Half a month later, the inn on Shilipo, which was burned to ashes by a fire, a new inn was re-established on the original site. It is difficult for outsiders to find any traces of burning from the newly renovated inn.

After careful investigation in the name of the government, the white ape quickly found the black and dirty corpse that had been buried, which was completely unrecognizable. More than half a month had passed, and the weather in Chengdu was getting hotter and hotter. When the coroner dug out the dead man Cao Xizai from the corpse pit, the flesh on the corpse had completely rotted, and a ghostly skeleton was covered with white insects. It was almost harder to find out the true identity of this person again. The white ape later checked through the governor Su Kangsheng and the official in the yamen to see if anyone had reported the missing person recently, but most of them were children. The white ape followed this clue and found something by him. On this day, it was the Dragon Boat Festival.

Jinmingchi is an artificial lake located in the western suburbs of Bianjing, with a radius of about nine miles. It was carved in the fourth year of Xiande of Emperor Shizong of Zhou (957 AD), and has a history of more than a hundred years. Zhou Shizong Chai Rong was a hero with the atmosphere of founding and entrepreneurship. The reason why he did not complete the unification of the country was that he had actually had separatist divisions for two hundred years, and even had nominal separatist divisions for fifty years was simply because a sudden attack of inflammation took away his precious life at the age of 38.

During his short reign, Zhou Shizong formulated a very precise and correct overall plan to unify the country and put it into practice one by one. He always focused his military on the strong enemy Khitan nobles in the northern part of the sixteen prefectures. He knew that Yanyun would not recover for a day and the Yellow River Basin would not be peaceful for a day. When he ascended the throne, he defeated the Northern Han army and the Khitan cavalry that supported the Northern Han army in Gaoping Mountain District, Shanxi. Later, after large-scale elimination and training, a strong army was trained to form a country. Then he returned to the northwest and southeast to defeat two threatening local regimes, Hou Shu and Southern Tang, to consolidate.

His own defense and military use in the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River basin required a naval army. His purpose of digging Jinmingchi was to train a naval army that could match his army with his direct attention. Like all the founding heroes, they were created not for eating, drinking, and having fun, but for realizing their own majestic maps, at least in the period before the unification. The rulers of this dynasty also used Jinmingchi for their original purposes. Taizu was lucky enough to build ships and watch water wars, so this ship construction was located next to Jinmingchi. The naval army they trained was called the "Tiger Wing Army", which means "adding wings to the tiger".

By the time of Wang Anshi, the rulers had already lost the entrepreneurial spirit of the founding emperor and gradually turned the Jinming Pond, which trained the navy, into a playground. Every March, after the pool water was thawed, the Jinming Pond was partially opened, called the Open Pond, allowing thousands of tourists to flock there, with traffic and bustling, and a good atmosphere of peace! A hundred years later, after repeated renovation and construction, the Jinming Pond had become unrecognizable, and even those who were familiar with the anecdotes of this dynasty had long forgotten its original purpose. Only the Dragon Boat Race of the Dragon Boat Festival still used the traditional name of the Tiger Wing Army, people would faintly remember from this clue that in a certain ancient era, it had a serious purpose other than entertainment.

The Central Plains government has always spared no effort to manage all consumer entertainment matters, and is also famous for its name: "Take it from the people and use it for the people." In small counties, prefectures and counties, some famous sites and historical sites have to be built to build pavilions and pavilions, cliffs and stones to last forever, not to mention in Tokyo Prefecture, the huge lake has been processed by generations of emperors of Zhenzong, Renzong, Yingzong, Shenzong, and Zhezong, and has been continuously dredged and expanded, and a carved and refined water-milled brick wall is surrounded by it, and many new buildings have been built inside the wall. If the Jurchens did not enter later, it might be eventually built into an artificial Yingzhou Immortal Island and Penglai Langyuan.

By the time of Xuanhe monarch and ministers, Jinmingchi was large in scale and luxurious in architecture, completely reaching the level of a palace. The winding palace wall built around it was itself a work of art. Three doors were opened on all sides of the palace wall. The north-west-daomen is the main gate, which is the most exquisite and widest, and can accommodate several carriages to drive in. There are towering queguans on both sides of the main gate, which are used to symbolize the sun, moon and the two stars. This gate is called "Lingxing Gate". A flying building named "Baojin Tower" was built on the top of the door between the two gates. When designing the Baojin Tower, its purpose was not considered. Later, when the day of the competition, the musical prostitutes from the Jiaofangsi could be allowed to sing on this high building to help the elegant atmosphere, so it became an example.

Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth lunar month every year. According to the "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji", because of the midsummer, Shunyang is on the upper side, and May is midsummer. Its first noon day is the day when the weather is good for the high, Shunyang is the best, so the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is also called the "Dragon Boat Festival". Dragon Boat Festival originated in China (now included in the intangible cultural heritage by Korean Bangzi. It is estimated that every Chinese wants to swear words). It is a festival for tribes who worship dragon totem to hold totem sacrifices in the ancient Baiyue region (that is, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi and northern Vietnam in southern Jiangsu). On the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a festival held in the form of dragon boat racing.

The custom of sacrificing tribes. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, a poet from Chu State (now Hubei), jumped into the Miluo River to commit suicide by riding stones on that day. The rulers used Dragon Boat Festival as a festival to commemorate Qu Yuan in order to establish the label of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. In some areas, there are also sayings to commemorate Wu Zixu and Cao E. On this day, every household would hang sunflowers, thin leaves, mugwort and other objects on the lintel. Monks and Taoists in the market would also give people talismans and other talismans. Adults also had the habit of "picking mugwort willows, peach puppets, kneading water to bathe", believing that after taking "noon water" to bathe, the epidemic will not invade for a year. Adults would also use silk thread to make "scalls" and cut mugwort leaves into tiger-shaped "mix tigers" for children to wear.

In Tokyo, thousands of miles away, there will be a grand "dragon boat race" on the Dragon Boat Festival. The word "dragon boat" is not true. In fact, the ships used by both parties in the competition are all called "tiger head boats". The ten narrow and long boats participating in the competition have the bows of the boat heads, and are painted into tiger yellow that is particularly timely on the Dragon Boat Festival. Since it is called "Tiger Wing Army", the sides of the ship's wings were originally carved with tiger wings, but after a hundred

After years of circulating, this pair has no effect in practical applications, but instead has caused the burden of wings that have long been omitted. Therefore, only the tiger head shape on the bow remains the remains left behind when training the navy. The so-called "Tiger Wing Army" is like the numbers of many armies in the Central Plains court, and has long been in name only. The party participating in the competition is a team composed of a group of soldiers drawn from the "Chang Army" in various parts of Jiangnan for appropriate training many years ago.

However, the Dragon Boat Festival is famous for its dragon boat racing. In order to make the word "dragon boat" settled, before the competition, a real dragon that was twenty feet long and three and a half feet wide, with a hiking tower built on it. The luxury of this ship has long surpassed the treasure ship that Emperor Yang of Sui went to the river to see Qionghua. Of course, he was surrounded by popular favorites such as Cai Jing, Cai You, Wang Fu, Tong Guan, Gao Qiu, Zhang Bangchang, Li Bangyan, and Zhu Xie.

Before the competition begins, it will sail out from the south bank of Jinmingchi. It raises its dragon's head, raises its tail, and shines with fine lines on its body, carved with golden scales painted with gold paint. It is very majestic. It slowly sails towards the end of the competition in the center of the lake. The practical use of this dragon boat is for the deacons to give orders on it during the competition. On the top of the three-story building of the dragon boat, two warriors with armor were standing, standing the "Longxiang Team" and "Tiger Wing Team" (the other side of the competition). One of them holds a colorful flag in his hand and the other holds a painted corner in his hand. Both teams are waiting on the roof of the boat, and when all preparations are ready, the deacons at the starting point of the competition waved the green flag to signal to them that the competition could begin.

The competition is held in a water area marked with a float line in the southwest of Jinmingchi. From the starting point on the west bank of the lake to the end of the cross island in the center of the lake, the entire competition is exactly 720 feet and four miles.

The so-called float line is a few thick ropes connected with many brightly painted rectangular wooden blocks, tied to the lake shore and the wood in the lake, fixed at a certain position, as the boundary used for competition. In addition to the starting point and the end point, there are ten vertical float lines tied in the middle of the competition area, which are divided into ten channels. Each tiger-headed ship participating in the competition is allowed to row in its own channel. The ships and the channel are numbered, and the Longxiang team uses the Heavenly Stems and the Tiger Wing Team.

