Chapter 113 (2/2)
The Grand Opera Festival opened in the morning, and most of the hotel guests came and went.
The front desk of the hotel also kindly provided the route map and brochures to the venue.
Jiang Shu took a brochure and learned that the official name of the event was ”Nancheng folk opera art exhibition”. The venue is wenlingtai.
It is said that wenlingtai was originally a sacrificial altar built in the middle reaches of Linghe river.
Linghe river is a tributary of the Yangtze River, and its trunk runs through the whole Nancheng. Tributaries are all over the south city. In ancient times, when people depended on heaven to enjoy food, Linghe river was the foundation for the survival of the people in the city.
The peace of Linghe is the peace of the people.
Therefore, in order to pray for good weather, people in Nancheng gradually had the custom of offering sacrifices to the God of Linghe river. Wenlingtai is the altar built by people in Nancheng to offer sacrifices to the God of Linghe River and pray for good weather.
Every year, when the river god is sacrificed, the degree of liveliness is no less than that of the Spring Festival. At that time, the transportation was inconvenient, and only the waterway was the fastest. People from all over the country swayed their boats, dragged their families and brought chicken, duck, cattle, sheep and other sacrifices to wenlingtai, waiting to participate in the river god Festival.
On the day of the ceremony, the river near Lingtai was full of boats. At the beginning of the ceremony, everyone watched on the boat. After the ceremony, the people could put the handicrafts and food they had brought home on the bow of the boat for trading or barter.
When the sun goes down, the lights will be hung up on these boats. For the sake of excitement and attraction, there will also be boatman singing in the bow of the boat... This spontaneous behavior, because there are more participants, gradually there are many unwritten rules. It has become a classic part that must be performed every year. It is called ”wild stage play” or ”playing wild stage”.
With the popularity of traditional Chinese opera culture, the outdoor stage becomes more and more lively every year after the festival. Even many actors who want to earn fame will come to the stage by boat on the day of the festival.
However, people like this usually don't show up directly. Most of them will put on a mask to cover their face. If they cheer loudly, they will take off the mask half way after they finish. Since then, they have become famous; If no one cares, hide in the cabin and leave, waiting for the next year.
Of course, it's all about the old days in the brochure.
Today is a modern society, and we do not advocate advocating feudal superstition. Therefore, the government only mentioned the background of offering sacrifices to the river god in propaganda, and then put the emphasis on ”Da Ye Tai”.
Today's Yetai opera is naturally different from that of those years. In order to stir up the atmosphere, the organizers specially invited many famous folk opera masters to come and hold the stage, and set up high bonuses to encourage folk experts to play, forming a benign competition situation.
It's just that since the name of ”Da Ye Tai” was offered, it naturally has to have the flavor of the past.
So the time and place of this exhibition is set on the Linghe river at night.
All the boats were contacted in advance by the organizer. In addition to the boats at Yetai, there were several large sightseeing cruise ships parked near the wharf, which were decorated with antique style. After buying tickets, tourists can board the boat and enjoy the Grand View of Daye terrace on the river.
It was only in the evening when they arrived at wenlingtai.
The afterglow of the setting sun came down and the river was sparkling. A few awning boats of different sizes are not far away from the river bank. From a distance, you can see a figure shaking at the bow of the boat. Occasionally, there are one or two high or low babbling sounds, which should be the voice of the people on board.
They first went to the restaurant near Lingtai to have some special river delicacies. After dark, they went to the riverside.
Jiang Jiu follows behind him and sends a message to Jiang Chi, telling him that he has arrived at wenlingtai. If he has time in the evening, he will go to them again.
At this time, Hai'an pushed other people aside, rubbed against Jiang GUI and asked, ”do you want to go with me?”
Jiang Shu had to put away his mobile phone and look at the cruise ship beside the dock. He asked, ”didn't we pack a cruise ship?”
”What's fun about cruises.”
Hai An shakes his finger and points to longbing and other humanitarians in front of him: ”they say they want to take that kind of awning boat. I think it's good, too.”
He looked forward and said, ”I've seen it in TV series. A pot of wine, a boat, three or two confidants, boating on the lake, tasting wine and enjoying scenery... Isn't it a great thing in life?”
The corner of Jiang's mouth smoked, and he didn't know where he looked at these things. Can not help but remind: ”night boarding, and then drinking, prone to accidents, unsafe.”
Hai An stared at him in disbelief and whispered for a long time, ”it's not that my charm has declined.”
It is clear that Jiang is short of a string.
It's not interesting at all.
I can't move.
Jiang Gu looks innocent. Seeing that long Bing and others over there have already begun to choose ships, he can't help but step forward and ask, ”do you really want to let them disperse? In the event of an accident, it may not be easy to respond. ”
Of course, he didn't understand this. He whispered: ”I don't want the children to be able to cover the wolf. They are honest, but they won't take the next step. Only when they are dispersed can they have a chance... ”
Since we already know that they are going to come to Nancheng to look for something, we have to create opportunities for them in order to lead the snake out of the hole.
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Hai An: dead straight man!
Greedy:? I'm very crooked.
Long long: Yes, I can testify.
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Long wait, second watch!