Part 1: Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival, a festival known to almost everyone, and the old people in the family know it as well, but, as far as I can remember, I haven't celebrated this festival, that is, this day is the same as the usual, or, perhaps, what's not the same is that, on that day, I was too busy not to have Time to cook ......
Whether it is the mother's family who grew up, or the in-laws who have lived for twenty years, they have not taken the Dragon Boat Festival day as a holiday to go to, not to mention the package of rice dumplings, and even buy them do not have time to buy them, yes, there is no spare money to buy them, so, in the family, I have not eaten rice dumplings.
Eat on the dumplings, is that these years in Beijing, the bosses are in this day before the package a lot of dumplings, every year I sent a lot of, my son does not love to eat, my husband does not eat my meals, I almost three a day to eat as a meal, is to make up for the previous did not eat dumplings of the shortcomings of it.
The dumplings have a variety of ingredients, eat up the taste is not quite the same, but, I admit, this is really a kind of food, eating dumplings, my heart is not a taste, because the old people at home is not eaten, not no money to buy, but now it is the wheat harvest busy season, starting from the plucking of garlic moss, followed by digging garlic, garlic, garlic, just packaged up, the golden ears of wheat will be upside down! People can't take a break, and then put into the more intense wheat harvest. Now have the conditions to use machinery, people do not have to roll the field, playing the field, but also to go to rush time, can not let the cooked wheat suffered rain. At the same time, the garlic field planted cotton seedlings watered once, in the absence of a garlic tree under the shade, such as the seedlings to grow, whooshing up a head, to be wheat into the home, corn sown into the ground, the cotton seedlings have been promising, stretching a circle of arms, waiting for the owner to clean up, from now on, until winter, people's time is mostly consumed in these cotton trees.
Dragon Boat Festival, Qu Yuan in Miluo River on the sky long whistling, but saw the hard work of the farmers every year is "this year looking forward to next year, next year is still that piece of broken jacket" situation, and those who are full of parasites is the brocade, oppression of the people, so it is cynical, jumped into the river, not wanting to be with the rotten, but also with the people. River, do not want to be with the rotten political *** place .......
But, I do not know whether the soul of Qu Yuan see, he up and down the way to seek cultivation so far how ......
Part II: the Dragon Boat Festival in the old home
Wipe away the dusty past The first time I saw the Dragon Boat Festival in my hometown was when I was a young girl. At that time, I was still young, the cold years because the Dragon Boat Festival seems rich and lively, and the Dragon Boat Festival has become extraordinarily affectionate, extraordinarily profound and moving because of my childhood interests.
In the old family, the house one after another, the dilapidated old house through the long time, vicissitudes and heavy. The people of the old family live together, although crowded and simple, but exceptionally harmonious, each other polite and courteous. Even though there are some small quarrels in a dozen families, most of the time they are very kind and friendly. People meet with people, face hanging close to the smile, familiar expression, words of parents, ask cold and warm.
When I was a child, the Dragon Boat Festival came with the breeze and grace. The old house of the Lin family was abuzz with excitement. Every family would buy some meat, and more importantly, the adults wrapped dumplings together. The family can actually pan fry, deep fry, stew, stir fry, the aroma from one kitchen to another, mouth-watering, refreshing, refreshing.
Traditional festivals, but the dumplings are very simple, the material is simple and pure color of the same glutinous rice. The family members of the old family, while talking and laughing, while the hands are busy, artful hands, the stove fire purely packaged rice dumplings. Wide bamboo leaves, carefully cleaned and folded into special shapes, are wrapped with glutinous rice, which is usually rare to see. The long, thin leaves of the palm tree make a firm "thread" that binds the well-defined, angular palm leaves, which is appropriate to the extreme. The rice dumplings, boiled for a long time, are very attractive. Eating in the mouth, the fragrance in the heart, wonderful in the bamboo leaf packaging in the unique shape.
I couldn't wait to cut the thick thread, peeled off the bamboo leaves, opened my mouth wide, with sharp teeth, and ate the chewy dumplings, which I naturally liked very much inside. That particular flavor violently stimulated my tongue when I was a child. So, every year on the Dragon Boat Festival, eating rice dumplings became a longing, a waiting, a rare memory.
The most profound in my mind is with my sister, under the leadership of my mother, first to pick the necessary wormwood. Before the Dragon Boat Festival, mugwort grows vibrant and lush behind the house, on the banks of the fields and on the hillsides. The green exterior is as green as a smear. Soft leaves, strong odor, long fragrance. We picked and picked, excited to take home.
Mother smiled brightly and left us to do the thing of inserting mugwort. We took some mugwort with a special smell and went to complete our honorable task. When the mugwort was picked, it was full of spirit and fresh-faced. I took a small bundle of mugwort and made a point of smelling the odor that had been missing for a year. Innocent sister close to the hard smell once, pinch the nose, shaking his head, do not like the smell of mugwort. I laughed and said that mugwort would bring us good luck and would be an antiseptic to ward off evil spirits. This is dear mother told me. My sister opened her big eyes and nodded her lovely head, very much believing my words.
