bookrebus Chapter 185: Lantern Festival Lion Dance
Chapter 185: Lantern Festival Lion Dance
What everyone looks forward to most after the New Year is the Lantern Festival.
The capital city holds a Lantern Festival every year on the Lantern Festival, with lion dances, poetry readings, and lantern riddle guessing.
Yun Xi and his siblings, as well as several young masters and young ladies from the Mu family, made an appointment to watch lion dancing, attend a poetry reading, and guess lantern riddles together.
That day, Ying Tianchen came to Yunjia Village early to pick up Yun Xi.
However, they still had lunch before entering the city.
The restaurant is full today, so it's not a good idea to compete with the guests for a seat.
There are more people going out to play today than usual. Except for Yun Fang and Yun Zheng who are busy in the pastry shop and have no time to play, Yun Xi, Yun Qi, Yun Yan also brought Yun Yi, Yun Shuai and Yun Qiaoer along.
Yun Xi was worried that the last assassination incident would happen again, so she asked Yun Sheng, Yun Yi and others to follow, and also sent a lot of people to protect them in secret.
This time, Ying Tianchen also arranged enough manpower, so safety is guaranteed to a certain extent.
"Sister Xier, you are finally here."
The appointment with the five brothers and sisters of the Mu family was to meet at the gate of the Seven Stars Tower. As soon as Yun Xi and the others got off the carriage, Mu Hanling jumped in front of them and said happily.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Yun Xi asked with a smile.
"That's right, we've been waiting for almost an hour." Mu Hanling spoke frankly.
"A Ling, don't be rude." Mu Hanxue reminded.
Mu Hanling sticks out her tongue playfully at Mu Hanxue.
Yun Xi apologized, "Sorry, we are late."
"No, the agreed time hasn't arrived yet. A Ling was too anxious and took us out early." Mu Hanxue said softly.
After saying that, he bowed to everyone, and the other brothers and sisters of the Mu family also bowed one by one.
"Meet the prince. Meet my eldest cousin, second cousin, and cousin sister and brother."
Yun Xi and others also returned the gift.
Ying Tianchen raised his hand, "We are outside today, so don't be polite. Just call me Chen Tian."
"Yes, Master Chen Tian." Mu Qingli was quite willing to follow suit.
No one went into the Seven Star Tower. Yun Xi ordered Guo Wei to drive the carriage to the backyard, and they walked into the bustling crowd.
Guo Wei thought he was quite skilled, so he handed the carriage to a waiter at the Seven Stars Tower and followed Yun Xi and the others.
"Let's go watch the lion dance first, and then go to Penglai Teahouse to attend the poetry reading."
Mu Hanling excitedly pulled Yun Xi along as they squeezed through the crowd, and the others followed closely behind.
Guessing lantern riddles will not start until the evening.
Today there are four lion dance teams, starting from the east, west, south and north city gates respectively, and dancing along the main streets of the east, west, south and north towards the city center.
Therefore, as long as you stay on these main streets, you can see lion dances.
Some people followed the lion dance team from the city gate all the way to the city center.
Yun Xi and the others went directly to the city center, where there was a large square. The lion dance teams would gather here and compete for the prize of lion dance.
The prize is hung on a high platform in the center of the square.
When Yun Xi and the others arrived, many people had already gathered here, but they all consciously stood outside the cordon formed by the city guards.
“Dongqiangdongdongqiang…”
The sound of lion dance came from all directions, from far to near.
The crowd immediately became excited. “Here they come, here they come, all of them come.”
Lion dance teams from four directions arrived at the square at the same time.
Then they performed the lion dance one by one, as a warm-up before competing for the prize and as a challenge to the other three teams.
After the four lion dance teams finished their performances, at the command, the four lion dance teams rushed to the platform together.
“Dongqiangdongdongqiang, dongqiangdongdongqiangdongdongqiang…”
The drumbeats became more and more urgent, indicating that the battle was becoming more and more intense.
The crowd watching the fun were cheering for the lion dance team they supported.
Some people even placed bets, guessing which lion dance team would win.
"Sister Xier, have you placed a bet on which lion dance team will win?" Mu Qingheng asked.
Yun Xi shook her head, "We didn't know there was such a bet."
Mu Hanling was annoyed, "Oh, I forgot to tell you this."
In fact, it’s not that they forgot, it’s that they didn’t know Yun Xi and the others didn’t understand her.
"It's okay. Have you placed your bets?"
Mu Qingli nodded, "Yes, let's join in the fun. Except for Qingyuan, everyone bets 10 taels of silver."
"Which team do you think will win?" Yun Yan asked curiously.
Mu Qingli smiled, "The four of us just happened to each choose a lion dance team. This way, one of us will always make the right choice."
As a few people were talking, there was a sudden loud shout and everyone cheered excitedly.
It turned out that a lion dance team won the prize.
Mu Hanling jumped up and down excitedly, "Haha, I won. The lion dance team I bet on won."
Many people, like Mu Hanling, who bet correctly, shouted especially loudly.
Even if he lost, he would just let out a light sigh, but he would still have a smile on his face, which did not affect his joy and enthusiasm for the festival at all.
It can be seen that everyone places bets just for fun.