Chapter 453 449. Harvest Festival Celebration (IV)
It's okay not to know.

There are volunteers maintaining order outside the team.

The city organized a lot of volunteers for this Harvest Festival celebration.

Most are university students and activists in the community.

Giving out volunteer service certificates is very attractive.

Because of this harvest festival, many things were created that even the locals don’t know about, let alone tourists from other places.

Therefore, training is required before taking up the post. You must have a clear understanding of the area you are responsible for and be able to explain it clearly.

Luo Shaoan greeted the people in the live broadcast room and quickly ran towards a volunteer.

While helping to maintain order, he also inquired about the inside story.

After chatting for a long time, he came back and imitated the audience in the live broadcast room.

"They are the Qiang people, who call themselves the people who herd sheep on the clouds. They live on high mountains and make a living by farming and herding sheep. Their men like to wear white and green clothes, and their women wear particularly bright clothes. They like embroidery and believe in white stones."

The audience was excited when they heard it. [The people who herd sheep on the clouds are so romantic], [The sheep raised on the mountains have a lot of exercise, so they must be delicious]

"The one at the front is the Qiang ethnic group's Shibi, which can also be called the great witch, priest, or shaman, all with similar meanings."

"What they sang were divine songs, also called witch songs. Qu Yuan's Nine Songs is a witch song."

"The steps you take are called Yu Bu. Legend has it that they were left behind when Dayu was controlling floods."

"During the Spring and Autumn Period, our area belonged to the Chu State. Ghosts and witchcraft were very prevalent there, and the Qiang people still have some customs preserved there."

"It is said that the witch songs and Yu Bu can be traced back to the Sangtian Great Witch in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was the great witch who said that Duke Jing of Jin could not eat the new wheat. Later, Duke Jing of Jin did not believe in evil and insisted on living until he could eat the new wheat. As a result, he fell into the toilet and drowned before the wheat was cooked. He really did not eat the new wheat."

[I know, I know, there is a story in the Spring and Autumn Period]

[From Zuo Zhuan, a Chinese ghost story, Sangtian Wu's dream interpretation is the originator of all ghost stories, the origin ancestor]

[Anecdotal information: Duke Jing of Jin was the one who wiped out the entire Zhao family. Only one child survived, and this child was called the Orphan of Zhao]

This little-known fact is really rare. Luo Shaoan had never heard of it, mainly because the volunteer didn’t mention it just now.

"I know the Orphan of Zhao. Is this the emperor who drowned in the cesspool? Is this retribution?"

[Not the emperor. There was no emperor during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There was only one king at that time, the King of Zhou. The State of Jin was a vassal state, a duke.]

Netizens are really knowledgeable and know everything.

Shudong looked at Luo Shaoan and winked at him, wondering what this was all about.

Tell me what they are doing.

"Oh, now this is a blessing ceremony." Luo Shaoan quickly changed the subject, "The Qiang witch is singing and dancing to pray for blessings. There will be four prayers for this harvest festival. Today and the next two days are small, and the last day is a big one. It is said that several witches will come."

"Today we pray for good weather and good harvests, tomorrow we pray for full granaries, and the day after tomorrow we pray for many livestock. On the last day we pray for all of them."

[This is good, this is good, simple]

[They are all related to agriculture][The Farmers’ Harvest Festival must be related to farmers. You guys did a great job on this.]
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After the blessing ceremony began, the crowd all gathered together and followed the team slowly forward.

Luo Shaoan couldn't help it again and started showing off the story he had just heard.

"Do you know the Qiang people? They are a very ancient ethnic minority in the southwest. There are records of them as early as the Shang Dynasty, in oracle bone inscriptions."

"We in Tianhan are the Di Qiang among the Qiang people, a very ancient branch."

"It also appeared in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. There is a section called An Ju Ping Wu Lu. After the orphan was entrusted to the care of the emperor in Baidi City, the five armies of Wei attacked Shu. Prime Minister Zhuge did not even leave the house. He directly pacified the five armies at home."

"One of them is the Qiang people. Prime Minister Zhuge said that Ma Chao has always been popular among the Qiang people. The Qiang people call him the Divine Mighty General and let him guard Yangping Pass. The Qiang people dared not come when they saw Ma Chao."

"During the Three Kingdoms period, Yangping Pass was located near Mian County in Tianhan, and Ma Chao's tomb is also there."

"That tomb must be real. It is written in history books that when Prime Minister Zhuge first led an expedition to the north, when he wrote the "Book of War", he paid homage to Ma Chao's tomb on the way to the expedition."

"Look at the route of the Northern Expedition. It passes through Mian County. There is a mountain next to it called Dingjun Mountain. The peaches that our company uses to make candy are produced there. Unfortunately, all the peaches have been eaten up by you this year."

"During the first Northern Expedition, Wei Yan also proposed to go through Ziwu Valley, which is near Yang County. It is extremely dangerous and even the highways built now do not go through there."

"There is also Zhao Yun, who sent a decoy army out of Baoxiadao. Baoxiadao is right next to our company. The small river on our mountain is where the free-range chickens and Xiaoshuai and Xiaomei's family catch fish to eat. It flows downstream into the Baohe River."

"There was also a beautiful woman born on the banks of the Bao River, her name was Bao Si, the one who played tricks on the princes by lighting beacons."

"Baoxia Road is also the plank road in the story of repairing the plank road in the open but secretly crossing Chencang. There are still ruins now. A park was built to protect it."

"Also, Chencang is Baoji. The name Baoji was changed later. An emperor of the Tang Dynasty came and changed the name. It was called Qishan before, the same Qishan as Fengming Qishan in the Zhou Dynasty."

"The honey used to make sugar in our company is grown on the edge of Qishan Mountain, in Taibai Mountain. Taibai Mountain is the highest peak in the Qinling Mountains. It is called Dragon's Backbone, where both a dragon and a phoenix are..."

Fortunately, Luo Shaoan had a good memory and wrote down all the content of the conversation, and even extended a lot of it.

[It is said that Shaanxi is all about history, and it is really true]

[The Phoenix Crying at Mount Qishan, Repairing the Plank Road in the Open Air, Stalking Chencang in Secret, The Memorial to the Emperor on Departure, and Playing Tricksters with Princes by Lighting Beacons, I know them all, it's all because of you unlucky guys]

[What a pity! I always thought your place was full of natural scenery and protected animals, and there were protected areas everywhere. It turns out there is also cultural history.]

[Come on, Tianhan, this is where the Han Dynasty started. We are called Han because of the Han in the Han Dynasty.]

[The person who changed his name was Tang Suzong, the son of Tang Minghuang. The place was also called Fengxiang, Fufeng, and Yong. It was also the birthplace of the Qin State, the Qin in the Qin Dynasty.]

[It turns out that the birthplaces of Qin and Han are next to each other]

[I understand, I understand. The unlucky guys are eating peaches from Ma Chao's tomb, drinking Phoenix honey, and candies made from Bao Si and Zhao Yun's play with the princes, right? One bite is history. I'm going to place an order now.]

[How did you get mixed up together, bro?]

[Where is the candy? Is this anchor selling things? 】

Watching the footsteps handed down from ancient times, listening to the mysterious witch songs, accompanied by melodious tambourines, and telling well-known ancient stories, this atmosphere, this atmosphere, really feels like history shining into reality, it is a unique feeling.

Slowly, slowly, following the sacrificial dance of the Qiang people, we walked along the road into another open space...

(End of this chapter)