Chapter 111 Moon Sacrifice Altar
On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Chu family took on a new look. There were red canopies, red lanterns, red window grilles, red candles, etc. everywhere inside and outside the house.
The Chu residence, which had been deserted for three years, became lively today.
The master and his servants were all enjoying themselves and rejoiced.
In the evening, after eating the moon cakes and worshiping the moon god, Mrs. Zeng even waved her hand and showed mercy, "Except for a few people who stayed to watch the night, everyone else is on holiday. The moon worship altar in Yi'an City is the grand temple of the Sheng Dynasty. The famous wishing altar, you go there to play.”
The crowd cheered, "Thank you so much, Madam. She is as blessed as the East Sea and lives as long as the Southern Mountains."
He was so excited that he even shouted out his birthday wishes.
Everyone in the Chu House became excited. They all wore their best clothes and jewelry and walked out of the Chu House in groups.
Xia Zihan also gave Nuanyusicao and the others a holiday.
Both Nuanyu and the Yu family chose to stay at home.
Nuan Yu said, "All the slaves have gone to play, and there is no one around the county master. If you want to drink tea, you have to pour it yourself. The slaves should stay at home to serve the county master."
"You go, I'll stay at home." The Yu family said. "I am old and have long passed the time for fun. Unlike you, you are at the age for fun. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, so you just go out for a stroll."
Those words were said to Nuanyu.
She then said to Xia Zihan, "It's better for me to stay with the county lord and the old lady. My leaf cards have improved a lot."
Every year during the Chinese New Year, the old lady would invite a few people to play leaf cards together. The one from the Yu family was Xia Zihan's nanny, and she had some respect with the Zeng family, so naturally she played a lot. When the two of them were arguing, Mrs. Zeng patted the back of Xia Zihan's hand and said gently, "Grandma knows that you are filial, but we will leave Yi'an City in a few days. You have not gone out in recent years to accompany grandma. Have a good time, grandma will give you a day off tonight, you and Nuanyu can go out to play, but don’t play too late, you must be back before Hai hour.”
It is Haishi, and it is not yet Xushi.
I can play for more than an hour.
Xia Zihan held Mrs. Zeng's hand and said softly, "Grandma will be bored if I leave her alone at home. Why don't grandma and I go out for a walk? Grandma hasn't been to the streets for a long time." Yes, I heard from Liao Fangyi that the Moon Sacrifice Altar in Yi’an is extremely lively every year.”
The Moon Sacrifice Altar in Yi'an City was famous throughout the Dasheng Dynasty.
Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, Yi'an City experienced an unparalleled drought. During the autumn harvest in August, the crops that should have been golden were turned into straw, and the people had no harvest.
The common people are superstitious. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the desperate people all gather at the Moon God Altar to kneel down and pray to the Moon God for rain.
I don’t know whether it was a coincidence or whether the moon god really appeared. In short, after the people knelt down and worshiped all night, thunderclouds rolled in the next morning, strong winds blew, and in less than an hour, it rained heavily.
The people all shouted that the moon god had appeared.
After that, the common people built an altar to worship the moon in the Moon Temple. Every year on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the common people spontaneously brought moon cakes, grapefruits, watermelons and other items to the moon altar to worship the moon god.
In addition to worshiping, many people will silently make wishes. As time goes by, the incense at the Moon Sacrifice Altar becomes more and more prosperous.
By this dynasty, it has almost become a habit for the people of Yi'an City to go to the Moon Altar to worship the moon god and make wishes during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
(End of chapter)