Chapter 2: Climbing up to look far

It rained lightly last night, and it was almost the hour of Yin. Therefore, wet marks were hidden on the road and dust could not be raised. It was a good time to walk. On both sides of the road, dark blue, green and tender yellow colors were from far to near. Water droplets dripped from time to time in the leaves and grass, and a hint of comfortable and coolness was revealed in the air.

Since it is Double Ninth Festival, there are naturally a few big objects. The most obvious thing at this moment is the dogwood sac that everyone wears. Dogwood is also called "Evil-Breaking Evils". Dogwood is worn around Double Ninth Festival, which means to ward off evil and eliminate disasters. Whether it is rich or ordinary people, they get up early on this day, and pick off the branches and leaves and fruits of dogwood in autumn dew. Poor families will directly buckle the dogwood and insert it on their heads or put it on their clothes. The wealthier families use red cloth to make small bags, which is called dogwood sacs.

Lin Nan and Lin Zhi were no exception. In addition to the sachets, they had a small pocket woven in colored silk threads on their waists. The mansion's maid Yun'er got up early to pick up the trimmed dogwood. The two of them didn't want to sit in the car and felt bored, so they got out of the car and walked forward with the endless stream of people. On the Double Ninth Festival, whether the officials and nobles or white men in blue shirts, they all took friends or family to take advantage of the sunrise to climb high and look far before sunrise. Why did they climb high before sunrise? Because the ninth day of the ninth month is the sunny day. If you can feel the first ray of sunshine on this day, it indicates that your future life will flourish and be at its peak.

Lin Nan had a happy day, watching from side to side on the road. He didn't dare to look at it before, and had no time to see all kinds of people who had no time to see it. Today, he saw it. When he met a female convoy of wealthy families, he couldn't help but stop and glance at it. Fortunately, Lin Nan and Lin Zhi were young, but they were not considered as lustful Meng Lang's disciples.

Time is not long, and when it reaches the foot of Dongshan Mountain, Lin Nan no longer travels around. Following his father Lin Wu and the bureaucrats, he climbs up the winding mountain road. There are mountains in Changning from east to west, but the sun rises and falls in the west, so he will climb the East Mountain on the Double Ninth Festival. It is said that it is Dongshan, but it is not very high. You can reach the top in just two incense sticks. Climbing high on Double Ninth Festival is just a matter of meaning. If you really find a famous mountain and a river to climb, you may not reach the top even if you climb until night...

Along the way, everyone was crowded with joy and excitement on their faces. Even the officials and families had mostly put away their domineering spirits. For a moment, the road in the eastern suburbs extended to the top of the eastern mountain, and it was a peaceful and peaceful state.

When Lin Wu and others climbed to the top of the mountain, many people arrived in advance. These people either sat or stood, and each found a place to burn incense and pray, and reminisce about the past. On the ninth day of the ninth month, the two nines overlap, and the two sounds added together have the meaning of "long-term", which symbolizes longevity, longevity, longevity and longevity, etc. Therefore, people often conduct activities such as worshiping ancestors during the Double Ninth Festival, while literati and poets are likely to cause worry and reminisce about the past and the present. There have been many poems chanting Double Ninth Festival in ancient times, and half of them are works of worry and depression, which is not unrelated to this.

Lin Wu and his colleagues arrived at the top of the mountain. They first chose a place to gather and bowed to the northern capital to show their respect for the monarchy. At this time, there was no need to kneel down. Removed the official uniform and avoided kneeling, which was also a feature of the bureaucrats celebrating the Double Ninth Festival. Then Lin Wu and his colleagues prayed for their ancestors. After half a stick of incense passed, they laughed again. Lin Wu was not the eldest son of the family, but he was an official, so he did not need to hold a large sacrificial activity at home. He just burned an incense stick of kneeling and prayed.