I took down a plant, with great care, and carefully inserted it in a small hole in the door frame. Every door was hung with mugwort and looked dazzling. Mugwort affinity as if extremely strong, in our efforts, even the pig pen, duck pen, etc. are inserted with mugwort, that will bless the pigs and ducks and other livestock prosperity, healthy growth. I am happy to enjoy the fun of inserting mugwort.
At that time, I will also carry a pot of reddish "cloud red" water. I would take a clean basin, put clean water in it, and open a small packet of red powdered medicine. That's what we call "yunhong" in southern Fujian. Sprinkle a small packet of "cloud red" in the basin, the water formed a number of tiny particles "cloud red", suspended in the water here and there, up and down, back and forth.
Mother sometimes let us drink a few mouthfuls, saying that the water is clear, good for people. I did not hesitate to take a big sip. Then, with great enthusiasm, I poured out the "Yunhong" medicinal water with my little hand again and again and sprinkled it in every room, as well as in the patio, under the bed, in the mouth of the earthen stove, on the coal stove, and so on, and sprinkled it on one by one. We even went into the pigsties, regardless of the stench of the sky, and sprinkled "cloud red" potion, the sleeping pigs scared to stand up, grunting and screaming, and walked away in vain.
Dragon Boat Festival, that flavor, that festive atmosphere, boasting a hefty dose of cordiality. That way, enough to write down the endless poetry, written on the paper of my memory, can also become a long story of longing. Dragon Boat Festival, because of my mother's smiling face, let me miss more. Love Dragon Boat Festival, but also miss the boundless love of the mother.
Part 3: Dragon Boat Festival Essay
The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, such as the trickle of water originated in ancient times, so far, there have been thousands of years of history, is the sweat of the laborers and the wisdom of the crystallization of how many of the yellow and yellow descendants of the carrying the long-lasting charm.
I remember when I was a child, near the Dragon Boat Festival, the streets of my hometown will first appear to sell dumplings leaves. Or, you will see in front of the door of every house, people three groups, five groups, gathered around a pot containing soaked glutinous rice, left hand holding the rice dumplings rolled into a cone-shaped leaves, right hand with a small porcelain spoon to scoop the glutinous rice into which, and then a chopstick "Duk Duk Duk," pounded by the rice dumplings leaves wrapped in the glutinous rice. The glutinous rice is then pounded and added to the rice until it is almost ready, and then the rice dumplings are carefully tied up with a straw that is tightly wrapped around the glutinous rice. At this point, the rice dumplings are wrapped, and the process is complete. Whenever I stand next to quietly watch the whole operation process, at this time, the heart will spring a green surprise: Dragon Boat Festival is coming, not only can eat on the rice dumplings, but also may have new clothes to wear.
"Palace clothes are also famous, Dragon Boat Festival was honored. Fine kudzu containing wind soft, fragrant Luo stacked snow light ...... "from the great poet Du Fu in this song, about the cause of the Dragon Boat Festival to wear new clothes, can be seen: Dragon Boat Festival to wear new clothes, as early as in the Tang Dynasty; and after the Dragon Boat Festival, will be stepping into the summer heat, you have to put on the right clothes, in order to spend a cool and incomparable summer.
Like the look of the dumplings, more like the flavor of the dumplings. The cone-shaped dumplings, coat a green dumpling leaves, the body is also tied with straw, such as a piece of carefully wrapped emerald. If you slowly peel off the green coat, into the eyes, is comparable to the skin of a young girl but also white as jade glutinous rice dumplings. That white and smooth, delicate and transparent appearance, often let the first time to see people, eyes staring, then, can not help but use the lips close to the skin as impeccable, kiss a kiss. Slowly, the sweetness of the glutinous rice from the tongue gradually into the heart. So, you will be in that sweet moment, wandering in the incomparable coziness ......
Dragon Boat Festival, if only to taste the rice dumplings for the purpose, then lose its due charm. The first time I've seen this, I've seen it, and I've never seen it. And in fact, the Dragon Boat Festival, like the Mid-Autumn Festival, is a poetic folk festival. Dragon Boat Festival day, out of the "swim a hundred diseases" of men, women and children, dressed in clean clothes, full of flowers like a smile, the Dragon Boat Festival to bring the pleasure of the exposure of the sound playful.
