May 13 falls on the second day of the fourth lunar month, the birthday of Mencius. Mencius' hometown, the Mengcheng Meng temple in Zoucheng, is melodious and solemn, and the annual commemoration of Mengzi's mother Ishizi is held here. More than 200 descendants of the Meng clan and people from all walks of life gathered in Mencius' hometown to remember Mengzi, the mother of Mengzi.
At exactly 9:00 a.m., accompanied by the sound of "opening the door" and the sound of the music, the mengmiao star gate slowly opened, and the descendants of the Meng clan and people from all walks of life wore golden ribbons on their shoulders, and under the guidance of wen and wu wusheng, they walked to the front of the Sub-temple, and in turn presented flower baskets and bowed to Mengzi, mengzi.
60 primary school students dressed in ancient costumes stood on both sides of the main road of the Mengmiao Temple, reciting famous sayings that represented Mencius's core ideas, such as "the people are noble, the society is second, the king is light", "the old and the old and the old, the young and the young".
"Meng Mu Tong clan, the godson has the Tao; pro-righteousness, fruitful." Born to grow up, persuade to learn unremittingly; loving mothers and children, sincere love..." Meng Xiaosu, the 73rd generation grandson of Mencius and president of the Mencius Cultural Committee, baptized and read the blessing text at the scene. Zhu Wen praised the merits of Meng mu and deeply remembered Mencius's outstanding contributions to China's excellent traditional culture.
Learn from Mengzi's mother and teach his son, and learn from Mencius to be a man
The holding of a series of activities such as the commemoration of mengmu mencius ceremony is not only to provide an opportunity for the descendants of Meng's descendants to remember their ancestors and inherit culture, but also to educate future generations to follow the example of their ancestors, learn from Mengmu's godson, and learn from Mencius as a person. This year's commemoration of Meng mu Mengzi ceremony was held online and offline, and many descendants of the Meng clan who could not rush to the scene to participate in the activities said that the mother's culture is a family style and family training and needs to be vigorously promoted. Although you can't go to the scene, you can also feel the greatness of the power of motherhood and the profundity of Mencius's thought online.
"At the beginning of the ceremony, the beginning of the diet"
The offerings of this commemoration of Mengmu Mengzi's Great Ceremony are still provided by Shandong Fan Da Bowl Catering Development Co., Ltd.
In the early morning of the 13th, the sky was light, Mr. Fan Zhaomin, chairman of Fan Da Bowl Catering Development Co., Ltd., led the company's staff to the Mengmiao Ya Temple, and will elaborately make and prepare sacrifices, and present them according to the requirements of the sacrifice.
"At the beginning of the ceremony, the diet began." Derived from the Confucian classic "Li Ji Li Yun", it means that the human etiquette system originated from the code of conduct of eating activities. The liturgy begins with sacrifice, and the most primitive ritual begins in the form of a sacrifice of food. People sacrifice gods through diet, showing the original psychology of valuing reality and life.
Because the Chinese ancestors conceived the life of the gods and spirits according to the concept that people should eat and dress. Thinking that man wants to eat and drink, God cannot do without food, so he gives his food unreservedly. Sacrifice is to invite the gods to eat and drink, and only after eating and drinking well can we ensure the safety of everyone. Therefore, in ancient times, the word "li" and the word "li" that were interpreted as sweet wine were both the same sound and the meaning was similar, and it was not a coincidence.
There are also regulations and cares for food
According to Dong Wei, a provincial-level non-hereditary heir of the "Sacrifice of Mengdadian", the Sacrifice of Mengdadian has a special emphasis on the specifications of the placement of sacrifices, and it is necessary to set up a special arrangement according to the combination of raw and cooked on different occasions, not on the top of the confession, but on the two sides of the confession.
In the "History of Song", its blessings are also nine on the left shoulder, arm, and shoulder of the cow; the left shoulder of the sheep is seven in the young prison, and the left shoulder is five in the left shoulder; there are regents and in the regents, and the ceremony adopts the ceremony of the young prisoner. He particularly emphasized that the ancients did not use the head of the beast, because the head was not the best part to enjoy, but the left shoulder, upper arm, ribs, lungs and liver of the pig and sheep. In addition, the sacrifice can only be used on the left side of the pig and sheep, because the left side is the place with the best meat quality, and the ancestors must eat the left meat.