Lin Nan and Lin Zhi followed Lin Wu all the time. After all these programs were over, the two of them also regained their boy's resilience and playfulness. Lin Wu separated from the group of colleagues and, together with Yang Xuan and Chen Xiu, chose a sunny and secluded place, moved a stone to sit, and the followers beside him hurriedly brought the food and wine that had been prepared in advance.

The Chongyang cake must be eaten on the ninth day of the ninth month. Chongyang cake is just a name, not customized, and is usually made of glutinous rice, with red dates on it, or sprinkled with chrysanthemums, dates, walnut kernels, etc. It is just because "cake" and "gao" are homophonic, so it gradually becomes an important symbol of the Chongyin day. People go to the high place and water flows to the low place. Whether eating cake or climbing high is just a hope in people's hearts.

Lin Wu, Yang Xuan and Chen Xiu were eating Chongyang cakes, drinking chrysanthemum wine, singing the wind and the moon, chasing the past and thinking about the present. They were both literati, and they couldn't help but improvise poetry to help the wine. Lin Nan and Lin Zhi were still children, so they were naturally not very interested in these. They got up early and walked the mountain road for a long time and were already hungry. While eating Chongyang cakes, they kept watching everywhere. Although Lin Nan did not have such experience, Lin Zhi was basically locked up in the mansion since he was a child. How could he have seen so many people travel together? So although he was a little tired, he was extremely excited and had a playful heart.

The chrysanthemum wine that is drunk on the Double Ninth Festival is specially made. It picks seasonal chrysanthemums, puts them in the wine on the last Double Ninth Festival, buried them in the ground, and takes them out after a year. Therefore, the ancient poems include the saying "When it's the Double Ninth Festival, you'll see the chrysanthemums." The chrysanthemum wine is fragrant and not only adults like to drink, but some children also like to drink a sip. Today, Lin Nan smells the fragrance. Although he dares not reach out to ask Lin Wu for it, he secretly snatched a few bowls from the servants behind his back. Lin Zhi originally wanted to drink it, but when he ate Lin Nan glared, he had to give up.

After more than half an hour, the sky gradually became brighter, and a trace of golden light slowly spewed out from the sky. The distant mountains, high trees, miscellaneous stones, and nearby people were all plated with a layer of gold. People who had eaten and drank for a long time stood up, facing the east, with a solemn or peaceful expression, but were all filled with hopes and wishes for the future. Influenced by the people around, Lin Nan and Lin Zhi also became quiet.

Looking at the sun that was about to jump, Lin Nan's heart suddenly felt a stir, feeling the quietness and peace around him, and unexpectedly remembering his previous experience of being unbearable to look back. Lin Nan seemed to have a sudden sense of enlightenment, and closed his eyes to Dongfang, and seemed to be praying for something in his heart. When Lin Zhi saw this, he couldn't help but follow the same thing and closed his eyes.

Soon, Lin Nan's closed eyes suddenly felt a heat, and suddenly lit up in the haze, and the red eyes were full of red! Lin Nan immediately opened his eyes and saw a red sun jumping out of the sky. In an instant, there was a golden light. In this short moment, it made people feel a sense of cleansing their souls! A crowd of sighs triggered on the top of the mountain, and everyone worshiped each other, feeling the baptism of the Yang God.

It lasted for another half an hour. The sun gradually rose, the golden light gradually disappeared, the autumn wind blew, and the rain and dew gradually disappeared, indicating that the climbing was approaching the end. The climbing on the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the ninth day of the third month was also called "Qiqing", which echoed the "outing" on the spring of the third day of the third month, and represented a kind of gratitude for people's changes in the four seasons.

It's strange that the mountains still looked dark green in the early morning, but when I looked at them again, I turned yellow and yellow... After eating and drinking, all the programs were done. People lingered for a while and then went down the mountain one after another. Before going down the mountain, some people broke branches to think of them, either to break willows or to break dogwood, which was also different. The two brothers Lin Nan broke two handfuls of dogwood with dew, preparing to take them back to the mansion to share with Chen and everyone, which was somewhat of a meaning.
Chapter completed!