Since ancient times, agricultural activities are indispensable for worshiping the sky, and fishermen's activities are indispensable for worshiping the sea. Whether it is opening the sea, praying for rain or various festivals, fishermen and people must worship the sea.

This Fishing Lantern Festival was a big deal. The town government has studied the records of historical customs in the county annals, strictly restored the traditional Fishing Lantern Festival and improved it. One of the improvements was to invite the main priest to read the sacrificial text.

Ao Wenchang is most familiar with this because he prayed for rain in autumn and read the sacrificial text as the chief sacrificial sacrifice.

The two of them did not catch up with the opening of the event, but caught up with the climax point. At this time, there were many people distributed around the town pier, and all public officials were mobilized to maintain order. I don’t know how many people and tourists were looking towards the dock.

A red carpet extends from the pier into the sea. At the end of the pier is an altar, and on both sides are a rope hanging high. A golden lantern sways in the rope and sways in the wind. Bells are hidden inside, making crisp sounds from time to time.

Also on both sides of the dock, there was a blessing flag inserted three or five steps, with the sea breeze flying, and the flag was drifting. Ao Muyang exclaimed in surprise: "Ha, what a big formation!"

The priest held up the sea bowl and poured wine into the sea from the end of the pier. After pouring three large bowls in a row, Lu Zhichao, who acted as the emcee, came forward to direct a group of strong young fishermen to carry and carry several large baskets of tributes into the altar.

Ao Muyang stood on tiptoe and looked forward, and saw the fish placed there, a pig and a sheep, and there were also chickens, ducks, geese and various fish and shrimps.

After placing the tribute, two strong men walked up to the altar with an antique jar of wine and put it down. Ao Wenchang's eyes pointed and pulled him and said, "The leaders of each village are lined up to prepare to go to the stage. You should hurry up, leader."

In this regard, Lu Zhichao made arrangements in advance. Ao Muyang took off his coat and exposed the traditional fishermen's clothing sent from the town. He used a double-breasted black coat and dragon pants to base it, and quickly stepped forward and squeezed into the crowd.

When Yang Shuyong saw him, he winked and said, "What are you squeezing towards us? Go ahead and lead the team."

Ao Muyang said vaguely: "No need, it's different where to stand?"

The village cadres who were uniformly dressed in line and stood on the dock. Someone used a large sea bowl to scoop wine from the wine jar, and passed it back one bowl after another. Finally, after a bowl of strong wine, each hand held the sea bowl and raised it over his head, chanting blessings loudly: "One respects to the Bodhisattva: the people are healthy; two respects to the country: the country is prosperous and strong; three respects to the Dragon King: the fish and shrimp are full of cabins."

They spread the wine into the sea, and then music started, and a group of brightly dressed girls and young men came on stage to dance.

The sea sacrifice ended, and the group withdrew from the dock and the Fishing Lantern Festival officially began.

In the past few years, each village held its own festivals. For example, in the past two years, Longtou Village held similar activities after the New Year every year. This year, the village was torn off and the town handled it uniformly during the Fishing Lantern Festival, and the scale was even more grand.

The sound of music, firecrackers, gongs and drums sounded together, and the sounds were deafening.

Two fleets appeared on the sea. The ships were wooden boats, with lights on them, and were dressed up as colorful boats. The bow was covered with couplets. The mast on the ship was hung with red joy. There were also a row of colorful flags below. There were lights shining on the translucent colorful flags. In this way, when the sea breeze blew, the colorful flags danced, just like colorful clouds shining over the fleet!

When we arrived near the sea, the fishing lights on the fishing boats were lit one after another, and countless large and small fishing lights appeared on the boat, illuminating the surrounding sea surface into color.

There were also gongs and drums and suona sounds on the boat. This sound once suppressed the sound of waves, leaving only colorful waves dancing with the boat.

People and tourists were evacuated to the main street, and the street was filled with various fishing lights, and the entire town center was as bright as daytime.

There are riddles on the fishing lamp, and there are service staff at a distance. After guessing the riddle, you can go to the service point to verify it. Once you guess correctly, there will be rewards, and there will be different prizes, including food, beverage, vouchers, household living equipment, etc.

Ao Muyang found Lu Zhizi and wandered around the street. He was amazed at this Fishing Lantern Festival: "The town has really invested a lot this time. How much does this activity cost?"

Lu Zhizi shook her head and said, "It's hard to say, it must be a million."

Lu Zhichao is not the kind of bureaucrat who only knows how to show off. He spends huge amounts of money to get corresponding gains. The service staff will guide the young people attending the conference to take pictures of the Fishing Lantern Festival and post them to their Moments or various self-media platforms, and work hard to build an internet celebrity fisherman town.

Ao Muyang went to guess the riddles, and guessed four or five in a row. He changed to juice, yogurt and roasted chicken legs. He also ate and drank and had people complimented him for being quick-witted, but he was so happy.

Lu Zhizi went to set up the boat lights, and the town prepared a lot of radishes. The fisherman's boat lights were made of radishes.

Slicing the radish into a boat lamp is a test of skill. Of course, it is okay to make it simple. Cut the radish into half, hollow out a candle in the middle, and put a paper cover on the outside. This is a boat lamp.

This kind of boat light is very unstable and will fall off after being placed in the sea with a beat.

When Ao Muyang saw Ao Jinfu eating chicken legs, he pulled him over and said, "Fuwa, carve a boat lamp for me, I will get you a bottle of juice later."

Ao Jinfu lowered his head and chewed the chicken legs. After a while, he whispered: "Brother, the boat light cannot be carved by others for you, otherwise he will not be able to deliver your blessings."

Ao Muyang said, "It's okay, I have a clear idea."

Ao Jinfu was slowing down for a while and whispered again: "Then I don't want juice, I want a bottle of beer."

"OK."

Ao Jinfu ate all the chicken legs and smashed the chicken bones again before he got the carved knife and green radish to work.

A thick green radish turned around in his hand, and then he pinched the carved knife with three fingers in his other hand and danced quickly on the green radish.

Instead of cutting the radish from it, he first carved it from the bottom, and took a few slashes to open both sides, leaving it alone at the bottom, and then cut it from the top to cut the radish and cut out the meat, leaving a layer of radish meat with an even thickness.

In one or two minutes, a carrot boat appeared in his hand. A small hole was left in the middle of the boat, and a candle was inserted, and there was a small hole in front and behind. This was used to insert wooden sticks. Wax paper was hung on the wooden sticks. One was used for sails, and the other was to cover the candlelight with the sea breeze, which was very exquisite.

Ao Muyang took the boat lamp to Lu Zhizi. Lu Zhizi lit the candle and put the boat into the sea water. A wave happened to hit him. Lu Zhizi subconsciously shouted: "It's broken!"

The waves slapped on the radish boat, but the boat just shook twice. When the waves retreated, it floated deep into the ocean with the waves.

Seeing this, the people around were surprised: "Wow, this boat light is really stable."

Someone immediately squeezed to Ao Jinfu and said, "Brother, can you help me carve one?"

Ao Jinfu shook his head and the man said, "I'll give you ten dollars!"

"Tsk, ten dollars are considered a ball, I'll give twenty dollars!"

Ao Jinfu grinned after thinking about it: "Twenty dollars to help you carve a boat lamp, come and pay the money if you are willing."
Chapter completed!