The setting sun hung at the end of the plain, and the fiery red sunset dyed half of the sky in the distance. A group of late-returning South American geese slowly passed through the sunset. The occasional low whistle echoed in the vast red sky.
The return of the wild goose to the south evokes the slightest trace of sadness about the homeland. Looking up at the scene along the Paraná River and at the end of the Pampas Plains, Lu Rongting and Wang Shizhen, with unbreakable melancholy, gradually followed the boat under their feet.
Disappeared in the sunset.
Taking the old and the young with them, they traveled across the ocean to the continent of South America. Some common scenes in life can often evoke the memories of their hometown among the Chinese people.
Nostalgia lurks in their hearts. In order to cherish their hometown and commemorate the memories of their hard life in the early years, the Chinese people moved the traditional customs of their hometown to South America intact.
Just near the riverside port where Lu Rongting and others left in a hurry,
People in seven or eight settlements put aside the dispute and jointly decided to designate November 15th of the lunar calendar as the day to hold the temple fair every year.
Temple fairs are traditional customs for festival celebrations. Usually each town will have different forms of temple fairs and street fairs. Even if two towns that are relatively close to each other have the same dialect and cultural customs, the dates of temple fairs may be far apart.
Most of the native immigrants from the Han Dynasty were people from Guangdong, Guangxi, and southern Fujian. After the Dingshuqi famine, the number of people from various provinces who boarded ships and migrated from the northern coastal ports also accounted for a large proportion. Because the immigrants came from different regions, one settlement had two to three thousand people.
There may be ten or twenty different customs and habits among people. If according to the past customs and rules, the people in each place specifically choose a date to hold temple fairs, the number of participants will be too small, and the festival atmosphere will not be formed, nor will it be able to hold a temple fair.
The purpose of the temple fair.
Pingquan County, Songzhou, a county town under planning, ushered in the first temple fair after the relocation of the Chinese people in the evening.
After a busy day in the wasteland allocated by the government, the Chinese women loosened the headscarves tied to their foreheads, changed out of a pair of coarse cloth shorts, put on new clothes purchased with their spare money, carefully put on their dowry silver jewelry, and brought
The children at home, who were learning to speak, followed their husbands, and the whole family went out together to watch temple performances near the river bank and port, and at the same time purchased some items for adults and children.
Pingquan County has thirteen immigrant settlements under its jurisdiction, and eight of them are relatively close together. They negotiated to pay 30 Han Yuan per settlement, and they collected enough 240 Han Yuan to hire an opera troupe to perform in the center of the county.
In the evening, in the center of Pingquan County, near the coastal port, on a newly leveled open space, a theatrical troupe of more than ten men and women was building a stage. The troupe leader was outside greeting several county officials, and the martial arts students in the troupe,
The actresses are behind the stage, putting on makeup and rehearsing the opera program they are about to perform.
"Squad leader Zhou, more than half of the people in Pingquan County, old and young, are here to cheer you on. You have to show off all your special skills tonight."
"Don't worry, adults. The troupe has recently recruited two young actresses. Their singing, reading, acting, and other skills are all top-notch. They guarantee that they will not disappoint the elders of Pingquan County."
"It's just right. If the theater troupe's performance satisfies everyone, the county will raise an extra sum of money, and at today's price, ask the troupe leader Zhou and the leading actors of the theater troupe to stay in Pingquan for one more day, and also let the county's people
People should watch the opera performance one more time."
"Thank you for your kindness, sir. It's just that the troupe has taken over the work of Chang'an City. It has to sing in Chang'an City for three days starting from the day His Highness ascends the throne. It is true that we cannot spare the time to stay in Pingquan for one more day. Please forgive me."
"Yes, there are only a few local opera troupes. In the past two years, some opera troupes have arrived from Central Plains Continent. In a few days, His Highness will ascend the throne and celebrate the country. At that time, opera troupes from all over the country will gather in Chang'an City.
, singing for three days, it must be very lively.”
"His Royal Highness the King of Han ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor is a great event that happens once in a century. Although we actors were not welcomed by the government and were not allocated land in the early years, when we received the notice to go to the performance, an adult named Sun said
, after His Highness ascended the throne, all local people will be treated equally. Whether they are opera performers, jugglers, or street craftsmen carving wood carvings and gadgets, they will all receive land subsidies from the government. I have been singing for 20 years.
