There is a folk encounter that my nephew plays lanterns-according to "uncle", it means that everything is the same as before, and there is no change. However, this two-part allegorical saying has a vivid and true interpretation in life. In my hometown, during the Spring Festival, the second day of the first month is "going back to my parents' house", and after the fifth day it is called "sending lights". The former is easy to understand, and the latter means that after the fifth day, parents with or without uncles will give them to their nephews or relatives without nephews. Among them, there must be at least one pair of lanterns in the gift, that is, the lanterns must be sent by my uncle's family, and generally you can't buy them yourself. If a girl just got married this year, her parents will send at least three pairs of lanterns, that is, six lanterns, of different varieties to her husband's family this year. Among them, the three necessary lanterns are "red lantern", "lotus lantern" and "gourd lantern", which represent the signs of prosperity, early birth and giving lanterns to future nephews. If you have a nephew, even if it is a niece, you should give it every year until 12 years old. This is how my childhood came about. Every night in the first month, all the children will light their lanterns and play together in the street. There are also children's songs I can sing now: Yuanxiao, Yuanxiao, Yuanxiao, go home and sleep.
Play lanterns and find my uncle hiding behind the door.
Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival, I will play when the children don't come.
Watermelon lanterns, pumpkin lanterns, lanterns all over the street, small fish immediately sang, kicked, kicked, my lanterns can not be broken.
Little red Haier, wearing a red hat, and four mice are carrying a red sedan chair.
Flower cats play lanterns, and yellow dogs come to drink. When he was drinking at the Town God Temple, the Lord of the Town God was startled.
There are many theories about the origin of playing lanterns. A widely circulated saying is that the custom of playing lanterns on the Lantern Festival began in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Eastern Han Dynasty advocated Buddhism. He heard that on the fifteenth day of the first month, a Buddhist monk watched the Buddhist relics and lit lanterns to worship the Buddha, so all the gentry and ordinary people hung lanterns that night. Later, this Buddhist ceremonial festival gradually formed a grand folk festival. This festival has experienced the development process from the court to the people, and from the Central Plains to the whole country. During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, in order to celebrate the country's prosperity and people's peace, people tied lanterns, symbolizing "lucky dragons, rich people and strong country" with flashing lights. Since then, the custom of playing lanterns has been widely spread.
There is another interesting folk saying about the origin of playing lanterns. Legend has it that a long time ago, a god bird got lost and landed on the earth, but was shot by an unsuspecting hunter. When the Emperor of Heaven found out, he was very angry. He ordered the heavenly soldiers to set fire to the ground on the fifteenth day of the first month, burning all the property of people and animals. The daughter of the Emperor of Heaven was kind-hearted, and could not bear to see the innocent suffering of the people, so she secretly came to the world and told the people the news. A wise man came up with an idea. He asked everyone to decorate their homes, set off firecrackers and set off fireworks on the 14th, 15th and 16th of the first month, so that the Emperor of Heaven would think that it was the heavenly soldiers who set the fire. On the night of the fifteenth day of the first month, the emperor looked down and found that for three consecutive nights, the world was red and the noise was deafening, thinking it was the flame of fire. In order to commemorate this success, from now on, every household will hang lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first month to commemorate this day.
Two-part allegorical saying-cut the gordian knot and make a clean break
1482 On July 23rd, Wu Dongsheng, a young man who just turned 24, was going to buy two catties of cabbage. Suddenly, I saw a crowded place. He saw what seemed to be a ring in the crowd. So he flew over people's heads with flying skills and landed in front of the ring.
It turned out that there was a beautiful girl standing on the stage, and she was getting married with a man with big arms and thick waist. Two people each took a complicated knot tied with hemp rope. There is nothing strange at first sight, but it is amazing at second sight. There are at least 90 summaries about this big knot. The little girl and the big man started a game. Who untied the knot first? Wu Dongsheng understands that this is not a wedding competition, nor a wedding competition, but a wedding competition!
Within five minutes, the girl untied all the knots. Middle-aged people only untied more than 30 knots. So, the girl said to the big man, "I'm sorry, I failed." Middle-aged people had to walk out of the venue in frustration. Then, the girl said to everyone, "Now there are only two knots left. If it fails, today is over! " "
Wu Dongsheng had already thought it over: this girl has watery eyes, regular facial features, fair skin and slim figure. Wu Dongsheng thought again: I'm getting married, and my old mother hasn't seen my girlfriend yet! So he flew into the ring.
There was warm applause below. Wu Dongsheng came to the stage and asked, "Are there any rules?" "Yes, whoever opens it first will win!" After listening to the rules, the competition between Wu Dongsheng and the girl officially began. Wu Dongsheng took out his dagger and cut the knot with one knife. So I won the game.
Later, the story spread and became a two-part allegorical saying:-cut the gordian knot-make a clean break.
Two-part allegorical sayings short story "Weasel pays New Year greetings to chickens-unkind"
Once upon a time, there lived a hen family and a vicious weasel in the big forest. The Chinese New Year is coming, and the weasel wants to satisfy his appetite and decides to eat all the chicks. On the way, he thought, I have to have an excuse to go to Baby Chicken's house, right? Yes, I will pretend to pay a New Year call. However, you can't go for the New Year without anything. If you don't bring anything, the old hen is likely to get suspicious. Steal something on the road. Walking, the weasel came to the rabbit's house and pulled out some radishes. Then he went to the monkey's house and stole two peaches. "Well, here comes the gift. It's time to eat chicken!" "The weasel thought proudly." Ding Rinrin, "the doorbell of the hen's house rang, and the hen asked," Who is it? " "Aunt Feng, I'm here to pay a New Year call to you." Said the weasel. Hearing this, the hen turned out to be a weasel. She quickly said to the chicken, "son, the weasel is coming." Go out the back door and call sheriff black cat! """Aunt Chicken, open the door quickly!" The weasel is a little anxious. "Come, come." Said the hen. When the weasel saw the door open, she said hypocritically, "Aunt Chicken, how are you recently?" "Well, thank you for your concern." The hen said quietly. "Aunt Feng, this is my gift to you. In the past, our ancestors had a little contradiction. I sincerely apologize to you today. " The weasel said with a smile. "Oh, that's why you came!" The hen said kindly, "I will forgive you as long as you don't eat chickens, steal things or play tricks on small animals in the future!" " ""OK, Aunt Chicken, I will correct it, but I have one more request. " "Go ahead." The hen said it was new year, I have nothing to eat, I want to eat you! "The weasel fiercely pounced on the hen. At this critical moment, the black cat sheriff came and caught the weasel. This is the origin of "Weasel pays New Year greetings to chickens-unkind".