Chapter 28 fate day

In summer, I often think of nightclubs in Tokyo.During the time of Jiyou Gengxu, I lived in Nishikata Town in Hongo, and I often went for walks in front of the university at night. There were nightclubs there every day, but it was particularly lively on Yuanri. I remembered that it was the pharmacist Tathagata of Hongo 4-chome on the eighth day of every month. Bar.The day of fate means the day of fate is the birthday of the gods and Buddhas or the day when they become enlightened. Ceremonies are held in the temple on this day every month. Many people come to worship, and at the same time, various businessmen come to set up stalls. , from eating utensils, flowers and plants to playthings, and juggling juggling. It is quite similar to the temple fair in Beijing. However, although the temple fair is in the temple, it seems to be all the nature of the market, and it is only limited to the daytime. Prosperity, and still a religious practice, is fundamentally a little different.Wakazuki Zilan's book "Tokyo's Mid-Year Actions" contains a story about a fateful day, and the first half says:

"Every day in Tokyo, there must be a Bishamon, or a pharmacist, or an Inari type of sacrifice somewhere. There are furniture stores, toy stores, and various household appliance stores in and around the monastery. They are lined up one after another, and the so-called dew stores are opened. The most interesting of them is probably the flower shop. The festive flowers and trees are brought and placed, asking for lawless prices, waiting for Shoutou to come and hook them. Since they are asking for lawless prices, the buyers always return one-fifth or one-tenth of them in disorder. Some of them said it was unreasonable and refused to ignore it, but if it seems that this is not a joke, the flower sellers will wait until the price is almost appropriate before selling them to the customers." Jingxuan Shimen wrote "Edo Fanchang Ji "In the first compilation, there is an article "Sai Ri", which is also about the situation of the fate of the day. It was originally written in Chinese, and part of it is copied as follows:

"An ancient slang song says that on the eighth day of the month, Kayaba Ding, the masters competition does not change, which can prove that the best competitions in the capital are ancient. The competitions are most prosperous in summer evenings. Every competition in Menqian Street is contested by Zhang Lu In the shop, those who sell utensils will spread cattail mats and burn Satsuma candles. Those who buy food will set up bed pavilions, hang fish oil lamps, Chen Guoyu (upper and lower two melons), and burn dough and Mingyu, (this case should be written Squid,) rolled into fish gun, boiled and fried in oil. Or list hundreds of items, the price is 19 yuan, and anyone can choose to take it, or cast lots and seal it, and bet that one item will be sold to several people. Tea sellers must be beautiful. Brilliant, the sound of vending water is cool and cool. Those who sell watermelon on the street illuminate red paper lanterns, and those who sell glutinous rice spread big oil umbrellas. Lanterns (according to the sidelines of the case, it is Physalis), a string of ten heads, and a bag of Datong beans for four coins. Served in a nitrous jar Goldfish store red fireflies in black gauze sacs. In recent years, during the trip to barley soup, most of the tea shops offer soup. Yuanmai soup produces Ge soup, and Ge soup produces egg soup. Jinghe uses sugar and other special snow perilla, which has a strange color and smell. The Tuo Master Ji (the table is the gardener) lists the types of potted plants, all of which are placed on the shelf, where the flowers are busy and the grass is busy, and the strange ones compete with each other. Those with thin leaves of Qianpu are planted with stones, and those with long-lived stones are used as piercers to hang them with cables. If they are used as stipules and flowers, if they are trees with reed trunks and branches. Banana mixed with unicorn horns (originally Zhuyun, Chinese name Longyamu). Hundred taels of gold, evergreen, coral emerald green orchid, all kinds of special tastes. The pine of a doctor, the bamboo of a gentleman, the proud planting of miscellaneous trees, and the forest of Xiaosen. Under the forest. , Decorated with wild flowers. Du Rong invites guests, as if asking for his own vend, the girl flower (originally Zhuyun, Chinese name Baijiang) flatters the old and the young. Extraordinary. Leading the gloomy morning glory, making up the colorful Luoyang flowers. The curly lily is partial, and the yellow celery is wilting. The platycodon is clustered purple, trying to win the red of other houses. Picking up, Silla chrysanthemums connected to hibiscus lace, and saw Buddha's head chrysanthemums among datura flowers and geraniums. To this red and green cotton bushes, there are insect merchants. And the famous grass lark, golden bell subclass) sings, spins Nianghe, the sound of the golden bell echoes the golden pipa, it is abominable that it is taken by the noisy. Inside the two cages, several kinds of insects chirp and send the rhyme, embroidering the Wuzang It's a wonder to see the desolate color of Ye in the past in the bustling city today. There are six volumes in "Edo Fanchangji", all of which are written in Chinese, which is very interesting. There are also words and sentences that are completely different from Chinese The first chapter was written in Tianbao Xinmao (1831), and it has been 100 years since the present. The first volume of Wakazuki's work was published in Meiji Xinhai (1911 ), also 30 years ago, and 80 years have passed between the two books. In comparison, it seems that there have been no major changes in the past 80 years, and the flowers and trees of the local pharmacists are probably those things It’s just that there are more foreign species, such as Hezihua, etc. It is not expected that the change in the past 30 years may be even greater. Although I have not directly seen this, it is presumed to be the case. .

There are also many flower shops in Beijing temple fairs, but it is a pity that few people pay attention to them and record them. The thirteen volumes of "Peking Customs Classification" are very rich in quotations, but after a little browsing, I can't find any articles about flower factories. "Temple" said: "The west temple is called Huguo Temple, which is just west of Dingfu Street in the northwest of the imperial city. On the day of the opening of the East Temple. On the day of the meeting, there are many department stores, all kinds of pearls, jade, silk, clothes, food, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, flowers, birds, insects and fish, as well as ordinary daily necessities, astrology, divination and acrobatics. It is one of the capitals. The big city will also. The two temple flower factories are particularly beautiful. Jasmine is the most popular in summer, osmanthus and chrysanthemum are the most popular in autumn, and narcissus is the most popular in winter. As for spring flowers such as peonies, begonias, cloves and green peaches, they can all bloom in severe winter. It's so bright and unusual, it's ingenious enough to ask for it, and it's a month's order in advance." Although the words here are vague, the comfort is better than nothing, and it can be cherished.Some people think this kind of thing is boring, or they are still playing with things and lose their minds, so they should be reprimanded by Taoists. I also know that no one has always been willing to write down. Isn’t that why, but I still believe that, It's all worth the effort, and it's useful.To understand a country’s culture, especially a foreign one, I think it’s useless to just look at it from the surface. You have to focus on its emotional life and understand a little bit about its attitude towards nature and life. income.In the past, I often wanted to see the general ending of a country’s culture from literature and art.The youthfulness of ancient and modern literature and art is always a temporary minority. If you compare it with reality, it is often not only impossible to clear the proof, but it is also unknown if you have a realization. If we further understand his religious sentiments, then there will be six or seven points of light, and we can hope to understand the affairs of this country.It is not a coincidence that I am a person with little faith, and I can't get started in religion. In addition, I still want to know about folk customs. That is why it happened, the purpose of writing this essay has nothing to do with literature and art, and it is only natural that I am afraid that someone will take care of it.In June twenty-nine, the summer solstice festival.

(Completed in June 1940, from "The Collection of Medicinal Flavors")