Chapter 44 The Style of the Tang people (Chinese)

Zhao Xing secretly calculated that it should be a fleet of such a large scale to transport 500,000 kilograms of Liuhuang.

These Liuhuang will greatly enhance the Song army's ability to fight against aggression. Thinking of this, he looked excited and wanted to cheer with the people on the shore, but he opened his mouth and failed to break the psychological barriers.

In a vaguely, he asked himself: Should I condemn the firm support of the Song Dynasty for the Song Dynasty because of the cruelty of modern Japanese people?

Which country do I condemn?

There is never a permanent friend between countries... However, should I deserve to be accused of his future evil deeds - hating him for his help to the Song Dynasty now?

What position do I stand against hatred? Mongolians, Jins, Liaos?

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With the help of the powerful force of the Song Dynasty's huge fleet, Zhao Xing, the "Song man", was enthusiastically welcomed when he arrived in Japan. Then, he sent out the news and several fast horses immediately rushed to Nagato... A few days later, Zhao Xing was already sitting in a temple in Japan.

This is a tea pavilion in the temple. Zhao Xing sat cross-legged on the wooden floor according to the customs of the Tang Dynasty. A monk sat in front of him and was performing a tea ceremony. Zhao Xing was sitting in a guest seat. On the main seat was a high-ranking official wearing a pointed hat. Opposite Zhao Xing, Zhao Xing's lower head was full of Japanese high-ranking officials who were covered with white powder on their faces, shaved their eyebrows, and scribbling them with ink eyebrows according to the customs of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Now, Japan is in the Heigen era, and the characteristic of court life in this era is "elegant and lewd" - the Japanese senior official on the first seat held the famous work "The Story of Genji" that describes this era.

The Story of Genji is written by the palace female official Zishibu. It describes the life of the Japanese palace. It is also the first novel in the world. This novel describes love and shows the elegant and lewd lifestyle of the Japanese palace.

At this time, Japan had just begun to become feudalized, and the Japanese emperors were enfeoffed by the small lords in China. The main life of the little lords was to drink Tang tea, read Tang paintings... and recite Su Dongpo's poems.

The monk sitting in the middle of the crow had completed the entire set of tea art. Zhao Xing did not show any expression on the surface, but secretly curled his lips: The technique was not as good as my Azhu.

This is a Chinese monk from Fujian. He and Zhao Xing have no language barriers, so they have become Zhao Xing's tour guide and introducer in the past few days. He also started this tea party. He once introduced Zhao Xing to the senior official sitting in the head, but Zhao Xing was not interested in his name - he was only interested in his wallet.

Zhao Xing didn't know that all the people here were famous Japanese figures. In ancient times, Japan was the most prominent feature of hereditary knowledge. Knowledge became a hereditary profession of a certain family and combined it with the family. The first seat was Lord Sugawara, who controlled Chinese literature, namely articles. Sugawara's ancestors wrote a famous line: "The horse was sent to the horse when it was sent to the tail, and the boat was damaged to welcome the river tail." "Don't be alarmed that the post commander changed the timing, and the prosperity and fall were spring and autumn."

The person who is sitting in the lower hall is the Qingyuan and the two clans of the Central Plains who control the knowledge of the Ming Jingdao; the Mingfadao controls the Sakagaki, and the two clans of the Central Plains who sit opposite each other; the Conclusion Dao is the Sanshan clans, the Yin-Yang clans are the Kamao and the Abe clans; the Medical Dao is the inherited from the Heqi and the Danbo clans - these people are all present today.

The monk served tea and pointed the pattern on the bowl at the guests. The Japanese "elegant scholars" present all took the tea bowl with their hands, turned it gently around, and turned the pattern on the bowl at the tea presenter. They raised the pattern on the bowl to their foreheads to express their return. Then they picked up the tea cup and sniffed the fragrance of tea with intoxicated face.

I don't know how many people pretended to behave, of course, Zhao Xing also pretended to behave. He just wanted to sneeze at the strong fragrance of tea soup. However, the scene was so sacred that he endured it and held it down.

The tea soup should be drunk in three times, that is, "three turns of tea bowls to lightly suck and taste slowly". When drinking tea, you should make a squeaking sound to express appreciation and praise. After drinking, the guests should say some auspicious words. In particular, you should praise the host's hospitality, the exquisite tea sets, and the elegant environment layout.

The people present had just sipped the hot tea soup. Under the corridor, the sound of Japanese single strings buzzed twice, and the sound seemed to be someone playing cotton under the corridor. When all the Japanese officials heard this string, they immediately put the teacup beside them and knelt in their original position with their bodies protrudingly on the ground. Only Zhao Xing held the teacup with his eyes shaking around.

This single-string sound is a kind of Japanese elegant music. It is said to be introduced from the Korean Peninsula, including "Xin Mohe" and "Da Mohe". The Japanese "Legend of Music" (Volume 31) records: The song of the Mohe country of the Mohe country is also recorded. The dancer came to China and danced to the body of worship and dance.

Because this kind of music is so popular among Japanese ministers, the arrival of the nobles has become a Japanese custom. In modern times, this custom can still be seen in high-end Japanese restaurants.

The Japanese pavilion was surrounded by sliding doors. Through the open door, Zhao Xing saw a Japanese woman walking over from a distance. She was dressed in gorgeous clothes, with birds and tree patterns on her clothes. The long skirt was dragged to the ground, stretching four or five meters. In front of her, she was also covered with various rings like Song people. She took small steps like Song people, dragging the long skirt tail, with wrinkles layer by layer, covering her tail layer by layer like feathers.

Wearing such a skirt, she could not use small steps, so she had to stop and walk here.

This skirt is called "Bird Feather Skirt". Now the Song people can only see this style of the Tang people from "Picture of Lady with Flowers in Hairpin". However, the Song people also retained the habit of loving floor-smooth skirts. The Song people called similar floor-smooth skirts "Catch up with skirts".

After walking a corner, the woman stopped, and then she turned stiffly, her posture was like a soldier in the military camp turning left. After turning, she stopped there without continuing to take steps.
Chapter completed!