This was the decision Han Cheng made after returning to his room and calming down a bit.
You can make pottery, salt, breeding, and planting by yourself, so why can’t you bring ‘Nian’ here too?
I can't go back to the past, and I can't experience the atmosphere of the New Year celebrations in later generations, so I just spend it here.
In addition to Han Cheng's own inseparable complex, holding such a festival can also subtly strengthen the ideological and cultural construction of the Qingque tribe and enhance the cultural identity and cohesion of the entire Qingque tribe. In the long run, it will even be better than
The sacrifices performed by witches play a great role.
After making this decision, Han Chenggong went to Wu to discuss the matter.
At this time, the shaman was looking at the pottery plate with many moons carved on the stone.
Shitou would say a few words from time to time, explaining the meaning to the witch.
Because long before Han Cheng told the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, he had carefully discussed the New Year, month and day with the tribe members, so the witch already had an idea of this in his mind.
Although it is not very clear, it is still very helpful to look at these "moons" drawn on stones. Slowly, the things that are not very clear in my heart can become clear.
Han Cheng asked Shitou to call his senior brother to discuss the matter together.
Although he knew that the senior brother as the leader would not have any objections to this matter, Han Cheng still did not want to bypass him. This was the respect he should have for the man who led the Qingque tribe to survive in a difficult way.
"New Year's Eve?"
Wu repeated this new word he learned from the Son of God, showing a thoughtful expression.
He didn't understand why the Son of God said this about 'celebrating the New Year', and he couldn't figure out why he did this.
Stone stood aside, his two dark eyes rolling around, not knowing what he was thinking.
The eldest brother didn't say anything either, he also had a thoughtful look on his face.
It is not easy to make them understand the concept of "year" and what it represents, at least it is more difficult than Han Cheng thought.
Seeing that the three fastest people in the tribe who were the most receptive to new things all had this reaction, Han Cheng couldn't help but scratch his hair.
It is not easy to promote the New Year in the tribe.
What method should be used to clearly explain the "year" to everyone?
Han Cheng was worried and thinking in his mind.
"Here's the thing."
Han Cheng spoke again, paused briefly, and after seeing the three people's eyes looking over, he continued: "In a very deep place in the mountain forest, there lives a huge beast. The name of the beast is called 'Nian'."
'..."
Han Cheng thought about it and suddenly remembered how much people in the Qingque tribe loved stories, so he told the story of 'Nian Beast', which had been handed down from an unknown age, with a slight modification.
The effect was surprisingly good. As soon as the lecture started, the three people in the room were immediately attracted.
When Han Cheng talked about how the terrifying Nian beast would come out of the mountains to attack the tribe, destroy the caves, and eat the tribe's people, the witch showed a solemn and panicked look, and involuntarily stood up to block Han Cheng behind him.
In desperation, the elder brother picked up Mudun and blocked the door. Xiao Shitou, with a pale face and gritted teeth, blocked Han Cheng's face, and was pulled behind him by the witch.
Han Cheng was touched and at the same time dumbfounded. Can you not have such a big reaction every time you hear a story?
Han Cheng helped Wu sit down on the edge of the kang, pulled the stone to one side, and asked his senior brother to put down the wooden pillar and sit down again. He said to the three people who still looked confused: "The New Year will not come now.
, it will only visit the tribe on the last day of the year..."
"We have walls, we have bows and arrows, we have slings..."
Shi, the liveliest person, came to his senses and said with a sullen face and clenched fists.
This is what Wu and Senior Brother want to say.
The two of them looked at Han Cheng together, expressing the same meaning as the stone.
Han Cheng smiled inwardly, not bad, very fighting spirit.
But he shook his head with a serious look on his face: "No, the skin is rough and the flesh is thick. Stone spears, bows and arrows can't hurt it... Stone caves can be knocked down. Our walls are made of earth..."
Hearing what Han Cheng said, several people who were relatively confident at first suddenly became more panicked.
Han Cheng was worried that they would have the same extreme reaction as before, so he did not dare to pause for too long, and then continued: "But Nian is afraid of sound and fire. As long as the firecrackers are lit on the last night, it will not dare to come out...
…'
After hearing what Han Cheng said, the three of them gradually relaxed.
While thinking about the evil Nian beast, I also thought about ways to deal with it.
"Son of God, what are firecrackers?"
This is a good thing to use against the Nian beast, so don't ask clearly.
When Han Cheng heard Shitou ask this question, he was startled secretly. The adaptation of this story was not perfect enough. He mentioned the firecrackers casually, but forgot that there were no bamboos around the tribe at all.
What should I do?
After seeing Shenzi's reaction, the two people who asked the same question, the witch and the senior brother, vaguely felt that something was wrong. It seemed that Shenzi could not create something called a 'firecracker' to scare Nian Beast. That matter...
"Firecrackers are things that make a loud sound after burning."
Han Cheng said.
"We don't have that thing nearby... no... but we have drums, and the sound of the drums is louder than the sound of firecrackers..."
At this moment, Han Chengdu couldn't help but want to praise himself for his wit. He had corrected all such flaws.
When the three of them heard what Han Dashenzi said, their eyes suddenly lit up. Yes, they have drums!
A drum made by the Son of God that sounds like thunder!
They all sounded a little scared by this sound, not to mention Nian Beast, who was already afraid of the sound!
They then asked when it was the last day of the year. Han Chengcheng came to the pottery board with the moon carved on the stone, and used a piece of charcoal to circle twenty-five black circles behind the last question mark carved by Heiwa this month.
circle, and blacken the last circle, telling them that this is the last day of the year.
This was actually done by Han Cheng blindly, because there were not enough moons carved on the stone to find patterns among them, so he did not know whether this month was a big moon or a small moon.
But it doesn't matter if there is a day's error. After all, the Nian beast will not really come. Han Cheng just wants to use this as an excuse to lure Nian out in a way that is more acceptable to the Qingque tribe.
The supreme meeting about the Chinese New Year ended here. Then Han Cheng, Wu, and the senior brothers called the tribe together. Based on the successful example not long ago, they first told the story of the evil Nian beast, and then proposed ways to deal with the Nian beast.
