain Song envoys again, and the music booth has been set up. The Confucius family class will perform the classic Bian opera "Wishing Love Fish" for the first time in the Liao Kingdom.
I don't know how many Liao nobles are looking forward to this moment. They have all admired Bian opera for a long time, including Xingzong's harem concubines. Everyone knows that after the Bian opera is staged today, they are all counting the days to wait.
Yun Yanhui accompanied Kong to the palace in advance, and went to check the stage. Most of the props were brought from Bianjing. The stage was not as good as Pu Guanze's big stage, and the surrounding environment was average, but it was enough.
The people from the Kong family class took the time to rehearse and made sure that there was no problem, and then began to apply makeup.
This time, the banquet was held in the Hall of Culture, and the ceremony was similar to the previous one, except that halfway through the banquet, Xingzong ordered everyone to move outside the hall to prepare to watch the special gift of the Song Dynasty—Bian Opera performance.
The courtiers and concubines of the Liao Kingdom could not wait for a long time. Xingzong gave the order, and everyone stood up and moved out.
The curtain was slowly opened, the light gauze was embroidered with flying flowers, and the scholar in green shirt stood motionless on the side of the stage, just like a painting. This scene alone made the Liao nobles applaud.
This is to be expected, not to mention them, even the people of the Song Dynasty have never seen such a stage arrangement before, let alone the more heroic people of the Liao Kingdom.
The sound of the pipa was flowing like water, and the scholar on the stage moved with the music, walked a few steps in a very rhythmic manner, stood in the center of the stage, and with a flick of his sleeves, the painting came to life.
This kind of aesthetic is very classical in the Han family, but the Liao nobles are deeply influenced, so they can understand it very well.
Previously, Bian opera only came to Liao with lyrics and unorthodox singing methods passed down by word of mouth. Now it is performed by professional artists, coupled with the extremely innovative stage design, which really amazes everyone.
Due to the limited time, I did not perform the whole show, only 20% off. It stands to reason that there will be other dance performances in the future, but the nobles of the Liao Kingdom strongly demanded to continue the performance. Although they all know the plot, after the first two folds, everyone agreed that the complete performance is the most amazing.
Xingzong was even more impressed. No wonder Kong Ji insisted on performing on the stage. This Bian opera is not only the art of singing, but also includes stage beauty, makeup and so on.
At the strong request of everyone, Xingzong also broke the process and asked Kong Jiaban to continue the performance.
When the whole show ended at night, the applause could not stop for a long time. The Liao people were still immersed in the performance just now, and they only felt the lingering sound, which was unforgettable.
Zhao Yunchu whispered back to Yun Yan: "Brother Yan, are you going to 'start'?"
Yun Yan looked back at the fascinated Liao people, and whispered, "What's the hurry, it's not the time to start the slaughter."