Back to the small fishing village in 1982

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, the village began to be lively.

Thean Hou Palace is about to be erected.

Beam raising is the most important part of building a house, and the time must be carried out at the time of "rising tide", which means that a rising tide raises all boats.

All the men in the village get up early in the morning and go to Tianhou Temple to see if there is anything that needs help. When they sing the song later, they will also have to help out at the bottom. The more people, the better. , the more popular it is.

On this day, the rules for erecting the beams in the harem are the same as those in your own house, the procedures are similar, and they are both very grand.

The whole process can be divided into several procedures such as sacrificial beams, raising beams, receiving packages, throwing beams, and waiting for craftsmen.

As the saying goes: "There are beams on the roof, there is food in the house, but there are no beams on the roof, and the animals are not prosperous." '

People believe that only when the beams of the houses are upright, stable, and noisy can they prosper and the family business can prosper, and the same goes for temples, which can also prosper and protect coastal fishermen.

Before the beam is put up, the gods must be sacrificed, and the sacrifices include "whole pigs" (that is, one pig head and one pig tail, which means the whole pig).

Fish, goose, tofu, eggs, salt, and soy sauce in five or seven colors are placed on wooden sacrificial plates with red lacquer, placed on top of the altar, [-] bowls of other dishes and [-] bowls of northern and southern fruits.

This was prepared in advance early in the morning. When Ye Yaodong arrived, the sacrifices had already been set up, several large tables were filled, and the Tianhou Palace was also full of villagers.

He looked left and right, wandered around, met familiar people, greeted each other, stood with a few friends, and waited for the time to rise to the beam.

At this time, the pillars on the side have been pasted, and the couplet of "Shangliang Xin meets the Zodiac Day, and the pillars meet Ziweixing by chance".

Most of the villagers have come, and most of the carpenters have also arrived. The masters have to tie strips of red silk cloth around their waists. The red cloth has the effect of avoiding evil and breaking evil spirits.

The gentlemen who presided over the beam are also here, and now we are waiting for the time.

Hearing someone yelling that the time has come, the host looked at the time and made sure that the time had come to sacrifice the beam.

Ye Yaodong and the others watched carefully from below, listening to him singing and praying in local dialect to the gods of the temple, the landlords of the three realms, the gods of the five houses, the ancestor of Lu Ban, and the God of Liang, etc., please God.

Then bricklayers, carpenters and others toasted while saying good things.

After the sacrificial beam is over, the host uses a Chinese ink pen to touch the two ends of the beam, which is called "Dianliang Eye". rise.

There is a saying in their locality that "the dragon and the tiger are in the 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 gesture, and then performed by Master Oki and his assistants.

Red silk is also hung on both ends of the beam, and a piece of Qing Shunzhi copper tin 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 beside it also began to burn gold ingots.

The master of Shangliang also sang the song of Shangliang, shouting: "Go up, good luck!"

The villagers inside and outside Tianhou Palace all shouted loudly: "Come in! Come in!"

Everyone cooperated, and amidst the lively sound waves, Liang Sheng went up to the roof to complete the joint.

Then the host puts a red cloth bag containing red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat, evergreen, etc. in the middle of the beam, implying "blessing, wealth, longevity, joy, evergreen".

After the beam raising is finished, it is to pick up the package, but because it is a temple, the link of receiving the package is omitted, and the beam is thrown directly.

"Throwing the beam" is the most lively part of the beam-raising ceremony. The craftsmen will say auspicious words while throwing the beam. The villagers are all smiling, waiting there happily to receive candies, peanuts, steamed buns, etc.

Ye Yaodong and the others were chatting and laughing at the bottom, "We're waiting for this link."

"Snatch more, good luck, smooth sailing!"

"I didn't eat breakfast, I just waited here..."

The carpenter applauded: "Fu Yi!"

The folks responded: "Okay!"

"Hand-held golden rooster and phoenix call."

"OK!"

"The golden rooster auspicious star has arrived."

"OK!"

The folks stopped chatting and shouted in unison when the carpenter started to spill.

One call and one answer, unique charm.

Everyone rushed to grab it, and it was very lively.

Relying on his superior skills, Ye Yaodong deliberately stood on tiptoe when he was still throwing, and opened his hands to grasp one by one. With full palms, he stuffed them into the pockets of his clothes, and then continued to grasp.

He didn't stop until the pockets were full, and he grabbed two more big steamed buns.

It was white and tender, soft, not long after it came out of the oven, and it was still a little hot. He grabbed one with each hand, and he opened his mouth to bite.

He hasn't had breakfast yet, so he's waiting here too.

"You are cheating!"

Hearing Ah Zheng's depressed voice, Ye Yaodong deliberately stood on tiptoe again with a smile, and stood beside him.

"Grass, die and don't stand next to me."

Don't suffer the old man!

Ye Yaodong gnawed on the steamed buns and followed him, standing on tiptoes as usual, although he didn't say a word, his actions had killed people invisible, and Ah Zheng was itching in anger.

