Dunhuang, in the endless desert, is an unforgettable history and an eloquent story in the long years. About everything here, countless people are fascinated, opening the "Dunhuang Annual Season Order", and crossing the Millennium, the four seasons that belong here are opened.
Beginning of spring-At the beginning of the year, I went to the disaster to pray.
A year's plan starts with spring. Yang and warmth make everything grow.
Spring carries people's good wishes for the whole year. As the first solar term, beginning of spring has been a grand festival that people attach great importance to as early as 3,000 years ago.
Since Zhou, the son of heaven has welcomed the spring in the eastern suburbs.
The collection of "Five Blessingg" is a traditional concept that existed thousands of years ago, and the "flag in spring is better than spring" in Su Shi's poems is an indispensable beginning of the spring custom.
People began to work and sow on this day, and the seeds of hope took root and sprouted. I hope that the weather will be good all year round and the harvest will be auspicious.
Grain Rain-Nourishing the Ideal of Life
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Throughout the early spring, we welcomed Grain Rain. The spring rain moistens things silently, and in Grain Rain season, it nourishes the whole world. Since ancient times, people have been eating for the sky, and the spring rain has been continuous. Between heaven and earth, the cultivators are grateful for the gift of nature and live a down-to-earth and firm life.
Legend has it that when peach blossoms are in full bloom, bathing with peach blossoms can eliminate disasters and avoid disasters, and it can also be used for beauty and skin care, with many benefits. Besides peach blossoms, Grain Rain new tea is also worth mentioning. There is a folk proverb: "It rains when picking tea in Grain Rain, but it rains in Grain Rain". At this time, the tea tastes mellow and has a long aftertaste.
Look at the green mountains and green waters, take a bath, drink some tea, drive away fatigue, talk about life and talk about ideals.
Practical guide to summer heat-summer
Increasing the heat in summer is a kind of capital fever. No air-conditioned room, no ice cream. The ancients had their own clever tricks, which had long been traced in the murals of the Tang Dynasty. In CaveNo. 159 of Mogao Grottoes, princes and nobles wore silk shirts and put flowers in glassware, which was bright and fresh and pleasing to the eye.
Going into the mountains to avoid the world and copying classics at your desk is also a good way to spend the summer, and your mind is naturally cool.
Business travelers on foot walked into the mountains, green mountains and green waters, full of lush eyes and a clear spring, temporarily forgetting the lonely smoke in the desert.
Chongyang-Ancient Dunhuang Health Preservation
On September 9, the sun and the moon merged into one. Meng Haoran has a poem: "I'll come back after the mountain holiday and chrysanthemum time." Autumn is getting stronger and stronger, climbing high to enjoy chrysanthemums. "Jiujiu" is the same as "Jiujiu", which means health and longevity. The weather is getting colder, and autumn tonic health care is also put on the agenda at this time.
Dunhuang literature "Dietotherapy Materia Medica" records many health-preserving prescriptions, such as wax gourd to lose weight, walnut to prevent alopecia, etc ... There is also a kind of "fairy porridge" which has a miraculous effect on fatigue.
The solstice of winter-the past is "year"
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From this day on, Yin will arrive and Yang will begin to arrive. As the saying goes, "the solstice in winter is as big as every year." In ancient times, the solstice in winter was not just about eating jiaozi.
It is the "end of the year" in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the Western Zhou Dynasty and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It is the first month of the week, and later people call it "Zhou Zheng Festival".
Since ancient times, the solstice in winter has been regarded as a good day. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, this festival was the most important festival in the capital. From this day on, all localities ushered in a seven-day long holiday. It's a rule for the court and the government to pay tribute to each other and exchange gifts to express their feelings. It is the most leisurely time of the year to get together with family, talk and laugh and have a few drinks at home.
According to the Dunhuang document Una Calendar, the winter solstice is also an important day in the temple year. Devoted believers are busy making food, worshipping festivals and celebrating them in the morning.
Although winter is bleak, Dunhuang people don't feel depressed. Winter is the end of the old year and the beginning of the new year. With gratitude for the past and expectation for the future, Dunhuang will usher in a brand-new year. ......
After reading this beautifully bound preface to the four seasons in Dunhuang, it seems that I have been in Dunhuang for a year. As time goes by, everything is changing, but it seems that it will never change. Seeing those lifelike murals in Dunhuang, I seem to suddenly understand that the bright light of Dunhuang will never be hidden by the sandstorm in the desert. I also seem to suddenly understand the reasons why Mr. Chang Shuhong, Mr. Fan Jinshi and several generations chose to protect this place all their lives. I sincerely thank them. Dunhuang culture has not only historical value, but also inheritance, humanity, poetry and, of course, life.
The story on Dunhuang murals has not been finished yet, and the four seasons in Dunhuang continue, year after year, endlessly.
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