The first channel is arranged from the left, from the first vertical line, the Dragon Armor, the Tiger Zi, the Dragon Yi, the Tiger Chou... One channel is separated by another, and a tiger head boat is leaning against the other, and the competition is like this. Although both sides use the same color and the same style of boats, the rowers wear obvious different colors and different styles of clothing, coupled with the differences in texture and materials, the audience can distinguish two teams at a glance, and will never be confused.

The award method is divided into groups and individuals. Individual awards are awarded to the top five arriving paddlers. The first arriving paddlers enjoy the highest honor, and each arriving paddler can receive a gold medal. The team awards the team awards the team with the best overall results of the first five arriving paddlers and get a golden bowl with characters engraved.

There is a flag head on each ship. He holds a banner in his hand and vest towards the finish line. He stands on the bow of the ship. He is the commander of a ship, which is equivalent to the flag head of a team during the war. During the entire competition, he has to wave colorful flags. On the one hand, he cheers up the boat's rowers. When he sees a bit bad and deflated, he points the colorful flag at him, pulls his throat, shouts loudly, and encourages him to cheer. On the other hand, dancing the flag itself is also an art. As the tip of the boat breaks through the waves and slashes the water and moves forward rapidly, he also sways his body, adapting to the inclination of the ship, dancing to the bottom of the ship, and only sees a colorful light wheel covering his whole body, just like a windmill rotating rapidly on the bow. According to the rules, the audience must also cheer for the prominent flag dancing flag.

There is a standing flag on the bow of the boat and a sitting rudder on the stern of the boat, facing each other. There are ten rowers on each boat. They are neither sitting nor standing, but half standing and half sitting on the left and right sides, so that there are five oars on both sides of the boat. They have to increase speed and use rhythmic and even movements to maintain the balance of the boat. In the ferry, overturning is common. If a boat capsizes, it will not only cause them to lose the opportunity to win the prize, but also affect the overall performance of the group. It is the most shameful failure in the ferry.

The rowers were also anxiously waiting for the dragon boat to go as they were as long as the audience was. They were determined to defeat each other and waited for the signal to be sent first. This first oar that could not be distinguished in the naked eyes of the audience, although only a few feet apart, seriously affected the progress of the competition in the future and the psychology of the rowers. Therefore, the rowers attached great importance to the first oar and must set out before others. Before rowing the oar, they had many considerations of gains and losses in their hearts. After rowing the oar, all abstract concepts were squeezed out from their minds, and all the remaining was to rush to the end with enough strength to rush towards the actual effort. This was a normal psychological state for rowers before and during the competition.

On the second floor of the huge dragon boat at the end, both sides had big drums and quickly beat out a set of "victory orders" to urge their own ships to move forward quickly.

The ships participating in the ferry competition are not fighting on their own. The clues can be seen from the eight teams: "Longjiazi", "Longyi font size", "Longbing font size", "Long Ding font size", "Humao font size", "Huchen font size", "Huyin font size", and "Hu Chou font size". The Dragon Boat Festival Dragon Boat Race has become a factional dispute. If there are more teams participating, the number of 60 Jiazi is definitely enough. The final result of the competition will naturally include group awards and rewards for a single dragon boat.

Chengdu Prefecture naturally also held a dragon boat race during the Dragon Boat Festival. Although the scale and rewards of the competition are not as good as those of Xuanhe, the ministers who are far away in Tokyo, there are "water puppets", "water swings", and "catching ducks on the water" after the dragon boat race. The first two items are mainly performances, and the latter one is a fun event for the whole people to participate in. Because the ducks you catch can be taken home by yourself. You can cook, cook, and fry them. From the moment you catch them, it becomes your private property.

The reason why Chengdu Prefecture maintains its Dragon Boat Festival in previous years on this inappropriate and chaotic day is that it is to stabilize the people's hearts, and the second is to challenge some available people for the possible future defense war in Chengdu. This is what Wu Yonglin said in advance. No matter whether he is in Chengdu Prefecture or not, the Dragon Boat Festival should be lively as much as it should.
Chapter completed!