Literary works | July Half Memory

The author checks the growth of white tea (Chen Ming/Photo)

July 15th of the lunar calendar, commonly known as July half, Taoism is called Zhongyuan Festival, and Buddhism is called the Obon Festival (Hong Kong's famous "Tide Renpin Yulan Society" originated from this festival), and the people call it a ghost festival. Every July and a half, people who are far away will return to their hometown to worship their ancestors. Therefore, the locals will also refer to the four major "ancestors" on New Year's Eve, Qingming Festival, and Chongyang Festival in July. There are no special things in the year. These four traditional ancestors festival must come back. Today, ancestors are not only a family ritual, but also inherited by traditional culture.

In the local area, since ancient times, there has been a saying that "July Half of July, the ancestors, and the harvest of the bumper harvest". July and a half are the days when the descendants of the descendants of the descendants and the death of their loved ones, and the important day of reporting to the ancestors for one year. At this time at this time, the confession of the lobby in the home is full of various sacrifices. In addition to the essential sacrifice products such as fragrant candles, there are also braised fish, braised pork, duck soup, dumplings and dumplings, and newly collected. Rice, corn, peanuts and other crops. I remember that my grandmother said when I was a child that the sacrifices in the case could not be moved. Only the next day can I withdraw from the next day. One is the convenient sacrifice for relatives who are convenient for passing. The harvest so that the ancestors would bless the coming year. In addition, there will be some corn sticks and rice on the wall next to the door of the household, which means that the grain is rich.

In July and a half, the two major events that have to be mentioned are the ancestors, and the other is to eat a seat, because the customs of various places are slightly different, and the latter's way of festival is not the same. In the local area, the ancestral sacrifice and the clan festival. The family sacrifice is a family or direct relatives who prepare some sacrifice products on the house, ordered the fragrant candle to worship their direct ancestors. The clan sacrifice is a family of ancestral grave sacrifice in the five -suit. Compared with the family sacrifice, the clan sacrifice is obviously more solemn. Furthermore is that the seats are generally more common in New Year's Eve and Chongyang Festival. In the local area, July and a half, the family in the family is straightforward and the three generations of blood gathered together to eat together. Essence When I was a kid, I was lively in July and half, and it was more to be able to eat fish and meat. After all, the major traditional festivals in the year could count the fingers of my hands. To eat a meal together, of course, eat more delicious food. "Hlake" is a famous dish in the local holiday. "Podgepodge", commonly known as "random stew", combined with vegetarian and vegetarian food, there are many types of main ingredients and ingredients, and the color and fragrance are all well -known dishes. "Podge" is a heavyweight dish at the banquet. He can almost meet the tastes of everyone at the banquet. It is an authentic hometown dish and a favorite of my childhood. Since the fifth grade of elementary school, few Seeing the "Hodgepod" at the banquet, the taste of "hodgepodge" stopped in childhood.

Because of eating, I have a memory.

I remember when I was six years old, in July in July, I ate late for dinner. I did n’t have enough lunch. Grandmother said quietly: "The father hasn't returned yet, can the marinated trotters in the case taste one, one less, and the father can't find it." At first, the grandmother was opposed. The rules of worshiping the ancestors must not be done, but under my repeated plea, my grandmother still agreed. It may be because of living with my grandmother. Grandma will also feel distressed and dissuade.

When I walked into the lobby, I saw that my father and mother were not there. I took a small bench and stood carefully on the bench, looked around for four weeks, and again confirmed that my father was not there. , I ran to my grandmother's house. When the trotters were pushing Zhengxiang, my father came back, and before entering the lobby, I heard my father call me. I hurriedly hid a few mouthfuls of trotters into my grandmother's aluminum lunch box and briefly wiped my mouth with the cuffs. The oil stains went to my father to report.

My father looked at me motionlessly, scaring my eyes and rotating, maybe because the oil stains on my mouth were not cleaned, and my father asked, "What did you just eat?" "No, I didn't eat anything." At a glance, the trotters on the case said. My father knew me the most. Every time he committed something outside, he could be recognized by him, and he would inevitably wait for him.

"Have you eaten the sacrifice in the case?" The father became solemnly. "I ate it, but I was hungry." I admitted it after being dismantled in the past, but said that I didn't think about it. My father picked up the broom next to the lobby and gave me a meal, and then asked me to kneel before the confession. My grandmother heard my cry and rushed over. "Yuchang, how can you beat the child like this, how old is this child? What should I do if it is good or bad?" He said that his grandmother took away the broom in his father's hand. My father is a well -known honest person in the village, and he is even more obedient to his grandmother. In my memory, my father never had a mouthful with his grandmother, but that night, the father said a lot in front of his grandmother. Even the grandmother listened to it. It is powerless.

"Can this sacrifice be eaten casually? This is enjoyed for the ancestors. I don't know if the ancestors are filial ..." After teaching his father for a long time, he saw that his father had disappeared a lot. He said so much at once, he knew, just educate it. This is what I agree. Can you still say that I do n’t respect my ancestors? "When my father saw this, he could only stop. Until the second grade of elementary school, my father finally fell down. During my father's illness, I had been with my father, taking care of his living, giving him medicine, cleaning the sheets, and washing clothes. In a chat with my father, my father accidentally mentioned the matter of stealing the sacrifice. The reason that my father gave was "sacrifice is basic ethics and morality. This is the most basic etiquette. Traditional culture is now. Filial piety loves relatives, selfless dedication, and unity and mutual assistance has become an empty shelf. Only by respecting traditional culture can we improve the sense of recognition of culture, enhance cultural self -confidence, and truly be a useful person to society. "Father said This remark, shortly after he died, packed his relics, also clearly wrote in a yellow diary that "ancestor is a cultural identity and a cultural belief. 'Forget this', to inherit this traditional culture, and let the descendants of descendants be the inheritance of Chinese traditional culture ... "

According to his father's demand before his death, his uncle buried him beside his grandfather and grandmother's grave. The grave head was lower than the grave of his grandmother and grandfather, and it was on the southern slope not far from home. Every year in July half, I will go to my father's grave to sacrifice. Now, when my father and I have said, every word I said is still in my ears, "Be a Chinese with traditional cultural beliefs!"

Author: Ming Xiaoyi

Unit: People's Government of Sanjie Town, Mingguang City

Source: Chinese Writers Network

Edit: Wang Ying Zhao Qing

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