Creating a Sandbox World Chapter 12: Xiyuan Festival, Wanli Yungui
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passed through the tall city gate and entered this capital city among the traffic of horses and horses. Lin Tuo left behind the episode of the talent and observed the world with interest.
This is the first time he has entered the Ochi Dynasty, and everything he can see is fresh.
Fortunately, many of the imperial citizens who came to Kyoto for the first time in their lives will have a similar look. In addition, before entering the city, Lin Tuo tried to get a local robes, which was not very eye-catching. .
Especially...
For the citizens of Kyoto, there are so many people in and outside the capital city due to the celebrations that will be held these few days, which makes Lin Tuo seem unremarkable.
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"This is Chi Country." Walking in the streets, Lin Tuo admired the shops and buildings on both sides. At this moment, the sun had risen and the whole city was alive.
There is an increasing flow of people on the streets.
People’s conversations provided him with a lot of useful information.
The word that appears most frequently is "memorial ceremony".
"I'm so lucky? The first time I came in, I caught up with the festival?" After confirming the meaning of the so-called celebration, Lin Tuo couldn't help being dumb, and then aroused a keen interest.
and realized that perhaps, this could be an opportunity for me to act next.
Yes.
Lin Tuo did not intend to break into the palace directly. Although he was sure of this, it was not necessary.
As he said to the guard officer, he was just looking at the world on this trip.
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"Look! The royal car is coming!" When Lin Tuo walked aimlessly to the Taochuan River that traverses Kyoto, he saw countless peach blossoms on both sides of the river and painted boats on the water.
Then, he saw the silhouette of the ship pouring out, pointing towards the bridge in the distance.
The empire’s national style is enlightened, and so is the folk customs. It is Kyoto. Although the laws are solemn, they are not strict. Therefore, this scene happened naturally.
"Imperial car?" Lin Tuo immediately looked around, and saw a string of gorgeous cars coming slowly under the guard of a crowd of palace men, and there was music fluttering around.
It turned out to be a carriage honor queue.
But there was no one in the car headed by , only a flag was erected, and the flag was bright yellow, painted with the ancient totem of the Chi Empire, slowly fluttering in the spring wind.
"This is part of the ceremony to worship the gods. The emperor's car arches the flag and travels all over the city before going to Xiyuan. His Majesty and the officials are there, and there are others waiting. The ceremony is really about to begin. Up."
There are many people beside Lin Tuo.
I heard the reputation at this moment, and the local people in Kyoto immediately explained it, the tone was not lacking in arrogance.
"Your Majesty is not in this team?"
Someone asked while standing on tiptoe, looking out in the crowd.
The Kyoto native sneered, shook his head and smiled:
"How is it possible? This car has to go around for a few hours, if the monarch keeps following, where will the strength to worship the gods in the afternoon?
This is a hard work. Moreover, there are so many people in the car driving through the city, what should I do if something happens? "
"It's also..."
"It's a pity, I still want to take a look at the present-day saint."
"Let’s go to Xiyuan in the afternoon, but there were so many people at that time, so you can’t see it either."
There was a lot of discussion on the banks of the Taochuan River.
Lin Tuo was in it, his eyes briefly lost focus, he switched his consciousness back to his body, condescending, overlooking the city, and found the location of Xiyuan.
"Well, this forest garden should be there?" In the old martial arts house, Lin Tuo was standing by the sand table, leaning over to the west of Kyoto, and saw that many humans had gathered there.
"Memorial ceremony...Perhaps, it's a good opportunity."
Lin Tuo got up, looked at the clouds above the sand table, lost in thought.
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Because the time flow rate inside and outside the sand table is adjusted to 1:1, Lin Tuo wants to observe the rituals and needs to wait patiently until the afternoon.
He was not in a hurry, just taking advantage of this time to observe the city.
In a sense, the capital of a country can reflect the country’s style and social conditions.
In Lin Tuo's eyes, this is probably an analogy to the Han and Tang dynasties.
Five hundred years since the founding of Ochi, there have been many wars in history, but most of them belonged to the royal family's descendants. Therefore, no matter who won, the name of the dynasty has not changed.
The current monarch has succeeded in the number of years, and he is quite shameful of his ancestors, with a big anti-corruption order, and the politics and people are harmonious, which has changed the empire.
has a good reputation among the people. It seems that he is an enterprising emperor.
This makes Lin Tuo very satisfied.
It's a pity that many problems cannot be changed at all because of the inefficient productivity of the current society. Therefore, the so-called "aggressive" is just a repair.
"The idea of reform is good. Otherwise, I think it will inevitably be delayed for decades to promote this empire."
On the bank of the Taochuan River, Lin Tuo leaned over, holding up a river lantern from the water, his eyes flashing.
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switched to the main body at noon and ordered a takeaway. In a blink of an eye, it was afternoon.
When Lin Tuo switched his consciousness to the sub-body again, opened his eyes, he saw the pedestrians on the street, like weaving, in groups, walking westward.
was obviously to attend the ceremony.
Some people are dressed in ordinary clothes, some are in the dust, and there are some singers and dancers in bright red, light pink, or goose yellow classical costumes. Their faces are also painted with heavy makeup, dotted in the crowd, gorgeous If peach blossoms.
No, not "If".
In fact, Lin Tuo noticed that almost half of the people in Kyoto, no matter what they look like, they all hold a branch full of peach blossoms.
This seems to be some kind of festive etiquette.
