"For me? What did you buy? " Hearing what they said, Jiang Hai looked at them with some doubts. He really didn''t know what Jiang Hai said. Feng Yunchen and AI Xiaoxi couldn''t help but glance at him. Then they took out a bunch of keys and scratched the layer of adhesive tape outside the package. Then a golden thing appeared in front of Jiang Hai.


    As soon as he came near, Jiang Hai looked at them strangely, because the contents of the box were, er, unlucky. It was a box of paper, but Jiang Haigong was not unfamiliar with it. It was the paper burned for the old people at home.


    It''s not easy to play in the United States. It''s only in San Francisco, where a large number of Chinese live.


    But Jiang Hai did not understand why he wanted to do these things? It''s clear that Qingming has passed a long time ago.


    "It''s almost the middle dollar, idiot." Looking at Jiang Hai''s confused expression, AI Xiaoxi could not help scolding him.


    In fact, a few days ago, when she was on the phone with her family, her mother asked her if she would come back for the Mid Autumn Festival. After all, they had never seen AI Xiaoxi. After confirming that they would not come to the festival, she casually said that she would go to her grandfather''s grave in a few days. After listening to AI Xiaoxi, she also wrote it down.


    Then he quietly bought this box of paper for Jiang Hai. It''s really close to Zhongyuan. Moreover, Jiang Hai won''t go back to Bingcheng to pay homage. Just burn the paper here to show his heart. As for whether to send it or not Who knows?


    In fact, this thing is more just a form, a way for living people to miss their ancestors.


    According to materialism, when a person dies, there will be nothing. No one knows whether there will be a soul or not.


    Anyway, Jiang Hai has never seen it. As for his generation, not many people believe in it.


    Maybe in a few decades, when Jiang Hai and their next generation grow up, even this tradition will disappear.


    As for Jiang Hailai, in fact, he doesn''t remember too much about burning paper. As his mother said, what''s the use of living unfilial and crying when he dies? When people should be filial, they are alive. When people are gone, no matter how big the show is, it is for others to see. People who really should be filial can''t remember.


    So before AI Xiaoxi came, Jiang Hai burned it during the Qingming Festival and went home for a while during the Chinese New Year. That''s all. But now that AI Xiaoxi and Feng Yunchen still remember this, Jiang Hai is very pleased.


    "If you don''t tell me, I don''t remember. What''s the date?" Looking at the two people in front of him, Jiang Hai touched his hair and laughed.


    "This thing didn''t burn in the morning The day after tomorrow is the right day, but we can burn it tonight or tomorrow. " After a glance at Jiang Hai, it seems that Jiang Hai really doesn''t understand these things. Because AI Xiaoxi was born in the countryside, he knows something about these things.


    Among the traditional Chinese festivals, there are three yuan festivals, but the only one we are familiar with is Shangyuan Festival, which is the 15th day of the first month.


    Commonly known as the Lantern Festival, Lantern Festival and so on, in modern people, after 15, it means that the new year has passed.


    Of course, as far as the current situation is concerned, few people will work after the tenth five year plan.


    Basically, they all go to work after the fifth day of junior high school, and the sixth and seventh day of junior high school. Nowadays, people''s pace of life is totally different from that of ancient times. Except for the Lantern Festival of Shangyuan, few people know about Zhongyuan and Xiayuan.


    The Sanyuan Festival is mainly related to Taoism. Taoism has three officials: Tianguan, diguan and Shuiguan. The so-called Tianguan blesses. So in ancient times, everyone celebrated Shangyuan Festival. This is handed down. Diguan forgives sins and Shuiguan relieves misfortune.


    The birthdays of the three officials are the 15th day of the first month, the 15th day of July and the 15th day of October in the lunar calendar.


    In ancient times, October 15 was the time for big families to worship their ancestors, but now it''s gone. After all, after the founding of new China, there will be no family to speak of, so Jiang Hai and his family can''t celebrate the next Yuan Festival.


    In fact, few people know about Zhongyuan Festival. However, in recent years, when promoting Chinese traditional culture, it seems that this festival has also been promoted. At this time of year, there are scattered lights everywhere in China. Basically, it''s the same all over the country, but there are no worships on the right day. It seems that there are some views.


    Jiang Hai doesn''t understand this, but since AI Xiaoxi understands it, just follow her words


    After a brief understanding of the situation, Jiang Hai began to sort out the contents of the box. There were a lot of yellow paper and a lot of paper money in the box. In addition, there were a lot of paper stacked gold ingots and so on.


