# Hometown Lantern Festival

By [raindrop](https://paragraph.com/@raindrop) · 2022-10-13

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The Lantern Festival in my hometown is not very lively. There are no lions, dragon lanterns, no stilts, no dry boats, no "big head monk playing with Liu Cui", no flower burdens or tea burdens. These are only available during the "Welcome" - Sai Chenghuang, on July 15th, but not during the Lantern Festival. In many places, "Lantern Festival" is celebrated, but our Lantern Festival is quiet. For a few years, there were unicorns. In the morning, three men from the countryside, one holding a unicorn, a long bench, and a unicorn tied with paper outside, one hit a small gong, the other hit a cymbal, and sang some auspicious songs in unison. The beginning of each paragraph is "grid fried fried": grid fried fried, grid fried fried, Kirin sent to your house... I am very impressed with this "grid fried fried". What does it mean? Is this an adjective? What's the sound like? The one who sent the unicorn has no performance, no action, and the tune is very simple. The one who sent the unicorn is not exciting at all, only a series of "grid bang bang" can be heard. After the "grid fry", the grandmother gave them a little money. There was no one in the street where the dice "catch the old sheep" gambling stalls were played. The six dice lay quietly at the bottom of the big bowl. The man who set up the gambling booth sat on the small bench and hugged his knees in a daze. The New Year is almost over, and the money that you are going to lose for the New Year is almost lost. There is still something to do tomorrow, and everyone is not interested in gambling. There is a sugar blower at the entrance of Caoxiang. Sun Monkey dances with a big knife and a mouse steals oil. There are noodle kneaders in Beishikou. Green snake, white snake, old fisherman. The old fisherman's mink clothing is made of Prunella vulgaris bought from the pharmacy.

  

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The day is almost over. However, the Lantern Festival will not be counted until the evening when the lights are on. It's Lantern Festival. We don't usually call it Lantern Festival there, it's called the Lantern Festival. The festival of lights will be a few days away, 13 lights on, 17 lights off. The "right day" is fifteen. The lights in all the houses were turned on. There are four square glass lamps in the house of the aunt (aunt). In the second mother's house are Bai Mingjiao colored glass lamps with red birthday characters painted on, and a bead lamp. My stepmother's house ordered red glazed bubbles. A room of lights, bright and gentle, looks very auspicious. Go to the street to see the lanterns. Lian Wanshun's house has a big revolving lantern. "Country people don't know the revolving lantern - here it is again." The revolving lantern is just the shadow of the chariots, horses, and people (soldiers) turning back and forth, but it can also be seen turning a few times. Later, I made one myself, lit a candle, and watched as the paper wheel inside was spinning, and the shadows were also reflected on the paper screen outside, and I was very happy. Qianlonghe's revolving lantern did not "walk", it was just a rectangular cardboard box. There were some colorful little figures on the white paper on the front. The little people were attached to a strand of hair. will move up and down. Although it doesn't "walk", we still call it a revolving lantern. Otherwise, what is the lamp called? The villains outside are Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Monk Sha. The whole picture shows the Tang monk taking scriptures from "Journey to the West".

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