While walking, the fragrant wind blows.
"God bless the country!"
When Lin Tuo followed the crowd, passing a street corner.
A dancer who didn't know whether it was arranged by the court or was a spontaneous dancer, pulled out a branch from the huge flower basket beside him and handed it to him with a gentle voice.
"Thank you." Lin Tuo was taken aback, and at this moment, he finally felt the festive atmosphere.
The ceremonial ceremony for the gods has been held for hundreds of years, and it has long since developed from a simple royal ceremony to a folk festival for the entire dynasty.
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When Lin Tuo finally came to Xiyuan with the flow of people, he saw that it was already full of people.
The forest hurried around, and there were guards from the Imperial Forest Guard in front, blocking the crowd here.
Further forward, you can see a huge circular altar above the ground.
At this moment, flags have been planted around the altar. The current emperor of Chi State led a group of officials under the altar. The officials around the palace are busy, and the ceremony of worshiping the gods is about to begin.
Lin Tuo was submerged in the crowd, very inconspicuous. He didn't try to squeeze forward. He only needs to switch his consciousness back to his body once in a while, and he can sit down and overlook the city.
"咚!"
"咚!"
"咚!"
Suddenly, there were people beating drums around the altar, and there was a burst of drums. Around the entire garden, thousands of Kyoto people were still talking in low voices, a mess.
As the drum sounded, he closed his mouth for a few breaths.
Seeing this, those outsiders also stopped talking, and for a time, tens of thousands of eyes swept across the Xiyuan altar.
"Foot! Respect God! Ceremony open!"
The priest sang a loud shout, and immediately, the ceremony was run according to strict rules.
The first step, the second step...
The ceremony proceeded in an orderly manner, and the Imperial Forest Army walked through the crowd to prevent riots.
Among the crowd, Lin Tuo watched it for a while at first and found it interesting, but gradually, he started to lose his mind.
Through all morning's understanding, he already knew the procedure of the whole festival.
know that when the previous steps are over, the Emperor Chi State will ascend to the altar, show the sky, count the merits of the past year, and then divination and pray for the gods.
恩... The latter part is basically the sacrificial officials reciting according to the prepared lines. Anyway, no one has seen the gods. What God said is all nonsense by those officials.
After learning about this, Lin Tuo had a plan.
He slowly raised his head and glanced at the sky.
Today is quite clear, with only a few faint clouds floating, and the scorching sun shines through the sky, and many people watching the ceremony are exhaling, not to mention the emperor and the officials.
"It's so thick to wear, it doesn't make you sweat." A simple-looking citizen next to him whispered.
Lin Tuo glanced at him, let out a chuckle, and said in a low voice: "I think it might be cloudy later."
"How could this be..."
Seeing that others didn't believe me, Lin Tuo didn't explain, but just kept waiting.
After another half an hour, with a burst of music, a figure in a yellow robe was seen on the altar under the eyes of everyone.
"The monarch is here!"
"Is that the emperor?"
"It's out, it's out..."
Seeing this scene, the sun-dried crowd suddenly rioted again. Fortunately, there were guards from the Imperial Forest Army and soon calmed down again.
Almost everyone, at this moment, cast their eyes on the figure on the altar ahead.
No one noticed that the eyes of a certain young man in the crowd suddenly lost their brilliance, his expression was dull, standing in place, like a puppet.
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away from the Shanwuguan, inside the old house.
Lin Tuo, who was sitting in a wicker chair, suddenly "woke up", slowly got up, looked at the location of Xiyuan in the sand table, a smile appeared on his face.
"Finally, you can make me wait."
murmured softly, Lin Tuo suddenly raised his hand, leaned slightly, and plunged his arms into the sand table, and hugged the sky of Xiaobanchi Country at a high altitude.
gather slowly!
So, at this moment, I saw the countless clouds that were originally scattered and floating in the country, being forcibly held by two invisible arms to Kyoto!
while doing this action.
He even put his head into the height below the clouds, and then coughed vigorously~IndoMTL.com~Cough! "
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At the same time, Ochi Dynasty, Kyoto Xiyuan, on the altar.
The sweaty Chidi slowly stood still, and then glanced at the several bronze cauldrons placed on the altar in front of him.
Inside the largest tripod in the middle, a flagpole was erected. On it was the totem that traveled around the city. At this moment, it was full of words.
It was a table of worship written by the head of the civil servants before the ceremony began.
The content is also very simple.
roughly means to pray for enlightenment from the gods and guide peace for the world.
I don’t really want the gods to say something, it’s just a tradition, nothing more.
As Chi Emperor came to the stage, he finished reading a set of sacrificial poems, and the courtier beside him threw something into the cauldron, and immediately, a raging flame rose in the bronze cauldron.
gradually ignited the entire totem.
This is the most important ceremony of the ceremony.
ignite the "letter" of "sacrifice to the gods", and then special officials will "interpret" the decrees of the gods.
Everyone watched this scene peacefully.
No one thinks it will be different this time.
After all, similar processes have been carried out countless times.
However...
is today, just now.
When the flames in the cauldron ignited and tens of thousands of Kyoto citizens stared quietly, suddenly, the blazing sun suddenly disappeared.
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in the crowd.
The Kyoto native who had just complained silently was taken aback, then raised his head and glanced at the sky that was still clear for a second.
immediately, his face was shocked, and he exclaimed:
"This... God... Naive is really overcast!!!"