Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin stayed at Tian Erniu's house until the Lantern Festival, preparing to experience the Lantern Festival in Penglai City.
The Lantern Festival here in Penglai City is very lively and very grand.
Because this place is far away from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty, the local Ming Dynasty officials also shoulder the important mission of promoting the Ming Dynasty culture and inheriting the spirit of the Han family. Therefore, they must attach great importance to important holidays and hold various activities to celebrate.
The government attaches great importance to it, and ordinary people also actively participate, because basically they live in cities or immigrant towns, where the population is concentrated, and various activities can be held easily, making it easy for everyone to participate.
In addition, there are a large number of descendants of the Yin and Shang people in the local area. They worship the Ming Dynasty and its culture very much, because in their view, the Ming people are the descendants of the Sun God. Although they are also descendants of the Sun God, they made mistakes and were exiled.
to here.
Therefore, we must study everything about the Ming Dynasty, so that we can integrate into the Ming Dynasty and gradually return to the embrace of God. Therefore, we also attach great importance to the various festivals of the Ming Dynasty and actively participate in them.
At this moment, the entire Penglai City was dressed up, every household hung up festive lanterns, and many shops held various activities to celebrate.
Some stores have crossword puzzles, and whoever can guess the answer can go to the store and get some free prizes. For example, if you buy grain and oil, you can get some grain or oil.
Another example is teahouses, restaurants, etc., if you go in and spend money, you can get a pot of good tea or wine for free; in some inns, hotels, you can also stay for a few nights for free.
Naturally, commercial banks will not miss such a good day, and they have also launched many activities, such as offering some difficult pairs, directly rewarding dozens of taels, hundreds of taels of silver, which can be directly used in real games.
Gold and silver.
There are also business houses that spend a lot of money for poems and so on. Some famous restaurants in Penglai City spend hundreds of taels or thousands of taels of silver in order to become famous, just to add some literati atmosphere to their restaurants.
The poems are left for future generations to enjoy.
Of course, the most important thing is to increase one's fame and style. After all, literati and poets have been like this since ancient times. If it is linked to poetry, this restaurant can naturally rise up the grade.
If it were not for Wang Bo's "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion", Tengwang Pavilion would never be so famous. It ranks first among the four buildings, all because of this eternal masterpiece.
In ancient times, if you wanted to promote a place, a restaurant, a loft, etc., the best way was to write poems. The more exciting the poems, the faster they would become famous.
This is also the reason why poets and poets in ancient times were so popular. On the one hand, it is because scholars have a high status. Anyone who can write poetry is a scholar. Those who write well will naturally read well.
Another aspect is also because many times, whether a person wants to be famous or a place or a building wants to be famous, it is indispensable for literati to write lyrics, poems and so on.
Why could Li Bai travel around during the Tang Dynasty?
We must know that those who are poor and rich should not go out without money since ancient times, not to mention that there were so many bandits in ancient times that it is even more difficult to go out. But Li Bai was able to travel around the country, travel all over the country, and leave his poems everywhere.
What does he rely on?
On the one hand, of course, it was because Li Bai wrote good poems and was famous. He was sought after by everyone wherever he went. He was the Tang Dynasty version of a popular star, and everyone liked to make friends with him.
Li Bai himself liked to make friends, and he would hang out with celebrities and elegant people wherever he went. He was also a good lyricist, and he could make people happy just by writing casually.
For example, Wang Lun is a super fan of Li Bai. When he learned that Li Bai was visiting his uncle Li Bingyang's house, he went crazy and invited Li Bai to his home. He served him delicious food and drinks, and even gave Li Bai a gift before leaving.
A great gift, including eight valuable horses and ten official brocades, and he even performed a "step dance" for Li Bai to see him off.
Think about it, everyone, these ancient horses are at least a high-end car now. You have to use a million-dollar luxury car to be able to compare with it. This gift is eight horses, how heroic.
There is also official brocade. This thing was also very expensive in ancient times. Only the truly rich can afford it. It can be used as real gold and silver. It is ten pieces of official brocade. There is no mention of gold and silver. I guess.
There must be plenty of gifts.
Looking back at it now, Wang Lun gave Li Bai something worth tens of millions at once. Think about it, how popular Li Bai was.
So Li Bai was moved, and he wrote the poem "Gift to Wang Lun" that has been passed down through the ages. Wang Lun was originally an unknown person, but by sending big gift packages to Li Bai, his name became passed down through the ages.
From this we can see how popular Li Bai was in the Tang Dynasty. He had countless fans. He had fans wherever he went. Wang Lun was definitely not the only one who warmly entertained Li Bai.
