They naturally knew about the sacrifices in the ancient town.
It is different from the Panwang Festival of the Yao people in Li Qijie's hometown, which is just a formal ceremony of worship, singing, toasting, and long dances.
Sacrifice in the ancient town requires slaughtering pigs, sheep, etc. and taking them to worship, and it is not the kind of worshiping them and then taking them back.
Although the life of people in the ancient town today is not very wealthy, it can be considered to have reached the wealthy standard of a stable life.
But even so, this kind of behavior is completely a waste of meat resources, and you cannot advocate it.
This is probably why they tried so hard to stop this so-called sacrificial activity!
"Everyone, let's take a look at this first!" Zhong Yunqi thought for a while, took out the yellowed manuscript that his grandfather Zhong Yuanshan gave him, and put it on the table in the conference room.
Several people were curious and started to pass it around after taking it.
There isn't much content in the manuscript, so naturally it doesn't take much time to finish reading it.
And several young people here, even Wang Xingping, who has a slightly lower academic qualification, are graduates of higher education colleges, so naturally there is no one who cannot understand.
Even if you can't understand every sentence in the manuscript, you can still understand what is roughly said.
However, after reading it, everyone was a little shocked.
They came to this ancient town to do volunteer work and had a little time.
However, there are no historical and cultural records in the ancient town, so they can only tell that the ancient town has some history.
But if what is said above is true and what time is said is true, then isn’t this ancient town older than many famous ancient buildings outside?
Everyone can see that this manuscript is not fake.
What's more, when Zhong Yunqi's grandfather handed it to him in the morning, everyone saw it.
However, the things recorded on it are a bit too mysterious.
At this time, Zhong Yunqi said:
"Comrade Zhou Peng's idea is not unreasonable.
However, we have a special situation here, and I don’t think you need to be too harsh on some things.
Comrade Li Qijie also said that the King of Pan whom they worship during the Panwang Festival is Panhu, also known as the dragon dog.
They use dogs as totems, and they also worship the dog god on Panwang Festival.
From this point of view, there is nothing that cannot be accommodated if the ancient town here worships the so-called gods who protect the dragon veins!
Furthermore, everyone has also seen that the contents of this manuscript were handed down from the ancient town a long time ago.
Regardless of whether the things recorded in it are true or not, can’t we just treat it as similar to the legend about the origin of the Panwang Festival in Comrade Li Qijie’s hometown?”
After everyone listened to Zhong Yunqi's speech, they thought carefully.
The main reason is that with the Panwang Festival of the Yao people in Li Qijie's hometown as a reference, and the existence of this long-ago manuscript, it cannot be said that the villagers in the ancient town are making up superstitions.
After such comprehensive consideration, it seems that Zhong Yunqi's proposal is not impossible!
This is indeed a solution to a big problem at their current job.
However, at this moment, it was still difficult for everyone to make a decision. After all, their ideas had to change too much all at once.
"Let's all vote with a show of hands!"
Wang Xingping was older and naturally more sophisticated in dealing with things. After seeing this situation, he suggested.
Several people's eyes lit up, "This is okay!"
A show of hands is used to vote, and the minority obeys the majority. In this way, there will be no conflicts among personnel due to differences of opinion.
"Okay, let's vote by a show of hands!" Zhong Yunqi nodded.
"My suggestion is to allow everyone to offer sacrifices and treat it as a special festival or activity. If everyone agrees, raise your hands!" Zhong Yunqi continued.
Several people thought for a while, and two people raised their hands first.
The first person to raise his hand was Wang Xingping.
The other one is Li Qijie.
Wang Xingping has been here for three years and has already integrated into the town.
In addition, he is just a very pure rural primary school teacher, so naturally he doesn't have much to think about. He really thinks there is no problem with this.
As for Li Qijie, perhaps he was influenced by the festivals in his hometown, so he is more accepting of this ancient thing that may indeed have a bit of feudal superstition.
There are five people here, so if this is the case, it means that three people have agreed.
The remaining ones are Zhou Peng, who had reservations before, and Zhang Congliang, another young man who came here to teach.
At this time, Zhong Yunqi and the others looked at the two of them, waiting for their decision.
After Zhang Congliang thought seriously for a while, he finally nodded.
"I think this is feasible. Everyone knows our current situation. There is really no need to be too rigid!" Zhang Congliang said and raised his hand.
Now, the ratio became four to one, and Zhou Peng was the only one left.
Zhou Peng was actually thinking about this issue after reading what was in the manuscript.
Seeing several people looking at him, he stood up and said:
"Since this matter is not done specifically to spread superstitious ideas, then I think it is acceptable!
However, I have an idea, that is, it would be great if we could change the process of sacrificing three animals and five animals!
Everyone can worship, but it only needs to be expressed in a formal way, and resources cannot be wasted like this."
After Zhou Peng finished speaking, several people nodded in agreement!
Indeed, this point is probably the flaw that needs to be resolved in this matter.
Zhong Yunqi thought for a while and said: "I'm afraid we can't rush this matter for the time being. We have to go step by step. Let's solve the immediate matter first.
Changing the sacrificial process can be included in the next plan. What do you think?"
"Yes, I agree!"
"I agree!"
…
Several people quickly reached a unified opinion.
"Okay, then this matter will be considered unanimously approved!" Zhong Yunqi made the final decision.
Although he has a small number of people, the conditions are a bit crude.
However, strictly speaking, their discussion this time was a formal internal meeting of the town committee.
The policy everyone has decided on should naturally be recorded and included in the meeting minutes!
The meeting has ended here, but the sacrificial activities outside are still in full swing.
At this time, the sacrifices are being cooked.
Zhong Yunqi stood up and said:
"Now that everyone has recognized the matter of worship, for the next step of planning, I think we should also integrate into it. Only with in-depth understanding can we find ways to change the process!
So I suggest that everyone should stop here for today’s work. How about participating in the sacrificial activities together?”