"Remember! There are three periods of cold dew. In the first period, swan geese come to visit; in the second period, birds enter the water and turn into clams; in the third period, chrysanthemums have yellow flowers!" What surprised Fangzheng was that the first person to shout out was this squirrel, which usually only knows how to eat.
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The other three were staring at each other, looking stupid as if they had not remembered. Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "You three, go back and copy this sentence for a hundred and eight times. One less time and one less meal."
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As soon as these words came out, the three guys' eyes widened, and the lone wolf quickly sat there, clasping his paws, and counting one, two, three.
The monkey asked in confusion: "Brother, what are you counting?"
The lone wolf said: "Let me calculate, I will eat a few less meals before I starve to death!"
Fangzheng, Red Boy, Monkey, and Squirrel all have black threads hanging on their foreheads, these dead dogs with no future!
"Master, we ask you at the beginning of winter, what do you mean by cold dew?" asked the squirrel.
Fang Zheng said: "There are three periods of cold dew, and there are also three periods of Beginning of Winter. In ancient my country, the Beginning of Winter solar term was divided into three five-day periods, and the three periods were determined from this: "In the first period, the water begins to freeze; in the second period, the ground begins to freeze; in the third period, the pheasants come in The water in this solar term has turned into ice; the land has also begun to freeze; the pheasants in the third season of "Pheasants entering the floods are mirages" are like finches in the cold dew, but the pheasants here are not small birds, but It refers to big birds like pheasants, which are called big clams instead of small clams in the cold dew. After the beginning of winter, big birds like pheasants are rare, but the lines and colors of the shells and pheasants can be seen on the seaside. Similar big clams. So the ancients believed that pheasants turned into big clams after the beginning of winter. Remember these three sentences, you can basically distinguish the difference between the beginning of winter and the cold dew."
"That's not right!" As soon as Fang Zheng finished speaking, the squirrel who had just been praised immediately rebelled, shouting that what Fang Zheng said was wrong.
Fang Zheng said: "Oh? What's wrong?"
"Master, didn't you say that after the beginning of winter, the water begins to freeze? But when I came, I saw that Tianlong Pond was not frozen," the squirrel cried.
Fang Zheng was stunned, and took a group of disciples out to take a look, and opened the temple door. Sure enough, the mist of Tianlong Pond was rolling under the moonlight, and there was indeed no ice crystal on the water! Fang Zheng stretched out his hand into the water, and the water was a little warm. In fact, this
The water temperature is not low, but it is a little higher than the outside air, so it seems a bit warm.
Fang Zheng muttered: "Strange, isn't this Tianlong Pond a hot spring?"
"Ding! It's not a hot spring. Tianlong Pond is a Buddhist dragon pond. No matter how cold the pond water is, it won't freeze. Otherwise, wouldn't all the koi carp freeze into ice lumps, and how can they turn into dragons?" The system spoke at the critical moment.
Fang Zheng suddenly realized it and muttered: "So that's it."
"Master, you haven't said yet why this water doesn't freeze." The squirrel barked again.
Fangzheng knocked on his little head and said: "This Tianlong Pond is not ordinary, and the water produced is not ordinary water, so it will naturally not freeze! Jingzhen, I went to ring the bells and drums with my teacher, and had breakfast.
Let me take you to see other waters."
"Okay!" Everyone cheered, the sound of bells and drums accompanied the rising of the sun, and a new day began.
At the same time, Fang Zheng discovered that after early morning, he didn’t know whether it was the stimulation of the sun or the beginning of winter. What happened? The Tianlong Pond was like boiling water. The mist was steaming and extremely thick, but the mist did not float very high.
, it just spread in all directions, covering the entire top of Yizhi Mountain, as if it had covered Yizhi Mountain with a blanket of white clouds out of thin air!
But this time, there was no white mist above Tianlong Pond. The lake was like a mirror, extremely transparent, like two precious mirrors! In the precious mirror, the red brick and gold-domed temples, towering bell towers, drum towers, emerald green bamboos, and golden leaves were reflected.
The Luohan tree that had not fallen out all the time made the mountain look like a fairyland or a heavenly palace!
Fang Zheng suddenly couldn't sit still. He took out his mobile phone and took pictures of the beautiful scenery from multiple angles, and then took selfies with his disciples.
As a result, Fangzheng discovered that the situation had changed again!
As the morning sun rises, the sunlight shines obliquely, and the fog is dyed golden by the golden sunlight! For a time, the entire Yizhi Mountain changes its appearance again! From the white clouds to the golden glory! At the same time, the nine bridge holes also
It lit up, golden and bright, and Fang Zheng's eyes widened when he saw it! He quickly took a few more pictures.
After the shooting was finished, Fang Zheng looked at the photos and was amazed. He picked a few of the best photos and sent them to his circle of friends.
After doing all this, Fang Zheng took his disciples to take care of the temple, tidied up the Buddhist hall, had breakfast, checked the pickled sauerkraut, and then looked at the spiritual ginseng that held up the sky. Finally, Fang Zheng checked around the upcoming temple.
The mature crystal rice fields. Then he took his disciples down the mountain to find water to freeze. At the same time, Fang Zheng also figured out that it was the beginning of winter and it was time to improve the food.
"Master, didn't you say there is something delicious to eat at the beginning of winter? What do we eat at the beginning of winter?" After having enough fun, being wild enough, and being crazy enough, the little squirrel's thoughts returned to eating.
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Do you know why you all subconsciously eat more when the beginning of winter arrives?"
Several disciples shook their heads subconsciously. If they want to know that they are no longer themselves, please call them goblins!
Fang Zheng said as he walked: "The beginning of winter means that winter has officially arrived. The grass and trees are withering, the insects are dormant, and the activities of all things tend to stop. The reason why you are eating so much is to have the last feast, to hibernate for the winter, to survive the winter.
No matter what, it’s your instinct to replenish the last energy and fat. It’s not greedy, it’s all about survival. Although humans don’t hibernate, Chinese people have the custom of starting winter to make up for the winter. In cold weather, eat more warm food.
Heat-replenishing foods can not only make the body stronger, but also play a good role in keeping out the cold.
This is explained physiologically, as people celebrate the Beginning of Winter, and there are also factors involved in the inheritance of customs.
The Beginning of Winter, the Beginning of Spring, the Beginning of Summer, and the Beginning of Autumn are collectively known as the Four Lis. It was an important festival in ancient society. In the past, it was a farming society. After working for a year, the Beginning of Winter was used to rest and reward the family for their hard work. There is a proverb: "The Beginning of Winter"
"To make up for the winter, to make up for the empty mouth" is the best metaphor. In ancient times, on this day, the emperor had the gift of going out to the suburbs to welcome the winter, and also gave winter clothes to the ministers to show sympathy for the orphans and widows. Later generations followed suit, and this became
Tradition has been passed down.
What I just talked about is to welcome winter, and there is also a saying of paying homage to winter, also called congratulating winter. This began to appear in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has been passed down to this day. The emphasis is on wearing new clothes and new hats, refreshing the whole person, and celebrating the coming of winter.
Overall, everything is wonderful on this day, and everyone can just have fun."
After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he looked at his disciples. The monkey was thoughtful, the red boy was very interested, the lone wolf licked his mouth and swung his tail as if he was about to go crazy. Only the squirrel looked at Fang Zheng with a look of disgust and said:
"Master, you talked a lot, but you didn't get to the point. Just tell me, it's the beginning of winter, what should we eat... Nothing else is important."