Li Bai traveled around the world and could rely on his reputation to earn a living, basically without spending any money.
In addition, Li Bai was famous, and the wives he married were not simple. His first wife, Mrs. Xu, was the granddaughter of Prime Minister Xu, the former prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.
His second wife, Mrs. Liu, was poor at that time. Her wife did not appreciate Li Bai's talent and often humiliated Li Bai. Li Bai divorced in anger and wrote a song "Farewell to the Children of Nanling", calling her a fool.
But in fact, this Liu family is also the daughter of a wealthy family.
The third wife, a certain surname, is a talented woman from Shandong. In ancient times, women who could study were also rich in their families, and the same was true for her family. Moreover, she was also a master of financial management. She was very good at managing property, buying land, and doing business.
, and soon Li Bai’s family became a small local rich man.
The fourth wife, Zongshi, was also the granddaughter of the prime minister, Zong Chuke, the prime minister during Wu Zetian's period. She was also a talented woman with both talent and beauty. Zongshi admired Li Bai's wealth very much and decisively married Li Bai.
Everyone can know how popular Li Bai was in the Tang Dynasty. Two of his wives were the granddaughters of the prime ministers, and the other two were also from wealthy families. As he got older, he could also attract beautiful women with both talent and beauty. This is Li Bai's
Charming.
Of course, everyone can also know that in ancient times, people sought after literary talents, and they were even more sought after for talented people.
This is very different from later generations.
People in later generations will only care about money. Talents are useless. Can they be used as food or can they be used as money?
Elementary school students despise college students, thinking that college students are all working for themselves, and it is more honorable to be uneducated.
In ancient times, everyone admired and admired scholars, and they were especially popular about poems and songs. Well-written poems could spread quickly.
In order to become famous, many scholars would visit some dignitaries of the day with their poems, hoping to gain recognition and gain an official position.
It can be said that everyone is keen on the hype in poetry and poetry. The rich contribute money, the talented contribute poems, and everyone eats, drinks, has fun, and has fun, which is quite good.
Penglai City is the core of the Golden Continent. In this Golden Continent, the Ming people who immigrated here are basically doing well. The worst thing is that they have a lot of land and there are many rich people.
In addition, the Ming Dynasty attached great importance to education under the leadership of Liu Jin. New education schools were opened all over the Ming Dynasty, and old-style private schools, schools, academies and the like were also blooming everywhere. Rich people also wanted to send their children to study.
There are more scholars and more literate people here, which makes the various activities held during the Lantern Festival even more lively.
"It's so lively!"
Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin were dressed like literati, holding fans in their hands, followed by Tian Erniu, Tian Yuanshan and Tian Muye.
In order to serve Emperor Hongzhi and Liu Jin, the Tian family did their best and served them wholeheartedly every day.
"Yeah, it's really lively, there are a lot of people, and there are a lot of various activities."
Liu Jin also nodded.
I still feel that the Ming Dynasty is better now. Various traditional festivals are celebrated in a decent way, lively and often elegant, and very meaningful.
Thinking about future generations, it seems that all this fine culture and tradition has been lost, and no one pays much attention to the Lantern Festival.
That is to say, the Dragon Boat Festival is more grand. The south still maintains the fine tradition of dragon boat racing. As for the north, the only thing left on the Dragon Boat Festival is eating rice dumplings.
The only thing left to eat during the Mid-Autumn Festival is moon cakes. Without the elegance of ancient times, too much, too much precious wealth has been lost.
On the contrary, I am extremely enthusiastic about some foreign festivals from abroad, such as Christmas, Ghost Festival, Valentine's Day and so on. Thinking about it, I feel sad and lamentable. It is really a pity.
The Penglai City in front of you is bustling with excitement during the Lantern Festival. It is lively and elegant, promoting Chinese civilization and inheriting the Chinese spirit.
Look at the crowds of people in the streets and alleys. Whether they are adults or children, everyone is very happy and actively participating.
Adults bring their children here. The children are studying, and they are asked to guess word puzzles, play with pairs, and win some small prizes. This is an experience that children will never forget.
The adults are also happy because their children have read some books and are not as illiterate and pitiful as themselves.
In Liu Yuan's opinion, such a fine tradition is really good, very good, worthy of vigorous promotion and promotion, and must be passed on.
What a wonderful cultural tradition and inheritance.
Look at the foreign faces in the streets and alleys. They are extremely envious of everything in front of them, because the festivals of the Ming Dynasty can be so lively and elegant. This is what a prosperous empire should be like.
