The next morning, as soon as it dawned, the village began to become lively.
Thean Hou Temple is about to be renovated.
Lifting the beam is the most important part of building a house, and it must be done at the time of "high tide", which means that a rising tide lifts all boats.
Basically, all the men in the village get up early in the morning and go to Thean Hou Temple to see if there is anyone who needs help. Later, when the beam is sung, they will also have to help with the lottery. The more people, the better.
, the popularity is getting stronger.
On this day, the rules for installing beams in the harem are the same as those in your own house. The procedures are similar and both are very grand.
The whole process can be divided into several procedures such as offering sacrifices to the beams, installing the beams, receiving the packages, throwing the beams, and waiting for the craftsmen.
As the saying goes: 'If there are beams on the roof, there will be food in the house; if there are no beams on the roof, the livestock will not prosper.'
People believe that only when the beams of the house and house are installed upright, stable, and peaceful can the family business prosper. The same goes for temples, which can also be prosperous and protect coastal fishermen.
Before the beam is put on the beam, sacrifices must be made to the gods, and the sacrifices include "whole pigs" (that is, a pig's head and a pig's tail, which means a whole pig).
Five or seven colors of fish, goose, tofu, eggs, salt and soy sauce are placed on wooden red lacquered sacrificial plates at the top of the table, along with twenty-four bowls of other dishes and twelve pots of fruits from the north and south.
This had been prepared early in the morning. When Ye Yaodong arrived, the sacrifices had been arranged, several large tables were filled, and the Tianhou Palace was also filled with villagers.
He looked around, wandered around, met familiar people, greeted each other, stood with a few friends, and waited for the time to come.
At this time, the pillars on the side have been affixed with the couplet "The beam on the beam meets the zodiac sun, and the pillar meets the purple star by chance".
Most of the villagers have come, and the carpenters have basically arrived. The masters have to tie red silk strips around their waists. Red cloth has the effect of warding off evil spirits.
The gentlemen who presided over the ceremony are also here, and now we are just waiting for the time.
When someone shouted that the hour was up, the host looked at the time, confirmed that the hour was up, and started to worship Liang.
Ye Yaodong and the others all watched carefully below, listening to him singing in local dialect to pray to the gods of the temple, the landlords of the three realms, the house gods of the five directions, the master Lu Ban, Liang Shen, etc., to call upon the gods.
Then the bricklayers, carpenters, etc. said good things and toasted.
After the beam ceremony is over, the host points the two ends of the beam with a red pen, which is called "eyes of the beam." After the beam is lit, two people whose zodiac signs are dragon and tiger will raise the beam according to the direction of the green dragon on the left and the white tiger on the right.
rise.
There is a saying in their place that "the dragon and the tiger are in the ambush position", which means that matching the dragon and the tiger is more auspicious and powerful, and it helps the temple to be peaceful and prosperous.
Usually it is just a symbolic lift, and then the master Omu and his assistant perform it.
The two ends of the beam are also hung with red silk, and a Shunzhi copper coin hangs down from the red silk, which means "safe and smooth".
When the central beam was raised, firecrackers were set off outside the house, and the incense burner nearby also began to burn heavenly gold ingots.
Master Shangliang also sang the Shangliang song and shouted: "Go up, good luck!"
And the villagers inside and outside Thean Hou Temple all shouted loudly: "Come in! Come in!"
Everyone cooperated, and amid the excitement and excitement, the beams were raised to the roof and joined together.
Then the host will place the red cloth bag containing red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat, evergreen, etc. in the middle of the beam, which means "good fortune, wealth, longevity, joy, evergreen".
After the beam is laid, it is time to receive the bag, but because it is a temple, this step of receiving the bag is omitted, and the beam is thrown directly.
"Beam tossing" is the most lively part of the beam-raising ceremony. The craftsman has to say auspicious words while tossing the beam. The villagers are all smiling and waiting happily to receive candies, peanuts, steamed buns, etc.
Ye Yaodong and the others were also chatting and laughing below, "This is what we have been waiting for."
"Grab a little more, good luck and smooth sailing!"
"I didn't eat breakfast, so I'm just waiting here..."
The carpenter cheered: "Yeah!"
The villagers responded: "Okay!"
"The portable golden rooster crows."
"OK!"
"The auspicious star of the golden rooster has arrived."
"OK!"
The villagers stopped chatting and shouted in unison when the carpenter started throwing.
Every call and every answer has a unique charm.
Everyone rushed to grab it, and it was very lively.
Ye Yaodong took advantage of his superior skills. While he was still throwing, he deliberately stood on tiptoes, opened both hands and grabbed one accurately, his palms were full, stuffed it into his pocket, and continued to grab it.
He didn't stop until his pockets were full and he grabbed two more big buns.
They were white, tender, and soft. They had just come out of the oven and were still a little warm. He grabbed one with each hand, opened his mouth and started to bite.
He hasn't had breakfast yet and is waiting here.
"You cheated!"
Ye Yaodong listened to Azheng's depressed voice, smiled and deliberately stood on tiptoes again, standing beside him.
"Fuck, get out of here and don't stand next to me."
