Chapter 530 The inheritance of Chinese traditions, igniting the news at the end of the year
After hearing Lao Ji's invitation, Fang Yan calculated the approximate time it would take to complete the process, then shook his head and said:
"After finishing this, I have other things to do."
"At that time, the results of the college entrance examination came out, and my affairs at Xiehe University were not finished yet. In addition, I also promised Mrs. Luo from the 252 Hospital in Shuangqiao that I would go over and learn bone-setting techniques from her."
"To be honest, I want to go too, but the key is that I don't have enough time."
Not only that, because of Lao Zhou's relationship, some overseas Chinese businessmen have already contacted Zhongqiao Office, hoping to come back to seek medical treatment in dialect.
If Fang Yan wants to go out, Director Liao may not be able to agree.
Hearing what the dialect said, Lao Ji nodded:
"I knew you were a busy man."
Dialect explained:
"The main thing is that everything has been arranged during this period. It's not that I don't want to go."
Of course Lao Ji also knew that Fang Yan was really busy with business now.
Now he's a hit.
No one around him has ever seen someone in the news so many times.
Lao Ji waved his hand and said:
"Okay, okay, I'll just mention it casually. If I really want to go, I have to make time."
Then he looked at his watch and said to the one with hair:
"It's getting late, hurry up and go back to celebrate the festival."
Fang Yan nodded.
After bidding farewell to Lao Ji, Fang Yan rode his motorcycle all the way back to Foreign Ministry Street.
Today is the Winter Solstice Festival, and there must be a ceremony to celebrate the festival.
The winter solstice is the day with the shortest day and longest night of the year, marking the culmination of the cathode and the beginning of yang energy.
The most common thing is to eat this piece.
BJ has a saying about winter solstice wontons and summer solstice noodles.
People first ate wontons on the Winter Solstice Festival, which means the beginning of chaos. Later, when outsiders came in, the custom of eating dumplings began.
Of course, it is also said that it is to commemorate the medical saint Zhang Zhongjing, who used medicine to save the world and save the people in the cold winter.
After the winter solstice, we enter the coldest period of the year. People pay attention to health care, add clothes in time according to weather changes, and eat more warm and nourishing foods, including dumplings, wontons, mutton, etc. to replenish body energy. , to withstand severe cold.
This also reflects the concept of following nature and following the changes in solar terms for health care.
This Winter Solstice Festival is also the first in ten years that the Fang family has the whole family together.
So Fang Yan’s family not only prepared dumplings, but also “winter solstice meat”.
In fact, this winter solstice meat is made on the winter solstice. After the activities of worshiping heaven and ancestors at home, the leftover meat includes stewed mutton and sauced elbow.
Just like the twice-cooked pork in Sichuan and Chongqing, it was originally ancestor meat.
Different families in different regions have certain differences in what they mean and do with winter solstice meat.
In the previous capital, the Winter Solstice Festival was particularly eye-catching.
Not only do family members worship ancestors and heaven, but the country also has to perform sacrifices.
Worshiping the Heaven in the Circular Mound during the Winter Solstice is a long-standing political and cultural tradition. As early as in the Book of Documents, it was recorded that it was "reported to the Emperor, Heaven and Queen," and was institutionalized in the Zhou Dynasty.
BJ has been the capital for a long time, and circular mounds were built during the Jin and Yuan Dynasties.
The Temple of Heaven, located southeast of the central axis of BJ, was a place for worshiping heaven built and renovated during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
"To celebrate the festival and welcome the sun, we have a great sacrifice."
The sacrificial ceremony mainly includes nine links: welcoming the emperor, laying jade and silk, entering the altar, first offering, sub-offering, final offering, removing the food, sending off the emperor, and praying.
Of course, there were no such activities in 1977, and they would not be officially resumed until later.
The higher authorities are against feudal superstition, but this is called a cultural activity.
Officials later gradually resumed these Chinese cultural activities and even began to build some buildings.
In Fang Yan's previous life, some atheists thought that when a typhoon came, would it be useful to turn on the lights in Zhenhai Tower all night?
As a result, it only depends on whether the typhoon turns around or not.
When Fang Yan returned to Foreign Affairs Street, he saw that someone in the courtyard had placed incense, candles, fruit and dumplings at the door, and was beginning to hold an ancestor worship ceremony.
After liberalization, many customs that had not existed for ten years were restored.
Chinese people don't believe in anything else, but they believe in their ancestors.
Even overseas businessmen like Lao Zhou were the same. At noon, they were already asking their assistants to find a place to perform ancestor worship ceremonies.
He is also the most traditional, because traditional ancestor worship rituals usually take place before noon, when the yang energy is at its strongest.
Now that Fang Yan is off work to worship his ancestors, there is nothing he can do about it.
This is the best time for the whole family to be together.
When I got home from get off work, the main hall had been cleaned, and dumplings, mutton, elbows, and some dried fruits were laid out.
The family is waiting for Fang Yan to come back and worship their ancestors together.
A few days ago, Fang Yan specifically asked Lao Ji from the Forbidden City to find someone to make a tablet for the ancestors of the Fang family.
The tablet has been placed today.