"Break off!"

Ye Yaodong followed behind him as usual, until he saw a group of people in Chinese tunic suits with pens in their pockets standing in the corner of the main hall, who looked like cadres, and several leaders of the village committee also stood beside them and laughed, He quickly stopped playing and walked over with a smile.

Because he saw that Director Chen of the Maritime Safety Administration was also there.

If he didn't know him, how could he have such a big face to go up and say hello?
It's different when Director Chen is here, at least he looks a little familiar.

"Hello, leaders. I didn't expect the leaders to be so busy, and they could take the time to come and see our Tianhou Temple's beam."

Director Chen smiled and said, "I agreed to come over to join in the fun today, but I came late in the morning. I didn't expect it to start so soon."

The village head hurriedly laughed and said: "It's not too late, it's our honor that the leaders can come. The beam-up is over. We will take the leaders to visit Tianhou Palace after all the villagers go out. Let's leave now." It's still early..."

"It's okay, it's okay, just walk around in the neighborhood or in the village when the time comes, or you can go to Comrade Ye Yaodong's house to sit."

Ye Yaodong nodded quickly to answer, "Yes, yes, come to my house, have a drink of tea, and rest your feet first."

"Okay, how is the trawling recently? Is there a lot of fish?"

"It's okay, so-so, when Mazu's birthday is over, I guess it won't be long before I start preparing for squid hunting..."

"That's good, if you have money, squid is a big head..."

"Hey~ It's all hard money..."

Ye Yaodong also chatted with him for a few words, watching the villagers in Tianhou Palace walk out slowly.

Originally, after the beam throwing was over, everyone had to get out, and then the nylon bag on the top of the house had to be removed, so that the sun could directly shine on the roof beams, which is called "sun beaming".

After the people had almost left, they also wandered around the Tianhou Palace.

A few friends stood for a while, and went out first with winks, not getting in the way. After all, they didn't know each other, so they didn't have the cheek to go to the front.

The people from the village committee took these leaders whom he couldn't name, walked around the Tianhou Palace, and introduced them to them as they walked.

They didn't go out until the tables, chairs and benches started to be set up in Tianhou Palace.

Ye Yaodong stayed behind when he was idle and bored, he was still waiting to invite someone home to sit down.

Rows of large round tables had already been set up outside the main hall, and the cooks and helpers in the open space were also busy preparing the lunch table.

The beam-raising ceremony was quite complicated. It took more than ten minutes to sing the beam at the beginning, and it took more than two hours to complete the whole process. But because it started early, it was only before ten o'clock.
Today happened to be the weekend, and the children were happily playing around there. They felt that the past few days were simply too happy, happier and more lively than New Year's.

After Ye Yaodong came out, he searched for his own children, and divided two bags full of candy peanuts among the two brothers, exactly one bag per person.

Ye Chenghai and the others also realized that the candy peanuts they got were not even half of Ye Chenghu's.

"Third Uncle, why do you have so many?"

"Because I'm tall and have long hands, I'm the first to catch them. If you have nothing to do, you can jump rope more and grow taller."

Ye Yaodong wondered if he would buy them a basketball the next time he went to the city?

The southerners are generally too short. For the older generation, 1.7 meters is considered tall in the village...

It can't be given for nothing. When Ye Chenghu gets two 100 points in the exam and takes him to the city, it's okay to buy him a basketball as a gift by the way.

Let him become the most beautiful boy in the village!
"It's not time for dinner yet. I'm going back. Do you want to go back with me?"

Everyone shook their heads in unison, "No!"

This place is so lively, who is willing to go home?

The children scattered and started running around like mad again.

Ye Yaodong shook his head, if they don't go back now, they will also go back for dinner later, it is impossible to bring all the children with them.

"Your family has a lot of children?" Director Chen asked curiously, "I didn't seem to see so many in the past few times, brother's family."

"Yeah, my two older brothers have three each, and I also gave birth to three. Their brothers and sisters are about the same age, and they all play well."

"It's lively just looking at it. Fortunately, it was born early, and there will be fewer children in the future."

"hehe yes."

He, who has been fined for exceeding his life, will not answer this question.

"I've finished shopping in the harem today, so go sit at my house for a while and drink some tea. After talking so much, I should be thirsty."

"Row."

But before he walked a few steps, Ye Yaodong saw his dogs again, six or seven of them crawled into the sidecar of his tricycle...

Good guy, when did he come out, why didn't he know?
Still addicted?

They really know how to enjoy it, no one has ever sat in it, but a few of them enjoy it first, and they come back again and again.

Dumbfounding whether to laugh or cry, he hurried up to drive away and scolded, "Come down for me quickly, and shrink back into the house, and be careful not to be pulled back by a car to stew dog meat!"

"Wang Wang~"

"Wang Wang Wang ~"

I barked at him a few times, but I didn't see them move their positions!
"Come down quickly, don't be so shameless."