I am used to playing, laughing and lowering my eyebrows. When I am a middle-aged man, I start a troupe, but I still want to find a decent livelihood for the young girls under my command. They are still very young, and they cannot spend their whole lives being low-key and confident like me.
Live a lifetime.”
"The situation has changed. It is different now. In the past few years, there were wars in the mainland every day. The common people were worried about the white Brazilians and the white Argentines coming over every day. Men under the age of fifty in the settlements had military training every day during the off-season.
, he also slept with his musket in his arms, to prevent someone from sneaking up on him at night, so that he could gather the musket in time to welcome the emperor.
At that time, the local young labor force was scarce. The ships that traveled to Southeast Asia and the continent to South America every year had limited transportation capacity. Every young man had to be used on the tip of a knife. How could he recruit a large number of opera troupes to listen to operas and sing songs?
Now the conditions are good. Over the past ten years, the people who immigrated in the early years have accumulated some money. Moreover, Argentina and Uruguay were wiped out by the army led by His Highness the King of Han. Brazil was split into two countries. Our Han country is one of the best in South America.
big country,
The country is stable. Even if there is another war, it will still be Brazil. Chile is afraid of being defeated by our army. The people have extra money on hand and do not have to worry about the land allocated by the government being taken back by white people. They gradually get in the mood to listen to opera performances, or more
Spend some money to buy some clothes, accessories and other items."
Comparing the collective organizational model during the Peruvian uprising, from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China until the Argentine War, the Han State was essentially a military-industrial complex system that integrated the military, economy, agriculture, and industry. It was like an enlarged military machine.
Agriculture, industry, and economy each have their own responsibilities, with military construction and improving the overall combat effectiveness of the army as the first goal.
The eleven-year military collectivization life maximized the war potential of the local area, and at the same time deprived ordinary people of other entertainment and recreational activities besides survival. They either went to the construction site for collective labor every day, or were centralized.
Military training is carried out, and women are not idle. They need to be busy taking care of the land allocated by the government, spinning and weaving, raising cattle and sheep, and other labors.
Compared with the life in the mainland where people don't have enough to eat and may starve to death if they slack off a little, life in South America is much better. However, decades of boring and high-intensity work will also consume the energy of the people and reduce the cost.
The extent of their support for the government. Therefore, as the country ends its eleven-year foundation period and enters another ten-year transition period of development and construction, it is appropriate to relax the government's interference and control over ordinary people's daily lives and give them a certain amount of time.
Come and relax with your family, have fun and relax, so that society can maintain appropriate vitality, which is undoubtedly more conducive to the healthy development of society.
The traditional entertainment and entertainment industries are gradually recovering,
The spacious open space is filled with a row of temporary stalls selling decorations, candied haws, wooden carved toys, tables and chairs and other items.
The adults held children of one or two years old in their arms. Some accompanied the children to stare at the shadow puppets, listening to the children's giggling voices. Some took a sip of the wine made by the Chinese people, sweet potato wine, and nodded in praise.
, I bought eight or nine kilograms and stored them aside, waiting to take them with me when I go back.
Northern pasta snacks, southern glutinous rice cakes, duck eggs and other foods were placed together. At first, Chinese people from different regions also selected various foods according to their own preferences and took them home for adults and children to taste. The sky gradually darkened.
, the riverside is brightly lit,
The county officials and the helpers arranged the cooked whole pigs, cattle, sheep and seasonal fruits in a long row, and began to pay homage to the gods and ancestors, praying to the gods and ancestors for their blessings so that next spring, the county would have a good harvest of food.
It's as good as last year. Cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock are all fat and strong, and there are no plagues or diseases...
Prices of food and livestock in the local area are low. Each Chinese family generally raises dozens to hundreds of cattle and sheep. The cattle and horses left by the Spaniards on the Pampas prairie hundreds of years ago have evolved into
Bison, wild horse.
If there are young and strong men in the newly migrated Chinese families who have retired, seven or eight people can gather together and often round up a lot of bison. Because the cost of obtaining horses, cattle, and sheep is low, Pingquan County holds temple fairs to worship gods and ancestors.
The sacrifices were also extremely rich, including eight or nine cooked cattle, sheep and other sacrifices. After the worship ceremony was completed, they were all pushed into the Paraná River. They were nominally offered to the river god and ancestors, but in fact they were given to the river for free.
size fish and shrimp.
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