The folk sacrificial process is relatively simple.
The elders in the family first light candles and hold incense to pay homage to their ancestors. Bow and worship.
Express your longing and respect for your ancestors, and at the same time pray for the safety of your family and success in your career.
My father and mother were both here today. When they paid homage, they prayed that all the children in the family would get satisfactory results in the college entrance examination.
Everyone is in good health, and those who are sick will get well soon.
I was still talking about asking my daughter-in-law to give birth to a child for the Fang family as soon as possible.
After speaking, insert the incense into the incense burner.
Then the family members will bow and offer incense to their ancestors in order of age.
Express remembrance and respect for ancestors. After the worship ceremony is completed, paper ingots, paper money, and paper clothes are burned in the yard. These are things given to the other world, with the intention of making them live a prosperous and comfortable life there.
The flames roared and rose, as if someone was really receiving it.
Two children, Zhao Zhengyi and Zhao Mingzhu, gathered around the fire, their faces flushed.
At this time, I greeted everyone:
"Okay, okay, let's go inside after burning. It's too cold outside."
After that, he greeted Zhao Zhengyi and Zhao Mingzhu:
"Justice, Pearl, don't touch the ashes!"
With that said, a group of people entered the house.
On the winter solstice, the daughter-in-law makes shoes and socks as a gift to her parents-in-law.
Zhu Lin had also prepared new shoes and socks for a long time. Of course, if she was asked to make them herself, she would definitely not have time, so they were all bought from outside.
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But this does not affect it. Anyway, father Fang Zhenhua and mother He Huiru were quite satisfied after receiving the things Zhu Lin gave them.
Then the family began to eat the winter solstice dinner.
Halfway through the meal, I announced something to everyone.
That is before the Chinese New Year, Xiehe will organize free clinics in other places.
The place I went to this time happened to be Gansu.
A total of mobile free clinics will be held in several major counties and cities.
During this period, I will also go to Wuwei where my second sister is. This year, I have just been promoted to deputy chief physician. I just need to perform, and I can also visit my second sister, so I signed up.
The free clinic period is one month.
Departure on December 31st and return on January 31st next year.
After coming back, there was exactly one week left to celebrate the Spring Festival.
After I finished eating the dumplings in my mouth, she stopped her chopsticks and said to everyone:
"My main consideration is to go out at this time, so that I can participate in the hospital's mission activities and see Fang Ning."
"She is a person who cherishes words in telegrams like gold. If you don't ask her face to face some questions, she won't tell you at all."
"And a month is not long, and your dad and the others are about to go on winter vacation. You can also let him take care of the sixth child in the family, and get close to him and cultivate your relationship."
After saying this, Dad was the first to raise his hand and said:
"Well, I agree."
Others also expressed their support for my mother to go to Gansu.
Fang Yan didn't expect that he didn't go, so he turned around and thought about it on his own.
And I still went to the free clinic as soon as I went there.
In Fang Yan's previous life, he did a lot of free clinics.
Most of the problems he could encounter had basically been encountered in the free clinic.
It was at that time that I learned to memorize many Chinese medicine prescriptions.
Where you need to go to a free clinic, general medical resources and equipment are limited, and medicines are in short supply. This is the norm.
In addition, patients have insufficient health awareness and lack of health knowledge in some areas, and do not pay enough attention to some of their own early symptoms. By the time a free clinic arrives, the condition has often progressed to a more serious level, making diagnosis and treatment more difficult for doctors.
In addition, this group of people are also the least likely to listen to medical advice. Because of their lack of money and lifestyle habits, the effect of treatment will be greatly reduced.
Most patients can only speak the local dialect, and it is very difficult to communicate.
Sometimes it is difficult to piece together the complete situation after asking for details for a long time, and the only option is to rely on inspection and pulse checking.
In addition to these situations, the poor venue, inconvenient transportation, and inability to follow up on follow-up treatment are also major problems.
Moreover, the issues mentioned in dialect refer to that time in my previous life.
Now my mother has definitely encountered more problems in the past than less, even though she is in a major county or city.
But the conditions in counties and cities now are similar to those when Fang Yan went to the countryside in his previous life.
Even worse.
Anyway, I am going to the free clinic this time, so I should be very busy.
"Lao San, what about you?"
When I saw that Fang Yan was silent, I asked him.
Dialect responded to:
"The free clinic is a good thing. Of course I agree, but the conditions there may not be very good. You have to be mentally prepared."
Hearing the words in dialect, I smiled and said:
"Your second sister can live for such a long time, but I, the mother, can live there for a month."
"Although I have never been to the countryside, don't look down on your mother."
Fang Yan smiled and nodded:
"Then I wish you a safe journey and treat more patients."
……
After the Winter Solstice, time flies by.
The last few days of 1977 ended in the daily busy life of Fangyan.
On December 31, 1977, my wife, He Huiru, set out for Gansu with the Union Medical College’s free clinic medical team.
At the same time, the news finally came on the news that the evaluation in Beijing was over.
And it is reported that two people are tied for second place in liberal arts. The first place in liberal arts is the case of full marks in all subjects including English.
The news ignited the end of the year in 1977 in the capital.
(End of chapter)