The Nile flooding festival, the Egyptians are popular

[Global Times specialist in Egypt, Huang Peizhao] The Nile River is the mother river that nurtured Egypt. There is no Nile River, or if there is no regular or moderate flood of the Nile, there will be no splendid Egyptian civilization. Therefore, Heroodd, an ancient Greek historian, said: "Egypt is the gift of the Nile." To gratitude, Egyptian history held a grand "flood" celebration of the Nile "flooding festival" every year. Although there is no grand scale as in the past today, whenever August comes, the Egyptians will still express their celebrations and excitement in the festival in various ways.

Bring the joy of harvest

In the 13th century BC, the Egyptian poet Melnapa sighed in "The Nile River Forever", "Nile to Egypt ... Give all walkingrs to life." Historically, there are countless poems in the Nile River like this, expressing Egyptian in Egypt Human's sincere emotions for the Nile. It is precisely because of the flood of the Nile that Egypt has found the source of life and the foundation of life. In the five or six thousand BC, the ancient Egyptians had settled their home on both sides of the Nile. They worked hard on the land irrigated land, making Egypt a ancient granary and the most densely populated area in Africa.

When it comes to the flooding of the river, people always think of the terrible scenes of the dyke and the fields of flooding. However, the situation is not the case for the Nile of Egypt. Because Egypt is raining all year round and the climate is hot and drought, people always look forward to the annual flood of the Nile (of course, it cannot be too much). The flood of the Nile River refers to the abundance period of the river water, which is the concept corresponding to the low water level and drought of the Nile. It is "gospel" for the Egyptians.

When the Nile is flooded, not only can the land be informed, but also a large amount of minerals, humus, and various organic matter brought from the upstream, thereby forming a thick layer of silt and making the soil fertile. The literature records: "The farmers on both sides of the Nile River only need to wait for the rivers to flood each year, flow to the fields to irrigate, then return to the riverbed, and then sprinkle the seeds on the land to wait for the harvest." Because of this, scholars generally believe that The influence of the flood of the Nile on ancient Egyptian civilization is decisive, because it not only provides people with living resources, but also brings conditions for growth and prosperity to culture and art.

Different explanations of rivers and rivers

The "explanation" of the Ministry of Tourism on the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism is flooding -mythology and legends believe that "the flood of the Nile is the sad tears of Isis." Isis is the goddess of the ancient Egyptian, happy, music, fertility, and reproduction, her husband's husband Osiris was killed by the twin brother who was jealous of his talents, and the body was abandoned to multiple places after being brutally cut. Isis is heartbroken, and he has gone through the hardship of his husband's corpse, assembled with love and tears, and eventually resurrected him.

It is said that it is well -known in Egypt, and it is widely circulated on both sides of the Nile in the form of folk songs. At the time, Iseius was sorrowful because of his grief and washed his face all day long. The sad tears fell into the Nile, causing the river to rise continuously, and the water potential became more and more turbulent. Of course, this is just the myth of the Egyptian people and the myth that inherits the ancient civilization. According to the research of scientists, the flood of the Nile is due to the Indian Ocean monsoon blowing the clouds through the Ethiopian plateau, forming rainfall to soar the Nile soaring. As soon as the Nile River rushed out of the narrow waterway in the northern Sudan valley, it was mighty like a detachment horse, and even formed a flood of the dyke.

Celebrating the activity is lively and extraordinary

There are two reasons for the Egyptians to pass the Nile "flooding festival" every year. One is to thank the fertile soil and hopes for the flood of the Nile River to the two sides of the strait, and celebrate the grains enjoyed by the Egyptians due to the flood of the Nile. It is to pray that the Nile River should not be too fierce, so as not to be too late, good things are bad.

Before mastering the flooding law of the Nile, the Egyptians thought it was the Nile, and suddenly changed his face and taught humans with excessive river water. To this end, people began to please the Nile God "Harpi", and presented delicious and delicious to the green skin, and even gave a beautiful girl at the expense -throwing the wonderful girl in the water and completing the river god "Hapi" married. , To calm down the anger of the river god. Every June 17 or 18 every year, the Nile River in the waves began to appear green. People thought it was the summoning of the Nile God "Harpi", which is green with green skin. Throughout July, the river water continued to rise. By August, the Nile River began to overflow the riverbed and irrigated large fields on both sides of the strait. This flood is considered to be "Harp". At this time, the Egyptians began a large -scale celebration, and the annual Nile "flooding festival" kicked off.

Hyja hitting the drums, lively and rushing artillery, people's voice -over and dance ... In addition to these standard performances, there is also an important and essential program -marrying a wife to the Nile God. When the selected gypsum "Beautiful Girl" was sent to the water in the chanting sound, a team of colored boats moved forward, and a burst of folk songs and flutes floated out of the boat boat, and the cheers from the two sides of the strait were endless. The sound of yelling into a piece, the scene is spectacular and lively. At night, the colorful fireworks were reddish over the Nile River, and many people even carnivated all night.

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