Don’t touch me!
Ye Yaodong followed him while chewing the steamed bun, standing on tiptoes as usual. Although he didn't say a word, his behavior was already killing people invisible, which made Ah Zheng's teeth itch with anger.
"Break off the relationship!"
Ye Yaodong followed him as usual until he saw a group of people standing in the corner of the hall wearing Chinese tunic suits and pens in their pockets, looking like cadres. Several leaders of the village committee were also standing nearby and laughing.
He quickly stopped playing and walked over with a smile.
Because he saw that Director Chen from the Maritime Safety Administration was also there.
If he didn't know him, how could he have the nerve to go up and say hello?
Director Chen is different here, he looks familiar at least.
"Hello, leaders. I didn't expect that the leaders would be so busy and still find time to come over and watch our Thean Hou Palace go up."
Director Chen smiled and said: "I promised to come over today to join in the fun, but I came late in the morning. I didn't expect it to start so soon."
The village chief hurriedly smiled and said: "It's not too late, it's our honor for the leaders to come. The beam-raising has ended. We will wait for the villagers to go out and then take the leaders to visit the Tianhou Palace. Let's leave now."
It’s still early for dinner…”
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Just walk around nearby or in the village. You can also go to Comrade Ye Yaodong's house."
Ye Yaodong nodded quickly and answered, "Yes, yes, come to my house, sit down, have a sip of tea, and rest your feet first."
"Okay, how is the trawl lately? Is there a lot of fish?"
"It's okay, just so-so. Once Mazu's birthday is over, I guess it won't be long before we start preparing to catch squid..."
"That's good. If you have money, you can get in. The squid is a big head..."
"Hey~ It's all hard-earned money..."
Ye Yaodong also chatted with them for a few words, watching the villagers in the Queen's Palace slowly walk out.
Originally, after the beam-throwing was over, everyone had to exit, and then the nylon bag on the top of the house was also removed, allowing the sun to directly shine on the roof beams. This is called "beam-shine".
After everyone was almost gone, they also started walking around the Tin Hau Temple.
Several friends stood for a moment, and then went out first with a wink, so as not to interfere with him. After all, they didn't know each other, so they didn't have the shame to come up to him.
The people from the village committee took these leaders, whose names he could not name, around the Thien Hau Temple and introduced them to them as they walked.
They waited until tables, chairs and benches began to be set up in the Thean Hou Palace before they walked out.
Ye Yaodong, who was bored, also stayed behind. He was still waiting to invite someone home to sit with him.
Rows of large round tables have already been set up outside the main hall, and the cooks and helpers in the open space beside it are also busy preparing for the luncheon feast.
This beam-laying ceremony is quite complicated. It took more than ten minutes to start singing the beam, and the whole process took more than two hours. However, because it started early, it was only less than ten o'clock.
Today happened to be the weekend, and the children were all happily jumping around and playing. They felt that these days were so happy, happier and more lively than the Chinese New Year.
After Ye Yaodong followed him out, he looked for his children and divided the two pockets full of candy and peanuts between the two brothers, so that each of them had exactly one pocket.
And Ye Chenghai and the others also discovered that the candy peanuts they got were not even half of what Ye Chenghu had.
"Third uncle, why are you so busy?"
"Because I am tall and have long hands, I can catch you first. If you have nothing to do, just jump rope more and you will grow taller."
Ye Yaodong was wondering whether he should buy them a basketball when he went to the city next time?
People from the south are generally too short. For the older generation, 1.7 meters is considered tall in the village...
It can't be given for free. When Ye Chenghu gets two 100 points in the exam and takes him to the city, it would be okay to buy him a basketball as a gift.
Let him become the most handsome boy in the village!
"It's not dinner time yet, I have to go back. Do you want to go back with me?"
Everyone shook their heads in unison, "No!"
It’s so lively here, who would want to go home?
The children dispersed and started running around again.
Ye Yaodong shook his head. If he didn't go back now, they would have to go back for the banquet later. It was impossible to bring all the children with him for the banquet.
"Do you have a lot of children at home?" Director Chen asked curiously, "I haven't seen so many children in the past few times. They are from my brother's family."
"Yes, my two brothers have three children each, and I also have three children. The brothers and sisters are about the same age, and they all play well."
"It looks lively. Fortunately, I gave birth early, so there will be fewer children in the future."
"Hehe, yes."
A person like him who is fined and overpaid will not accept this.
"I've finished visiting the harem today. Let's go sit at my house for a while and drink tea. After talking so much, I should be thirsty."
"OK."
But before he walked a few steps, Ye Yaodong saw his dogs again, six or seven of them crawling into the sidecar of someone's three-wheeled motorcycle...
Good guy, when did it come out, why didn’t he know?
Still addicted?
It really knows how to enjoy it. No one has ever sat on it, but they enjoyed it first and did it again and again.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he hurried up and scolded her, "Come down quickly, and get back into someone else's fight, or be careful of being pulled back by a car to stew dog meat!"
"Woof woof~"
"Woof woof woof~"
I barked at him a few times, but I didn’t see them move!
"Come down quickly, don't be so shameless."
Chapter completed!