In my hometown, the "Tour of All Maladies" is one of the main folklore of the Dragon Boat Festival. In order to live, every day through the dust in the rolling, hard work, do not hesitate to sweat, in the rising smoke in the symphony of pots and pans of men, women and children, no matter how busy, or do not like the outdoor activities, and to the Dragon Boat Festival this day, must go out to climb the mountain to be able to do. Otherwise, if you still snail indoors, it was jokingly called "toad hiding Dragon Boat Festival". Many people would say this witty saying, but do not know the reason for this saying. According to the "Imperial Capital Scenic Spectacle" records, in the Ming Dynasty, the Dragon Boat Festival day, regarded the Dragon Boat Festival as "heavy five", that is, the five poisons out of the day. People would go outdoors and climb to the top of the mountain where the grass and trees are luxuriant to avoid the poison. "Su Shi depicted the Dragon Boat Festival with a colorful thread lightly wrapped around a red jade, and a small charm hanging diagonally from a green cloud's temples. In the Song Dynasty, women hung talismans in their hair to ward off evil spirits and poisons to ensure permanent peace. Nowadays, people in their hometowns can still see women carrying children with small cloth monkeys or purses carefully sewn with silk threads hanging diagonally from their waists, wandering along the paths on the outskirts of the city. You can see the importance that people attach to the Dragon Boat Festival. What's more, the ugly appearance but the whole body is a treasure, with the heat, pull out the poison, swelling and pain relief toad to catch, and squeeze out its poisonous juice, and then with calamus, andrographis, painted on the ears and nose, to avoid poison.
Along with his family, any heart gossip, rambling, enjoying the Dragon Boat Festival dispersed out of the warmth, walking in the pavement of the long, long, long pedestrian street, the line of sight through the bustle of the similar tourists, the eye far away, often see, row by row, placed on both sides of the street, all almost shouting out the name of the flowers and plants, roots, roots -- it is said that all the Chinese herbal medicine, the name is the same. -I was told that they were all herbal medicines. I will walk to the stalls, and slowly crouch down, pretending to be a connoisseur of the gesture, while talking to the owner of the stalls, while fiddling with the green plants that seem to have just been pulled out of the soil and are still overflowing with the fragrance of the green plants. If you see a flower or tree that strikes your fancy, you will intentionally keep the price very low, but you will pretend that you really want to buy it and haggle with the stall owner. Also the price and the stall owner wants a far cry, the business certainly failed to close; leave, and pretending to look reluctant to leave, but the heart has been filled with the fragrance of the flowers and trees far away from the clear.
Dragon Boat Festival on the street a few more points of the atmosphere of the village, less a lot of the city's automobile exhaust flavor. Like this breath, which is the flavor of nature, as if returning to the world's true nature, back to basics. Thus, the imprint of ancestral survival, a scene, through the eyes: slash-and-burn, only to reproduce the living; Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, since then human beings and grasses have formed an unbreakable bond. If every folk festival has its own unique meaning, I think the significance of the Dragon Boat Festival, should not just to drive away poison and evil spirits. Drinking water to think of the source, constantly washing and grinding quenching the evergreen wisdom of survival, should be the deeper meaning of the Dragon Boat Festival. For example, when climbing mountains, those who have the heart will remember the difficulty of their ancestors who used to live in the mountains when climbing over. Unlike the Dragon Boat Festival, we follow the "tour of the disease" of the army, climbing Dongshan, climbed the fish mountain, play Qiyuan hole, a few more points of the melting of the fun, but less literati and ink masters sentimental feelings.
When I was a kid, I put on new clothes and ate breakfast, and I brought up a bunch of dumplings, and I climbed the mountain while eating them. The memory of the East Mountain, although there are temples, has not yet been monks living. Usually, in addition to vacation students, to this mountain is not a lot of people; only the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole city men, women and children will coincidentally mounted on the East Mountain, "tour of the disease".
Dongshan, standing next to the fields of Dongmen. The soil on the mountain is probably suitable for the growth of trees, compared to the trees on the East Mountain than the other mountains surrounding the city's lush. Mountain holly, cedar, pine and other evergreen trees, so the reason, spring, summer, fall and winter, Dongshan will be its cataract dense forest, want to drip of verdure and proudly stood up the posture of attracting men and women in their hometown. Especially in the Dragon Boat Festival, the people who come to the East Mountain, shoulder to shoulder, sweating, abound. Along the winding, winding up the stone level upward climb, the first can let the pupil quickly expand, is a man-made carving of the stone dragon. It has been there for as long as I can remember. There is no inscription on it to deduce when it was built. However, the color of the stone dragon has gradually darkened, seems to be engraved with the vicissitudes of the generation far away from the years of oblivion - must be, it should be some time.
Don't look at all the Dragon Boat Festival tour of the mountains, choose the perspective is not the same. Usually like poetry and song, every place, always close, explore some, trying to dig out some of the things they want: or caressing the stone carving, or carefully look at a tablet. Finished, and then look away across the misty mountains, carrying a thick and heavy thoughts, not to immerse themselves in that "it is the time to bathe in orchids move. Calamus wine beauty Qingzun ****. Leaf oriole when a get ......" in the atmosphere, vowed not to rest. And like to take pictures, often to a particular attraction, or pose, in the "click" sound and the flashing lights to enjoy the moment of joy. Children do not listen to the command of adults, like just out of the cage of birds in general, running around the mountain. The most refreshing thing is that those who are good at singing mountain songs, put their own emotions into the mountain echoed in the song.