    The customs of each place are different, and the things are also different. However, the customs of Northeast China, where Jiang Hai is located, are somewhat similar to those of Shandong Province.


    After all, a lot of people in Northeast China passed when Shandong Province invaded Kanto, so Jiang Hai just listened to AI Xiaoxi''s advice and worked hard for a long time. Before the evening, Jiang Hai finished these things.


    Qi Jie and Qi ya have seen these things before, so there is no accident.On the contrary, they are some Meng, dalina and Marian, but they went back with Jiang Hai when they were young. Naturally, they have seen these things, so they are not strange. After Jiang Hai talked to these people briefly.


    In the evening, Jiang Hai and his party left the manor, but they didn''t burn it in their own home. Even if Jiang Hai''s home is so big, they can''t burn it at home, because according to the older generation, burning this thing will attract some ghost messengers and wandering wild ghosts. It''s obviously not a wise choice to recruit them into their own home.


    So they wanted to go out and find a crossroad. After driving to Winthrop for more than ten minutes, Jiang Hai found a big crossroad. They didn''t know if it was useful to cross roads in the United States. Anyway, it was just Jiang Hai who did his best.


    First I went to find a branch, then I drew a circle, leaving a hole in the middle, which is the place for those ghost messengers to withdraw money.


    Then Jiang Hai first lit up the yellow paper he had written his address, and then began to chant and put paper into the circle.


    In a short time, the raging fire had already burned up, far away, someone could see it.


    Many people living around the town saw the fires and even called the police directly.


    I''m kidding. In the United States, many Chinese customs are hard to understand, such as traditional Chinese medicine, festivals, speaking habits and so on. Before, Jiang Hai also said that Chinese people like to talk politely, such as when I have time to invite you to dinner! Let''s get together next time! That''s what the Chinese always say.


    But in the United States, if you say that, this person will really wait for you to invite him to dinner and get together with him. AA system is OK. If you don''t find him, he won''t be happy. He thinks that you have cheated him. There are some radical people who have no friends to do.


    Some people boil Chinese medicine at home, and then a neighbor calls the police, saying that they make poison at home.


    The same is true at festivals. In the United States, except for protest, other gatherings are reported to the government.


    And the Chinese, this should be regarded as an accident, because the Chinese in the United States do not have the idea of one-child, so sometimes a Chinese family is really huge, when they look like ancestors, or when they get together.


    Hundreds of people came all at once. At the earliest time, there were many things like alerting the police. That is to say, in recent years, it''s better. Burning paper at the ceremony Ha ha, this is not good in the United States.


    But Jiang Hai didn''t know this, and other people didn''t know it. When someone saw Jiang Hai burning paper there, some good citizens called the police. They didn''t know what Jiang Hai was doing, so it was better for the police to ask.


    Just as Jiang Hai was burning paper, two police cars came here. When they found that it was Jiang Hai, the people who came down from the two police cars were polite and went to Jiang Hai with a smile.


    "Mr. Jiang, what are you doing here?" Looking at Jiang Hai who was still burning paper, the two policemen asked strangely.


    "Er, paper burning, how do you say that? This is a custom in China when we pay homage to our deceased ancestors. Isn''t that ok? " Looking at the police coming, Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment. Then he remembered that it might not work After all, in the United States, flowers are always sent to people at memorial ceremonies, and no one burns paper. It seems that Jiang Hai has some problems in doing so now.


    "It''s true that some residents don''t know what you are doing, so they have reflected to us. I don''t know how long you will have to do this?" Hearing Jiang Hai''s words, the two policemen also laughed. It''s really hard to say.


    If they are other people in general, they may have to open their mouth to drive people away. But this paper burner is Jiang Hai. It''s hard for them to say anything. Fortunately, Jiang Hai burns paper very fast.


    After hearing what they said, Jiang Hai and they also quickened their pace. About ten minutes later, all the things in the box were burnt out. Looking at the fire burning through, Jiang Hai and they apologized, and then they got on the bus and left.


    After they left, the two policemen didn''t leave until they kept watching the fire go out.


    Otherwise, Jiang Hai would not be able to run and they would not be able to run.


    "It seems that we can''t burn any paper in the future." After touching his nose, Jiang Hai grinned. This is really a very troubling thing. Although Jiang Hai doesn''t care much about these formal problems, he still burns it when it''s time to burn it.


    But next time, he may have to find a way to burn it again (to be continued). )


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