Shenhao UP Lord

Chapter 215 The Strongest Rickshaw in History
"It's so lively over there!"

When everyone passed by Gion, they found a sea of ​​people, Xiaoya slapped her forehead and said, "I almost forgot!"

Seeing Ding Xu's doubts, he explained: "This month should be the annual Gion Festival, which is known as the largest festival in the island country."

Ding Xu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly led the crowd inside. He was lucky. This is the first time he has encountered a local special custom festival?
"Wow, there's a parade of floats!" Sakura looked inside on tiptoe, there was actually a float?

"It's called Yamatohoko." Xiaoya explained, "The Gion Festival, which has lasted for thousands of years, is no exaggeration to say that it can be regarded as the number one island country from any angle."

"It is known as the festival with the longest history, the longest duration, and the largest scale. Today happens to be the pre-matsuri, and there will be a total of 33 Yamayoko parades."

Fat Tiger Lao Zhang immediately found the location, and Ding Xu said excitedly to the camera: "Brother Xu is now at the Gion Festival, which is known as the largest festival in the island country!"

"Did you see the parade behind?"

"Is it stimulating or not?"

There are a lot of people, and it was only after Baidu that I learned about the Heian period. People believed that ghosts were real. Onmyoji represented by Abe Seimei was very active in that period because they could communicate with ghosts and gods.

During the reign of Zhenguan, the plague was prevalent in Kyoto, and 66 sticks were erected in Shenquan Garden to welcome and worship the gods of Gion according to the king's order. People sent the boys in the city to Shenquan Garden to hope to drive away bad luck.

In the middle of the Heian period, the scale was unprecedentedly expanded, and activities such as empty car, field music, and sarugaku were added, and it became more lively and prosperous.

I saw a large group of men in white sacrificial attire carrying all kinds of exotic floats for a parade. Ding Xu pointed to the most resplendent one in the middle and said, "Look, my friends, that is the Yamagata float parade."

"At the front, a group of children in green clothes and flowered hats lead the way!"

"The tall Yamaboko is said to be the attachment of the gods when they descended from the sky. In ancient times, people believed that the Yamaboko chariots driven by the gods could gather bad luck and evil spirits."

Watching the floats weighing more than ten tons being dragged forward abruptly, Shijo Kawaramachi, City Hall, Karasuma Oike, and finally arrived at Shinmachi Oike.

I heard that you have to make a big circle around the main four streets?

"The entire mountain bokoto is made of pieces of wood that are spliced ​​together. There is no rivet used in the building process, and they are all wound with hemp rope."

Ding Xu added information as he walked: "It is surrounded by resplendent fabrics, gorgeous and gorgeous, surrounded by people wearing various traditional costumes."

Suddenly, a group of older children appeared, all dressed in white, with their faces painted in white, and with unknown white sticks tied behind their backs?

What is this ghost?

The phoenix chariot that the gods ride on starts from the shrine and is only a ritual procession of about 400 people. Adding floats along the way gradually turns into a mighty procession of tens of thousands.The person walking in front used an iron rod to knock out a powerful sound that was deafening.

"Look at that float!" Gou Tuanzi noticed something, and pointed to a driveway that was slowly approaching: "There is a drum band on it?"

Ding Xu was also shocked when he saw it. There were more than a dozen people playing and singing on the huge float?

"There is a corner street ahead." Xiaoya said, "All cars must turn [-] degrees!"

Ding Xu watched helplessly as hundreds of men tied thick hemp ropes around their waists, shouting and pulling desperately!
A BGM flashed in my mind instantly:

Sister, you take the bow of the boat, brother walks on the shore
Love, love, love, swinging the rope

Little sister, I'll take the bow of the boat, brother, you walk on the shore
我 俩 的 情 我 的 爱
swinging on the rope
"Brother Xu was shocked today!"

"I've seen a lot of float parades, and this is the first time I've seen one pulled purely by human power!"

"Know that the hoko can weigh up to 12 tons and reach a height of 20 meters!"

"I admire you!"

Ding Xu sighed to the camera: "As expected of being an islander, he played really well."

Lifting and moving a mountain hobo cart of more than ten tons, you must work together to succeed every time. The worst thing is that the person standing on the car is still commanding by waving a fan?

Come down and help me, okay?
Especially when the car is turning, the crowd will cheer excitedly every time the car moves. Even if it is not successful, everyone will give encouraging applause, and the atmosphere will reach a climax at this time.

"A lot of geisha!"

The geisha, who could only be seen in the flower garden, appeared in rows today. Of course, they only participated in the parade in makeup, but a large group of kimonos with white faces was also drunk.

There were more and more people, as if the whole of Kyoto was gathered here, and everyone followed the parade a little bit forward, slowly blending into the whole atmosphere, cheering and applauding as if they were pulling a cart hard.

"There will be a grand Kamiko Matsuri at four o'clock in the afternoon." Xiaoya drank her saliva and said, "You can see all kinds of antique Heian period costumes, and there are rows of horse-shaped lanterns hanging on both sides of the street."

"Even the government that follows the rules will open all the usual roads to traffic, and boldly enjoy the open-air stalls arranged by the roadside, especially the yatai that provide beer and various snacks!"

Ding Xu couldn't help laughing. In the island country, this kind of behavior probably only happens during festivals.

"Why do they wear bathrobes to the streets?" Sakura watched more and more people come out wearing bathrobes, and it was the first time seeing them in the island country for so long.

"This is the joy of festivals." Xiaoya said: "There are only a few days every year to indulge!"

Time passed slowly with the parade, and soon evening fell, and sure enough, various stalls began to appear on both sides of the street, plump conger eel, octopus from Akashi, fried fish cakes, these seasonal ingredients can be seen everywhere on the table.

In particular, the Tenjinbashisuji Shopping Street in Monzen-cho is full of people, enjoying boiled conger eel, sweet and spicy barbecue, and octopus salad.

People wear simple kimonos, barefoot wooden clogs, walk in small eight-character steps, and hold Uchiwa fans, roaming leisurely in Shijo Street.

All of them constitute one of the important programs of the Gion Festival to enjoy the night view of Xiaoshan Mountain.

"Look at the fireworks!"

With a huge roar, the sky full of gorgeous fireworks exploded in the night sky, and then wave after wave, colorfully illuminated the whole night.

"This is the fireworks display!" Ding Xu pointed at the fireworks and said to the camera: "Follow Brother Xu and enjoy the splendor of summer!"

"It's so beautiful!" Shishi looked up at the night sky obsessively, and the literary and artistic young women couldn't bear the romance.

"It's good to follow the boss!" Gou Tuanzi couldn't help but sigh, since he came to Xuri Studio, he feels that his previous 20 years have been wasted!
"Well, it's really good!" Sinan also nodded. I used to think that the world is so big and I wanted to see it just to pretend, but after these two months, I realized that the world is really, really big!

"Well, this eel cold noodles are delicious!"

"And this little octopus dumpling!"

"Hey, why don't you eat?"

Only Sakura was heartless and desperately stuffing things into her mouth. This time, the three of them looked at each other and smiled, without ridicule or contempt. At this moment, it seemed that the world was quiet.

It's nice to have money!

(End of this chapter)