The cool afternoon breeze blew in slowly from the door, bringing a bit of coolness to the people around the fire. It caused the flames in the fire to sway from side to side. No one in the stone house felt the heat. Lu Kai,
The Ami, Bunun and Puinan people are accustomed to lighting fires in such a hot environment.
As for Gu Yu and others, it was because there was a constant sound of "squeaking" outside the stone house, and the "squeaking" sound, which was obviously made by the Baibu Snake, the incarnation of the ancestor of the Rukai tribe.
Listening to the sound, it was obvious that the hundred-footed snake outside the house was quite big. Because there was that hundred-footed snake outside the house, everyone felt a chill coming over their whole bodies, and they no longer felt the heat.
After that, the leader of the Rukai tribe kept everyone here, hosted a luncheon for them, and asked the nobles of the tribe to stay with them. The nobles are a privileged class in the Rukai tribe, and most of their members are close relatives of the landlords. If this was the case in the Central Plains,
The status is similar to that of royal family members in the Central Plains.
But there are some differences. After all, the material, power and status possessed by the nobles of the Central Plains are not comparable to those of the nobles of a small Rukai tribe. There is simply a difference between heaven and earth.
Fish and wild boar were roasting on the bonfire in the stone house. The bonfire began to gradually become bigger, because a woman wearing a lily on her head was adding firewood to the fire, and then came out of the house to bring a wooden stick.
There are some spices suitable for barbecue in the plate.
When the roast is almost done, take the steaming pig and fish meat off the bonfire, and brush some spices on it, which adds to the taste of the meat and makes people even more excited.
While the tribesmen were preparing the lunch dishes, the big boss introduced the legend of the ancestors of the Rukai tribe to everyone in Austronesian language. Zhang Ying translated for everyone.
A long, long time ago, even the people of the Rukai tribe don’t know when, there lived a lake god, Edidinga, in the Darobaring Lake surrounded by clouds, mist and lush forests. He was the ancestor of the Rukai tribe.
By chance, I met Banen, the daughter of the leader of the Ali Society. Her clear eyes and elegant figure deeply attracted the lake god.
In order to win the favor of the girl, the Lake God played the flute and told his love. The sweet and sweet flute sound finally touched the girl's heart, and the two weaved the melody of love in the mountains and forests. One day, the Lake God came to the leader's house to propose marriage.
, Banen said to his family: "The Lake God will stay at our house tonight, please don't get up too early." The leader was puzzled and decided to get up early to see what happened.
So, before dawn, I lit a fire to see what was going on. I was surprised to find a huge snake wrapped around my daughter's body, but she had a happy expression on her face.
Only then did the leader suddenly realize that the lake god was the legendary hundred-step snake that the tribesmen feared. On the day of the wedding, the lake god and his subordinates came to the leader's house with ancient pots, iron pans, betel nuts, and noble and beautiful glazed beads.
Marry.
The leader counted the betrothal gifts one by one and held a banquet to entertain the guests.
After that, the welcoming procession set off in a mighty manner towards the residence of the Lake God. Banen said to his parents and villagers seeing him off: "In order to show reverence, in the future, when our people pass by the God of Lake, please wear white clothes. In order to show our respect for you."
In memory of you, I will prepare warm food for you to take, and please leave the hind legs of the prey." After saying that, he walked towards the lake, and the lake rippled, reflecting the pattern of the hundred-step snake, Ba
Nen finally arrived at her husband's house.
To this day, this popular legend is still circulated among the clan. And the ancient song that sings the story of the man who married the snake makes people chant it and think about it again and again.
"Goodbye, my dearest Banen, you are about to leave us, travel over the mountains and ridges, never see our hometown again, and marry at Lake Darrow,
Goodbye, my hometown will become my eternal memory. Goodbye! All of you, I am leaving. When my hat crown enters the lake, I have been married into the palace. Bless me forever."
Gu Yu listened to Zhang Ying's translation and thought that this story sounded somewhat similar to the story of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, whose mother encountered a dragon and became pregnant and gave birth to the great ancestor Liu Bang, but it was probably made up too.
, all to increase the mystery and make others more convinced of them,
It is recorded in "Historical Records: The Benji of Emperor Gaozu" that first Liu's wife tasted the slope of Daze, and dreamed of meeting the gods. At that time, the thunder and lightning were dark, and Taigong went to look, and saw a dragon on it. She was pregnant and gave birth.
Gaozu.
The general idea is that once Liu Bang's mother, Liu Lao, was resting beside Daze. She was probably overworked and fell asleep soundly, so she had a strange dream, dreaming that she had sex with a god.
There was lightning and thunder at that time, and Taigong thought that a heavy rain was coming, so he hurriedly went to find Liu Lao. He saw Liu Lao lying next to Daze, with a dragon lying on her body. Liu Lao became pregnant and gave birth to Liu Bang.
After Liu Bang was born, it was discovered that he looked similar to a dragon. His face was shaped like a dragon, he had dragon horns on his head, and he had seventy black moles on his body. What's even more amazing is that every time Liu Bang fell asleep, he had dragon energy coiling around him.
Of course, this is probably just a story made up by Liu Bang after he became successful, just to get more people to join him, just like the legend of the Rukai people that their ancestors were hundred-step snakes.
Everyone listened with relish to the big leader of the Rukai tribe finishing this story. The time was just right. The food for the luncheon had been prepared. The woman who was serving everyone in the stone house began to cut the grilled fish and pork into pieces and serve them on wooden plates.
put it in front of everyone, and then exited the stone house to get other food.
After a while, the cooked tree beans and sweet potatoes were brought in in clay pots. They were first placed in front of the big boss, then Gu Yu and others, and finally the nobles of the tribe. Then some were taken out from the bonfire.
The roasted taro was fragrant, gently blowing away the dust on the surface, and distributed it to the wooden plate in front of everyone.
Pots of millet wine in black clay pots were also brought up and distributed to everyone. The black clay pots also had a totem of a hundred-stepping snake on them. Stacks of steaming millet cakes were also brought into the stone house and distributed in front of everyone.
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The big boss picked up a millet pancake and chirped to Gu Yu, very happy,
Zhang Ying knowingly picked up a millet cake in front of her and handed it to Gu Yu: "General Gu, the big boss wants you to try their tribe's freshly baked, warm millet cakes."
Gu Yu took the millet cake, cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, boss, for giving me the cake."
Gu Yu took a bite and said, "This cake tastes good."
Zhang Ying also picked up a piece of millet cake, tasted it and said: "The Rukai people hold a millet harvest festival around July and August every year as a way to end the year and welcome the new year.
An important ritual in the harvest festival is the activity of baking millet cakes. Their tribesmen bring the millet dough to a specific place (usually in the field outside the village), pave it with stone slabs, heat it and put the millet dough on it.
Then cover it with banana leaves, then press the slate, wait for about 30 minutes, take away the slate and leaves, and watch the phenomenon of the millet cakes being baked as a divination question for this year's farming and hunting. For example, if it is baked too dry, it may be possible this year.
There is less rain and the weather is warm and moist, which means there will be abundant rain this year."
Zhang Ying tore off another piece of fish meat, tasted it and said: "The ceremony of baking millet cakes is only for men. It is a religious act. Generally, the harvest festival lasts for seven to fifteen days."......