The Year of Rebirth

Chapter 63 Confession-from lenient (9)

The Chinese New Year symbolizes the beginning of the year and is also the most important day of the year. The Su family has always maintained the most traditional custom-sacrifice to the sky.

Sacrifice to heaven is the most solemn and solemn sacrificial ceremony of the Chinese nation, which originated in ancient times. It is a form of “communication” between man and sky. The ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven is usually presided over by the “Emperor”. To express people’s gratitude for the nourishment and nurturing of the heavens by offering sacrifices to the heavens, and to pray to the Emperor God to bless the Chinese people.

After the Zhou dynasty, especially after Confucianism became dominant in the Han dynasty, all dynasties respected the Zhou rituals, so the rituals to sacrifice to heaven were basically carried out in the same way as the Zhou dynasty. However, with the development of society, there are still increases and decreases in processes and utensils.

The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens of the Su family is not as cumbersome as in ancient times, but it is inevitable to have a busy day.

The ceremony was presided over by the Patriarch and was held at the altar of the Su family. All those who split the family would come, no matter how far away, they would not return until after the reunion dinner.

Su Liunian woke up early, changed into the black robe that the housekeeper prepared for him today, fixed his short hair, then put on a hair crown, and finally hung the jade pendant that Su Xuanyan gave him last night on his waist. This is considered to be neatly dressed.

This sacrifice to the heavens is very important to Su Liunian, not only because this is the first New Year after he returned home, but also because it will be the first time he has appeared in front of each branch. If you are not careful, the bad impression may be hard to erase.

The Su family is an ancient family, and it has always maintained the tradition of offering sacrifices to the heavens. However, the relationship between the division of the Su family and the main family is different from that of many families. Although the two parties complement each other, they are not in contact with each other on weekdays, and they rarely communicate with each other. The family leader will not interfere with the separation of the family, and the separation does not care about the behavior of the family. They only meet in the annual sacrifice to heaven. This is the family motto handed down by the Su family, and each generation of the Su family must abide by it.

After going downstairs for breakfast, Su Liunian followed Su Xuanqing in the car and headed to the altar.

The altar is not far from the cemetery of the Su family, and it is probably in the mountains. Su Liunian does not know the ancient history of the Su family for a long time, let alone what a huge family Su family is. understood.

In a sense, he had a very leisurely life.

The whole ceremony lasted all morning. Su Liunian and Su Xuanqing also stood with Su Xuanyan for the whole morning. During this time, Su Liunian kept smiling. By noon, he felt that the whole person would not laugh anymore.

Su Xuanqing saw that he kept squeezing her face a bit funny, and raised her hand to rub his head.

“Brother, since the sacrifice can be completed in the morning, why didn’t they leave after lunch?” Su Liunian asked a little depressed.

“A lot of people will leave after lunch. In the afternoon, only the Patriarch and the Patriarch will participate in the ancestor worship ceremony. The reunion dinner in the evening is also eaten with the Patriarch of the Patriarch.” Su Xuanqing, who has been tossing over the New Year for so many years, is completely immune. . “If you don’t want to have dinner here, I can send you back now.”

“No need.” Su Liunian’s eyes were firm: “Big brother is still suffering, how can I slip away as a little brother…”

Su Xuanqing: “…”

“Brother, we have nothing to do this afternoon, right?” Su Liunian pulled Su Xuanqing with excitement.

“what’s happenin?”

“After lunch, my brother will accompany me to the hot springs! I was sick last time, but I haven’t had a good soak afterwards.”

Su Xuanqing’s eyes were dim, she curled her lips and responded: “Okay.”

On New Year’s Day, I’m anxious to sell myself something, give Su Xiaonian a thumbs up!