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Snow Tong
In Chinese culture, there is a saying that "the former Cangjie wrote a book, and the sky rained millet, and the ghost cried at night", and the folk explanation for this is that Cangjie made a great contribution to the characters, and the heavens wanted to reward him, but he did not want it, only asked God to make the people rich in grain, so the rain grain of heaven rained a rain of grain in the world. This day is called Gu Rain.
This is obviously a myth and legend full of beautiful imagery. The real valley rain festival is a solar term that closely corresponds phenology to seasons and agricultural affairs.
Valley rain is the last festival of spring, when the valley rain comes, the cold wave is basically over, everyone always says "rain is born of a hundred grains", at this time the rain increases, and crops begin to grow wildly.
The phenology of valley rain is also based on warm and moist. One waits for Ping to be born; the second waits for the dove to whisk its feathers; and the third waits for Dai Sheng to descend to Sang. All three of these weathers are premised on increased rain and warmer weather.
Duckweed cannot pass through frost, so people first see duckweed begin to grow, which also means that the cold of spring will not appear again.
Then I saw the cuckoo combing its feathers, also because the weather was getting warmer and the bird was about to change its fur.
The appearance of the Dai sheng bird on the mulberry tree is also allegorical. The Dai sheng bird is a bird that looks very much like a woodpecker, and the ancients believed that if the dai sheng bird did not land on the mulberry tree, it meant that the government decree would fail.
For me, the rainy season is the season for flower viewing. During the Qingming Dynasty, the flowers flutter, and the valley rain is just when the flowers are appreciated. The folk proverb has "after three days of rain in the valley, look at the peony in the garden", and it is good to appreciate the peony and peony medicine at this time. "World Book Day" is also around the valley rain, the spring is very good, start reading, is not beautiful. When everything is ready, you only owe a cup of tea.
The saying of "tea before the Ming Dynasty and tea before the rain" must be known to everyone. Ming refers to Qingming, and rain is valley rain. The spring tea in the rainy season of the valley is also called "erchun tea", and like the Qingming tea, it is also a good product. Whether you have a "flag gun" or a "bird's tongue" in your hand, a good spring and a good mood are the best companions for a cup of tea.
There are many bridges in "Dream of the Red Chamber" to write tea, and it is not too much to write a book. People relish the types of tea that the ladies drink, and marvel at their tea-tasting etiquette, the preciousness of the utensils they use, and the various little-known delicacies. The tea affair about the Red Chamber is really interesting. Thanks to my friend for the inspiration, I would like to tell the story of this cup of tea. This story is not another story, but also want to see some people from a cup of tea.
Tea has been a social means since ancient times. Literati Gaoshi "meets friends with tea", and dignitaries "bring tea to guests". Tea is both a tool to promote emotions and a pawn in the rules of the game. There are a few cups of tea in "Dream of the Red Chamber", which have great meaning.
The first cup of tea was the tea that Jia Lian gave to the Mandarin Duck.
The seventy-second time, mandarin ducks came to see the sick Feng Sister, just in time for Sister Feng to rest, she began to talk to Ping'er. After chatting for a while, Jia Lian returned, and the Mandarin Duck got up to leave, but Jia Lian left the Mandarin Duck sister to sit down again. The original text reads:
He scolded the little girl: "Why don't you make good tea!" Take the lid bowl and brew a bowl of the new tea that came in yesterday. ”
Why is Second Master Lian like this? This is made very clearly later. At this time, Jia Fu was already unable to make ends meet, and as the jia lian Xifeng and his wife who were in charge of the family, it was also difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice. Therefore, the couple came up with the idea of pawning Jia Mu's gold and silver guys.
In order to achieve this, it is necessary to consult with the Mandarin ducks around Jia Mu first. Therefore, there is this drama of Jia Lian greeting the little girl to change the mandarin duck for good tea.
Jia Liankou called "Mandarin Duck Sister", which is an honorific title for the big man next to her grandmother, which is not excessive, but it is indeed a bit of snubbing and flattery. Taking out the new tea and changing it into a clean bowl, this flattery is raised to another level.
Mandarin Duck is a person with a hundred tricks, plus Jia Lian said that there is something to ask for, although Mandarin Duck did not give an answer, but must have a good idea. According to the results, Jia Lian Xifeng got jia mu these so-called unused guys, and also came out as silver. The Mandarin Duck did not drink this new tea, but things were also secretly facilitated.
This cup of tea is a human tea, which not only carries up and down, but also raises the value. This cup of tea, which resolves the embarrassment and solves the dilemma, is a wonderful tea.
The second cup of tea is still related to Second Master Lian.
There are always so-called "a cup of tea work" and "a cup of tea time" in ancient books, which are only a short time, so what can this short cup of tea time do? In the sixty-fourth time, the story of "The Prodigal Son's Love Left behind" gives us a glimpse of a good play that can be staged in just one cup of tea.