The offerings are subdivided into——
Cooked pigs:
Gizzard (bone of the buttocks), arm (upper part of the pig's leg), transverse ridge, straight ridge, anterior ridge, middle flank, posterior flank, anterior flank, stern (lower part of the pig's leg), arms, shoulders;
Cooked sheep:
The gizzard (the bone of the buttocks), the arm (the upper part of the leg of lamb), the transverse ridge, the straight ridge, the anterior ridge, the middle flank, the posterior flank, the anterior flank, the sternum (the lower part of the leg), the arms, the shoulders;
Raw sheep (one each for the stomach, intestines and lungs);
Cooked sheep (stomach, intestine, lungs one each);
Nine skins of live pigs (nine pieces of meat, rectangular, 3 catties each);
Nine skins of cooked pigs (nine pieces of meat rectangle, each 3 pounds);
The pig has two thigh bones, two shoulder bones, four ribs divided into two parts, and one spine;
Raw sheep have two thigh bones, two shoulder bones, six ribs divided into two parts, and one spine;
Cooked meat products: 4 kg of cooked meat sauce, 2 kg of braised meat, 1 kg of cooked elbows, 1 kg of cooked beef slices.
At the scene, it was seen that the sacrifices prepared on the case were:
帛、俎(sheep, 豕,鹿、兔),登(太羹),铏(和羹),簠(黍、稷),簋(rice, 粱),笾(shape salt, deer breast, 藁, jujube, chestnut, hazelnut, rhombus, 芡), bean (韮菹, 菁菹, Celery, bamboo shoots, 醢醢, deer pickle, rabbit sauce, fish sauce).
At the Mengmiao Temple, Song Bin, Director of Logistics of Zoucheng Non-Genetic Inheritance Center, instructed Mr. Fan Zhaomin to place the sacrificial food according to traditional etiquette and regulations.
Mr. Fan Zhaomin is full of respect and respect for the sages, solemn and serious, and meticulous. After the sacrifices were placed and sacrificed, Fan Zong and his party toasted the statue of Ya and performed a kneeling prayer to express their respect and respect for Ya Sheng Mencius!
MengFu combined bowls and seats, so that this ceremony has a beginning and an end
After the commemoration of Mengmu Mengzi's great ceremony, the descendants of mengshi, the organizing committee of the conference and the on-site staff came to fanda bowl banquet to dine at the Fan Da Bowl Banquet And taste the carefully prepared Chinese Mengfu food culture theme banquet "Mengfu Bowl Table".
Mr. Fan Zhaomin, Chairman of Shandong Fan Da Bowl Catering Development Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman of the Celebrity Chef Professional Committee of China Hotel Association, President of Zoucheng Culinary Catering Industry Association, and Director of China Mengfu Food Culture Research Institute, made a toast to the organizing committee of the conference and the descendants of Meng, and the artists of Zou Luli Orchestra also gave wonderful liturgical singing on the spot.
Mr. Fan Zhaomin said that "Mencius Thought" and "Mother Culture" are one of the most important cultural veins of Zoucheng, and are the living cultural genes of the Zoulu cultural circle and even the entire Confucian cultural circle. The legend of Meng Mu godson was selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage, which is a rare and excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, which is worth inheriting and carrying forward from generation to generation.
Shandong is the hometown of Kong Meng, the country of etiquette. The Mon Fu Bowl Table, which we taste today, is an important part of the traditional Mon Fu diet, which is restored on the basis of following the ancient law and inheriting innovation. Mengfu diet has always followed Mencius's "people-oriented thought", making a fuss about having feelings and righteousness, warming people's livelihood, and green health.
Although Mengfu cuisine is defined as official cuisine, it is a private dish that is closely combined with the specialty of civilian cuisine. That is, using medium and high-grade ingredients or ordinary ingredients, through special cooking techniques, carefully and creatively cook out extraordinary gastronomic experience effects. If the Confucius banquet is defined as "a table that has lasted for more than 2,500 years", the Mengfu banquet can be defined as "a table that warms the people's livelihood for more than 2300 years".
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