The Year of the Loong's Social Fire —— Appreciation of Prose

The Year of the Loong is full of happiness, auspiciousness and dragon legends. Every household is plastered with dragon lanterns, dragon gates, dragon boats, dragon paintings and dragon couplets; Bowing hands in business means that the Year of the Loong is rich; Married people are beaming and keep saying that the Year of the Loong wants to order dragons. Dragon lanterns, crutches and tea sets in shops and stalls were snapped up by people. ...

Early in the morning, my wife and I came to the street. It's still early, the social fire has not yet entered the city, but the street is already crowded with people. The old man moved a chair and sat on a square stool, chewing melon seeds, smoking a cigarette and holding his grandson in his arms. The young man wandered around, lit a string of "electro-optical cannons" for a while, and bought a pair of "drilling monkeys" and "kicking two feet" at the gun stall for a while, and became addicted beautifully; Girls of eighteen or nineteen years old are colorful, bringing a fragrant spring early. They are not as stupid as boys. They are so clever that they spend a lot of money thinking for a long time. They really don't want to buy it and say, "I use this thing", but the boy who is good at observing the girl's heart knows that he is willing to pay for it, but he is willing to obey the girl's wishes. The epigenetic of Longdong is so simple and honest, just like the loess at the foot or the willow standing on the cape.

I don't know who shouted "the social fire is coming!" The crowd surged. My wife and I separated, and there was no response when I shouted. I see dozens of dragons dancing. The first group is two yellow dragons, followed by red, blue, green and white dragons. They are lifelike and walk freely, and the golden scales shine in the sun, especially the eyes of dragons, which make you admire. The young dragon player was wearing a uniform white headscarf, yellow sweatshirt, black trousers and white sneakers, sweating and panting. The trick of holding the dragon's head is constantly changing, and the head is whistling for a while, and it is soaring for a while; After a while, I fell to the ground and fished for the moon in the sea. Those who run the dragon's tail are even more nervous and naturally suffer a lot. As the saying goes, it is better to play the leading role than to sing the leading role. He who manages the dragon's tail should be quick in eyes, quick in hands and diligent in legs. No matter how strong a young man is, he runs down one day, with backache or swollen feet and numb legs.

In order to see more clearly, I managed to squeeze into the social fire reception station and happened to witness the social fire of the rural social fire team. In the first month of each year, every township should organize a powerful social fire performance team to go door to door to ask for peace and make a fortune. The main social fires in rural areas are playing with lions, walking on stilts, riding donkeys, rowing dry boats, high-core, beating gongs and drums, spring official poems, and harming women's luck ... Rural people are unpretentious, wearing traditional clothes, red and green, and both men and women are smeared. Walking on stilts is the most representative of Longdong Shehuo Team. Performing, jumping or running, especially tying your legs to a wicker more than one meter high, is both thrilling and exciting, and you will fall down and get injured if you are not careful. There are various forms of performance on stilts, often dressed in ancient costumes, performing an ancient play, or singing or playing, attracting bursts of applause. Spring official poems are mostly folk artists, wearing black hats, a pair of color-changing glasses on the bridge of the nose, wearing black tunic suits or black suits and hand-cranking feather fans. Their poems are concise and catchy. Now I'd like to copy a few words: "the Year of the Loong is prosperous and rich in financial resources. You can send it to me or to everyone. The god of wealth falls at home, and the new year is full of grain. " Some poems touch the scene, and one person, one thing, one mountain and one water can enter the poem, which fully embodies the extraordinary artistic imagination and creativity of rural people.

A few minutes later, eight strange dragons without wings came. A closer look revealed that the hydrogen balloon was tied to the dragon's back, and the dragon floated and swayed freely. It's really ingenious. However, half an hour later, a long team of community fires came from a distance, drums blared, magnificent lions jumped up and down, and floats competed to show them. Nothing in the sea marks that the people of Longdong have overcome poverty and are invincible. There are eight immortals crossing the sea, which shows that the people of Longdong are brilliant and show their abilities. Dazzling, too many things to see. State-owned enterprises, large group companies and joint-stock companies make product models, display on the streets and carry out promotional activities; Etiquette team and model team also joined the performance team of Shehuo, attracting people to see the beautiful women and opening their eyes to the young and old from the countryside. People in the city are dismissive and say "boring", preferring to watch the rural "farmhouse music" fire.

From Baota Lane to Santianmen, the whole street has become a sea of people. Dozens of social fire reception stations are constantly firecrackers, and people who play social fire have long been exhausted. Every time they go to a social fire reception station, they can't wait to drink tea, light a cigarette and smoke leisurely. There are also hooligans who don't save trouble They lit the "monkey drill" and "two kicks" and threw them into the social fire team or the crowd. When they "jumped", the crowd exploded, and the people who played social fire also fled in haste, and a group of hooligans grinned. Then a spring official wrote a poem: "hooligans are really hooligans." If you can't get a wife, you can't have children. Now that we are all civilized, are hooligans still heroes? " Everyone laughed and shouted: "Good! Good! "

Wave after wave of social fires did not gradually cool down until 5 pm, and people dispersed happily, but this did not mean the end, but waited for the arrival of social fires in the evening. At eight o'clock in the evening, the street was brightly lit and the sound of gongs and drums "drummed". The big lion and the little lion came in small groups, only one dry boat came, and dozens of dragons swam in. Longkou spewed flames from time to time. There were no handsome guys and beautiful women in Pingliang city during the day, but on the fifteenth night of the first month, there were many beautiful women at once. Their hair was permed upside down, straight and dyed in exotic colors, as well as pure big braid and sister's head ... Some young people shouted, "It's all toads'." People who hear this also feel sick, but it is not absolutely unreasonable. A good-looking woman doesn't know what's wrong with her. They prefer to find a rich man, a professor and a retired cadre. Young people can't do without money and officials, so they have to watch the swan fly away.

My wife and I turned to the intersection of the park and bought two bowls of Yuanxiao before sitting in a stall. Looking up, the red lanterns hanging on the balcony of the tall building are very attractive and beautiful. On this reunion night, this red lantern will stay on until dawn.