At this time, the waiting lady poured tea, no one was in front of her, jia lian couldn't stop glancing at the second sister... He said: "The betel nut purse also forgot to bring it, and my sister has betel nut and rewards me with a bite to eat." ”...... Jia Lian took it in his hand, poured it out, picked half a piece to eat and ate the rest in his mouth, and then picked up the rest. ...... While Jia Lian took the tea and ate the tea, he secretly untied one of the Hanyu Jiulong Pei he had brought with him, tied it to a handkerchief, and still brushed it when he turned back. The second sister did not take it, but only pretended not to see, sitting and eating tea. Only to hear a curtain ringing in the back, but it was the third sister of old lady You who came from behind with two little girls. Jia Lian sent a look to the second sister and asked her to pick it up, and this second sister just ignored it. Jia Lian didn't know what the second sister meant, and she was very anxious, so she had to meet with the third sister of You Lao Niang. When I looked back at the second sister, I saw the second sister smiling, as if there was no one, and then I looked at the silk again, I didn't know where it went, Jia Lianfang let go.
The story of the Second You of the Red Chamber can be plucked out from a book. The stories of You Erjie and You Sanjie are actually separated from the main line of the Red Chamber. But the magic is that it can be taken out and put into a large frame and fit perfectly.
The images of the second and third sisters add the identity roles that the daughters in the Grand View Garden do not have, thus becoming an indispensable and wonderful part of the group portrait of the women in the Red Chamber.
The story of "The Prodigal Son's Love Relic Jiulong Pei" is the bridge section where Jia Lian and You Erjie hook up and flirt. In the text, "The waiter went to pour tea", and Jia Lian began to test. First of all, he begged the second sister's half a piece of betel nut to eat himself, and then took the tea from the lady, and then threw his own Jiulong Pei, and when he was in a panic, he was busy saying hello to the sudden appearance of You Lao Niang and You Sanjie, and when he turned his head, jiulong Pei was gone, and only the second sister smiled as if no one was okay.
Not to mention that in this paragraph of text, Jia Lian's two sisters play dumb and enigmatic you say a word, just go down to make tea, and then bring it up, Jia Lian has not waited to drink into the mouth, this short cup of tea work, the love of these two people is so fixed.
I can only admire Cao Gong, a master of writing lust, and the scale of the scale is just right. Similarly, the depiction of lust brought out by a cup of tea, as well as the tea given to Qin Zhong by Zhi'er and the tea given to Xue Pan by Bao Toad. One shyly said that there was honey in his hand, one borrowed a teacup and pinched his hand, and the erotic desire was about to come out, but the tea was borrowed to cover his face.
The human feelings of a cup of tea temporarily solve the urgent needs of a large family, the time of a cup of tea, the sound of two people secretly communicating songs, and a cup of tea, but it implies the compassion of human nature and the redemption of fate.
Miao Yu can be said to be the person who can taste tea in "Dream of the Red Chamber". The water she cooked tea and the cup of tea tasting are the biggest appreciations for future generations when reading this book.
When Grandma Liu was invited to visit the Grand View Garden, she also had the opportunity to drink Miaoyu's tea. This tea was originally offered to Jia Mu by Miao Yujing, who took a sip and handed it to Grandma Liu to taste. It is also because of this move that Miao Yu no longer wants this "kiln multicolored mud small cover cup". Later, Baoyu asked Miaoyu for this cup and gave it to Grandma Liu.
In this story, what impressed me deeply was never Miaoyu's lonely grotesque, but Grandma Jia and Grandma Liu were drinking a cup of tea together. The old lady, whose identities and classes were so disparity, used a cup so naturally and kindly and drank the same cup of tea.
In this instant, people return to man himself, and love and etiquette break through the shackles of the code. Cao Gong's insight into human nature is like a fire, but his great compassion is written with such a light stroke.
In the end, this small tea cup still belonged to Grandma Liu. This is Baoyu's kindness, and it is also the cause and effect of Grandma Liu. Some scholars speculate that Grandma Liu finally sold this small cup for silver to save Sister Qiao. If this is the case, then the wheel of fate is really indescribable, and the grace that was once there became the salvation later.
Similarly, baochao and daiyu also drank the same cup of tea. There are always people who watch "Dream of the Red Chamber" as a palace fight drama, saying that Bao Chao and Dai Yu are love enemies, old enemies, and two people who will not deal with them for a lifetime. I really read this book and looked down on these two beautiful women.
These two people, after "Kinranchi's Mutual Dissecting of Kinran", were as good as a mother.'s Dai Yu not only directly called Bao Chao as a sister and Bao Qin as a sister, but also recognized Aunt Xue as a dry mother. The mother and daughter of the Xue family also took good care of this exquisite and lovely Daiyu.
For the sixty-second time, in order to celebrate Baoyu's birthday, everyone feasted and had fun in the garden. Dai Yu wanted to eat tea, took a cup, Bao Chao then said, not thirsty, just want to rinse (that is, we say moisturize the throat), so Bao Chao first thirsty, left half a cup, handed it to Dai Yu. Dai Yu said that the doctor would not let him eat more tea, this half cup was enough, and then drank it.
Imagine how two people can drink a cup of tea so naturally if they are not close to each other. The emotion of this cup of tea is something that people who take it out of context can be jealous.
Cao Gong penmanship, good use of small things. In his pen, sweat towels, handkerchiefs, poria cream, rose dew, etc., are all small objects that can lead to good drama. Tea, in ancient times, was both a daily essential drink and a special tool. China's tea culture is a question from the University of Men.
Gentlemen and different, are drinking tea, but there are very subtle differences. The story of tea in the Red Chamber is also worth savoring by those who read it.
"Just qingming even valley rain, a cup of fragrant tea sitting in the middle", I hope we can have the same state of mind as Zheng Banqiao, gu rainy day to drink a good tea, read a good book.
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