The twenty-third day of the first lunar month is the Liaochan Festival, at dusk on this day, the firewood and grass are lit in front of the house, the more prosperous the fire, the more auspicious, it will burn all the "poor luck" and "bad luck" and "bad luck" all the time. It is also necessary to roast the children repeatedly on the fire, called "Liaochange", in order to ensure that they do not get sick and grow up healthily for a year. The flames licked the sky vigorously and the smiles that overflowed from people's faces.
The Burning Festival is the most poetic. The fire is red, the flavor of the year is red, and the smiling face of the child is also red. In the night, the fire is like Van Gogh's starry sky, spinning and rising. The firelight illuminates the village, but also the happy faces of children and adults. This fire has the same rhyme as the "flaming spirit" in the Book of Songs.
The chancre festival is very popular in the northwest. The burning firewood and grass have been saved since the first month, but the firewood and grass cannot be stored indiscriminately. People went out of the village and into the fields. Wheat grass is not good, wheat grass is too soft, you have to save bean firewood, artemisia grass, and firewood ears, these three kinds of firewood and grass are flammable, and the fire is strong. Artemisia also has a special fragrance that smells good. The firewood and grass that have been saved should not be placed indiscriminately, but should be placed in bundles in the shade, so that the sun cannot be exposed. The firewood and grass that has been dried are not prosperous. On this day, before the sun set, people took firewood and grass home and put them next to the courtyard wall. Building firewood and grass is also a technical job, and it should be built loose and not tight, so that firewood and grass are flammable. After setting up, people are not in a hurry to ignite, first of all, the kang mat, table, kang edge, window lattice, and lintel at home should be oiled, especially the children's kang edge, to be wiped repeatedly, and the oil will be smeared.
When the oil was applied, the children were standing next to them, watching in a hurry. The oil was smeared, and it was dark, and the fire was lit. Start by lighting a piece of waste paper and use it to ignite firewood and grass. When the fire was at its highest, people threw everything they wanted to burn into the fire, first burning the kang mats, then the tables and chairs. When the fire is burned, the children all stand by the fire, and some children also throw a few potatoes or sweet potatoes into the fire, and roast them while burning, and when the fire is small, the potatoes and sweet potatoes are also cooked, and they taste fragrant.
When the chancre is burned, adults and children have to jump from the fire repeatedly, and the name is "Liaochan", which is said to be a chancre and will not get sick for a year. The fire is very lively, and the firelight reflects the joyful faces of adults and children, as well as the joy of a village.
The origin of the chancre festival is very early. "Han Poems Biography" records: "The obscurity of the first month, the sunset, the scholars and women are holding torches, and they are burning to remove the ominous." It can be seen that before the Han Dynasty, there was a custom of burning chancre in my country. In the Tang Dynasty, the palace also set up a special "fire feast", and regarded the fire festival as a grand festival.
The festival is an end to the festival and a carnival for children. On this day, the children are the happiest. Not only can they eat baked potatoes or sweet potatoes, but they can also run around the fire without being controlled by the adults. The fire of the chancre is the fire of freedom, the fire of release, the fire of revelry. On this day, both adults and children were intoxicated by this fire.
But the fire is also very particular. Folk believe that firewood and grass cannot be saved casually, but must be saved by "whole people". A whole person, that is, a person who has a husband, daughter-in-law, children, and in-laws. The firewood and grass that such people have saved are lit and the fire is vigorous, and the fire is also effective. Therefore, in the first year of Layue, there was a "whole person" in the family, and the neighbors all sued him and asked him to save firewood and grass. If anyone doesn't have a "whole person", they have to find a way to find a "whole person" to save. I really can't find a "whole person", and I have to find a person who has both parents and children. The firewood and grass that such people have saved are also very strong when they are lit.
When enough firewood and grass have been saved, on the morning of the 23rd day of the first lunar month, the "whole person" should be carried outside the village and set up. Firewood and grass are also particular, not at the tuyere, but on the leeward, not too low, but high, so that the firewood and grass are flammable and the fire is strong. After setting up the firewood and grass, you can't talk nonsense, especially you can't say unlucky words, for fear of the "god" who is on fire.
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