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Chapter 119

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    The folk proverb says: "On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, grind the mill to make tofu."

    People have spent a long winter and are about to usher in the New Year.  According to the old customs, the Spring Festival is the beginning of a new year. People feel very cordial about the New Year and have formed many New Year customs.  For example, "Jade Emperor".

    After the Zao Wang Lord reported to heaven on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Jade Emperor went down to the realm in person on the 25th to investigate the good and evil in the world and determine the fortune and fortune of the coming year, so every family sacrificed to pray for good fortune.  On this day, people should be cautious in their daily life and speech, and strive for good performance in order to win the favor of the Jade Emperor and bless the coming year.

    Today, Taoist temples around the world have ceremonies for welcoming and offering sacrifices, such as the "receiving the heavenly board" activity of Changchun Temple.  Changchun Temple was originally called "Baiyun Temple", but it was changed to "Changchun Temple" because Qiu Chuji died here.

    Qiu Chuji, courtesy name Tongmi, Taoist name Changchunzi, was born in Qixia, Dengzhou [Qixia City, Shandong Province]. He is one of the "Northern Seven Trues" of the Quanzhen School of Taoism.  He is famous all over the world for going to the Western Regions at the age of 74 to persuade Genghis Khan to "stop killing and love the people".

    Since then, the Mongols have advocated Taoism, and the Jade Emperor is also a Taoist god.  Therefore, the Mongolians call the twenty-fifth of the twelfth lunar month "Mingganzhuola", which means "Thousand Lantern Festival".  On this day, people make "Minggan Zhuola" and go to the temple to light it, thinking that the more they light, the more auspicious they are.

    [1] "The Twelfth Moon" Poem by Zhao Chongyi

    Early in the morning, Yougan's family took Mu Yu to Changchun to view the lamp.  Qing Wan and Cai Wei stayed at home, preparing the sacrificial offerings for the day.

    Jackson came to the kitchen and asked Qingwan, "Can I help with anything?"

    Qing Wan said: "Go and help paste the windows!"

    "Yesterday, weren't you confused?"

    "Yesterday only my parents-in-law's house was pasted, and today I have to take off the old window paper in each house and paste new ones." Qingwan pointed to a basin on the table and said, "That's paste, paper and  The window grilles are all placed on the tea table in my house."

    "But I can't get confused!"

    "Let Mr. Ji teach you soon, big man Wang will come back after buying tofu. He is very good at sticking windows"

    "But sir, he's not awake yet!"

    "Call him up!"

    "I dare not! Besides, he did drink a lot last night."

    "Heh, this Ji Xu, what time is it, still sleeping." Qing Wan put down her work and went straight to the south room.

    She knocked on the door first, but seeing that there was no echo from inside, she just broke in without any hesitation.  She lifted Ji Xu's quilt all at once and said, "Get up quickly, do you want the Jade Emperor to see you as a slob?"

    Ji Xu opened his hazy eyes and said, "So what if you know I'm a lazy person?"

    "The Jade Emperor will instruct Yuelao that you will not be able to marry a wife."

    "It's more free to be alone." Ji Xu smiled and got out of bed to get dressed.

    He chanted casually:

    "On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, people celebrate the old year;

    Mountain people have nothing to pray for, and they don't know the sky when they sleep.  "

    "There is nothing to pray, nothing to pray. In my opinion, you should pray hard! I will write to my cousin later, saying that you are a slob" Seeing Ji Xu's crotch turned up high, he smiled shyly  , "Leave the rice in the pot for you. After eating, I will lead Jackson to paste the windows so that you won't be idle thinking about good things" After finishing speaking, he went out.

    Ji Xu made a face towards her back, and said, "What a cruel landlady!"

    After washing up, Ji Xu and Jackson started to paste the windows from east to west.

    Jackson asked: "Are you all going to paste the windows this day?"

    Ji Xu said: "Not necessarily, as long as you sweep the dust, any day will do."

    "Is your hometown also confused?"

    "It's also pasted," Ji Xu said, "However, there is still a difference between pasting windows in the north and south - the north is cold, and the windows are pasted with paper to prevent the snow from wetting the paper. Rich people can paste paper on both sides.  , to enhance warmth and prevent the intrusion of snow; while the window paper in the south is pasted on the inside, mainly for aesthetics, the window lattice can be seen clearly, and the carvings on it can also be well displayed."

    "Didn't it mean that it often rains in the south, so the window paper is not wet?"

    "The window paper in the south uses 'hair paper', which is very thick and has a certain degree of tension and toughness; when there is a lot of rain, people will regularly apply waterproof and moisture-proof tung oil on it, and the light transmittance is also better than ordinary paper.  much better."

    "This kind of paper is very expensive! Can you sell it to us?"

    "It's not very expensive!" Ji Xu said, "Rich people still use juan, gauze, cloth, etc. to paste windows, and some rich people even use Mingwa made of clam shells as window paper. But?One is white with a slight tinge of blue (slightly blue and green), regardless of the shade, the covering power is extremely strong; the second is that the milk texture and jade texture are both strong;

    Among the three types of glazes, the first two are too difficult to imitate, leaving no room for modern imitation. Modern imitation is mainly aimed at the third type, which can be seen in Jingdezhen, but it cannot reach the essence of the Yuan Dynasty.  Its performance: first, the enamel flow feeling is too strong, resulting in too thin glaze layer; second, the oily feeling is too strong; third, the mesoscopic color is unnatural.

    Although the uniqueness of the blue and white porcelain features of Yuan Dynasty cannot be imitated, not all of these features can be fully expressed on every utensil.  Due to the differences in production and kiln mouths at that time, there were differences among Yuan blue and white porcelain wares.  Some utensils are fully characterized, while others are weaker.  If the performance is sufficient, its enamel, pigment, soil, painting, modeling, etc. are all satisfactory; if the performance is insufficient, the lack of certain characteristics is often puzzling.  For example: the coagulation spot is not obvious, the beading phenomenon is not obvious, the flint red phenomenon is not obvious, the hemp warehouse soil tire is not obvious, the handmade tire is not obvious, etc.  In addition, due to the use of domestic materials or recycled green materials, the characteristics of which are not well understood, so that those with insufficient performance cannot be confirmed in time, and even received cold treatment.  ? (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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