Dongfeng Village is located in a remote mountain, surrounded by wilderness mountains.

The old people here tell a story like this:

In the past, a scholar who was good at Feng Shui passed by this place and saw that there was a river in front of the Hengshan Mountain. The water would flow around the mountain when it reached it, and there were lush forests here.

According to Feng Shui, it was a suitable place to settle down. When he returned home again, he took his whole family and moved here to settle down. Later, the scholar was successfully selected.

When he was old, he decided to retire to the mountains and forests, and the name of this village was chosen by Juren (Dongfeng Village).

Juren’s original name was Enochuan, but some people also called him Yijiazhuang.

As time went by, the number of people in the village increased, growing from a few families to hundreds.

However, those who knew this story and knew Inokawa also knew very little about it as time went on, and even forgot about it in time.

Only through word of mouth passed down by each generation of old village chiefs can the whole story of this village be preserved.

Later, a young village chief decided to hold a grand blind date show at a specific time every year in order to commemorate Ju Ren and to ensure the prosperity of the village. The day when Ju Ren passed away was designated as the Blind Date Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the sixth lunar month.

On the day of the festival, a folk song duet is held. If the woman responds to the man's invitation, the man can chase the woman until he hugs her. If he hugs the woman, they will get married under the blessing of everyone present on the festival.

June 15th has arrived as promised, and although it has been held this way for hundreds of years, people still retain the original festival process.

Although it was the late 1990s, the local representative traditional festivals were still unchanged in the early stage of reform and opening up.

The government does not interfere, and local officials also agree with traditional festivals. After all, they have been held this way for hundreds of years. In addition to the Spring Festival, June 15th is the most lively festival for the villagers here every year.

Of course, both men and women who come to participate must be single, and the duet rules are within a fixed circle. After the duet begins, if the woman cannot match the man's lyrics, she will be defeated and run away. In the local dialect, it is a man chasing a woman.

The next day, many young men and women would gather under the big banyan tree and talk about so-and-so who sang very well yesterday, and so-and-so had gone to see the road in the village before, and so-and-so quickly caught up with the woman and pinned her down.

He was either held in his arms or carried on his shoulders and ran towards home.

In short, they are all discussion methods, and the married and elderly people will also give some pointers on the essentials of duet singing.

After being chased, the girls hid at home and cried together with their parents. The mother reluctantly held her daughter's hand and watched seriously as her daughter, who had worked hard to grow up, was about to get married. The father

He stood silently watching the mother and daughter in front of him sometimes crying and sometimes laughing. Then he let out a long sigh and smoked a hand-rolled cigarette.

(Folk Song Duet on June 15, 1991)

On this day, people will put down all their farm work, and men and women of full age will dress up and appear in a circle that has been set up in front of Dongfeng Village.

Only single young men and women aged 18 or above can participate. Of course, older men and women can also participate. As long as someone takes over your folk song, you can sing in duet.

Some are teenagers who have become older men, and some are divorced women.

Every time a blind date conference is held, many out-of-towners come to participate and watch. Today there are as many people as ever.

Li Simeng was invited by her sister to watch folk song duets together. Her sister turned 20 this year and had yet to get married or find a son-in-law.

My parents have been very anxious to urge my sister to find someone as soon as possible. In a year or two, I am afraid that she will be classified as an older leftover girl. For this reason, my mother pushed my sister out of the door today and prevented her from entering the house.

Elder sister Li Siyan had no choice but to drag her younger sister to participate in this year's folk song duet in Dongfeng Village.

Li Simeng was wearing a simple white cloth, with a pair of young and slender hands under the clothes. The dimples on her face were very charming, and she always became the focus of the crowd every time she smiled.

Many young men's eyes followed Li Simeng's figure as he moved slowly.

A ray of breeze blew the hair hanging on Li Simeng's shoulders, causing it to fly messily and stick it to the rosy little face. Li Simeng always used his slender middle finger to scrape the hair off his face and hook it to his ears.

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Iwanqiu looked fascinated, secretly clenching his fists, and suddenly his shoulder was patted heavily. Iwanqiu's eyes were pulled back from Li Simeng, and he turned around and found that it was his eldest brother Iwanchun.

A faint smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth.

"What? Which family's daughter do you like? Do you want me to ask someone to help you get to know each other?"

"No need, brother, I will look for her myself when the folk song comes down."

"Well, you have the guts, I like you."

There are four brothers in the family: the eldest brother is Ivan Chun, the second brother is Ivan Xia, the third brother is Ivan Qiu, and the fourth brother is Ivan Dong.

Many people will think this name is too vulgar.

In view of the cultural limitations at that time, the names of people in the village all used simple words that were often pronounced, which was not unusual unless there was someone in the family who could read.

Li Siyan and Li Simeng's parents both went to junior high school, so they tended to be literary in naming their children.

"Brother, how did you chase your sister-in-law?" Ivan Qiu looked at his eldest brother Ivan Chun behind him.

"Your sister-in-law and I have known each other for a long time. We just expressed it through singing. You and I are different. You have to think about what song to use. That's what matters."

Iwanchun is a humble person and speaks in a down-to-earth manner. Although he has not read many books, he is very attentive in analyzing what should be done now regarding his younger brother's life-long events.

"How about a phoenix asking for a phoenix?" Ivan Qiu looked at his eldest brother's answer without thinking. He might have already had a rough idea of ​​this answer in his mind, but he couldn't make up his mind for a while because his eldest brother Ivan Chun said it casually.

"This is okay. Many people know this song, and it's relatively easy."

Regarding the June 15th blind date conferences in previous years, many young men and women held hands to get married in the song "Pursue the Phoenix". The popularity of this song has never diminished by half. There is also an inappropriate saying, if there is no other way, just look for the Phoenix.

If you don’t have any poems or books in your belly, you can ask for the phoenix.

I can only explain one thing: Feng Qiuhuang is an enduring figure in the annual blind date festival, and Feng Qiuhuang’s name is also quite grand. Calling him by his name makes you feel like you are a phoenix or a phoenix.

Men and women who are dating also pay attention to the festive atmosphere, so this song "Feng Qiu Huang" is sung most frequently almost every year. Even a five-year-old boy can hum the tune and imitate the gestures of adults to sing it gracefully.

"Okay, that's it, you have to cheer me on when I sing later!"

Iwanqiu no longer looked at his elder brother Iwanchun but turned his head to look for Li Simeng in the crowd.

At a blind date conference, every time a man sings to a woman, as soon as the man's singing stops, the men in the audience will sing along with the man again to get a response from the woman. This process is also called supporting singing. The more people sing, the louder the sound.
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