In the days after Li Jun left, Qin Chuan didn't receive any official orders from the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, but he saw that the new year was coming.
Qin Chuan also knew that the decree from the Ministry of Personnel Affairs wouldn't come down so quickly.
The Ministry of Personnel's selection was not only limited to their current batch of candidates, but also those who had not been awarded official positions after the imperial examinations since the founding of the Great Tang.
Every year, the serving officials of the Great Tang would go to the Ministry of Personnel to conduct an official selection, which was also the Ministry of Personnel's assessment. They would be evaluated by summarizing the achievements of the previous year.
Those with outstanding achievements would be promoted, while those with poor achievements would be demoted.
After everyone was selected, the official positions would be distributed.
The selection of officials in the Great Tang was equivalent to the annual evaluation of officials and the change of officials.
This was also why the Ministry of Personnel was so busy with the selection process. It would take three months from November to January of the second year.
Even though he had memories of the past, this was the first time Qin Chuan, a transmigrator, had spent the Spring Festival in the Great Tang.
This made him feel a lot of freshness and a lot of new year flavor.
Under the impact of modern society, the festive atmosphere in the future was basically diluted.
Other than some villages that still maintained the traditional New Year's flavor, the city's New Year's flavor was almost diluted.
In the Tang Empire, the Spring Festival wasn't called the Spring Festival. It was called Yuan Ri or Yuan Zheng, which was similar to the New Year's Day. It was the first day of the new year.
Tang also had seven days off during the New Year, from the 27th to the 3rd.
However, that was a holiday for officials and had nothing to do with a commoner like him.
It was almost the New Year. The house was being cleaned and decorated with lanterns to create the atmosphere of the New Year.
Qin Chuan also took some time to go out with Qin Xian, Qin Gong, and Qin Cheng. They slaughtered pigs and sheep to deliver to the tenants and some servants who worked in their houses.
Other than pork and mutton, there was also money, food, cloth, and some other daily expenses.
Although he was inevitably a class of explorers, Qin Chuan was still more humane. He wasn't a charitable person, but he would basically take care of the poor families around him.
"Everything goes smoothly every year, and everything goes well! Five Blessings! Young Master, what are you writing? Is it a poem?"
The little handmaiden who was wiping the furniture curiously leaned over and looked at the large words Qin Chuan wrote. She asked in puzzlement.
Placing the pen on the pillow, Qin Chuan smiled and said,""This is called the Spring Festival Couplets. It's used to ward off evil like the peach talisman. It's pasted on both sides of the door!”
Tang Chao didn't have couplets yet, let alone couplets.
The earliest Spring Festival couplets received the inscription of Meng Chang, the emperor of Shu after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty's main gate was hung with peach talismans, which were the portraits of the two door gods, Shen Tu and Yu Lei.
Since he had nothing to do anyway, Qin Chuan took out the couplets.
"Qin Cheng, Qin Gong, when the ink is dry, paste this couplet on both sides of the door and this horizontal couplet on the top.”
"Alright, Young Master."
In the Tang Dynasty, New Year's Eve dinners were also popular. The main ingredients were similar to those in the later era, such as mutton, pork, chicken, duck, fish, and so on.
The dinner was very sumptuous. Qin Chuan even asked the kitchen to make some dishes into stir-fried dishes.
In fact, stir-fried vegetables had already been around since the Western Han Dynasty. A famous dish that was often ordered for barbecue in later generations, chives on iron plate and eggs, had already been around since then.
However, it was not called chives scrambled eggs at that time. It was called chives eggs.
The people of the Tang Dynasty liked to live in large families. If there were senior elders, not only the direct descendants of the elderly, but also the younger brothers, nephews, married sisters, and nephews who had already married would gather together to reunite.
Qin Chuan didn't have any relatives. His family had only one heir for several generations, and now he was the only one left.
However, Qin Chuan wasn't alone during the New Year. Qin Xian, Qin Cheng, Qin Gong, and Xiao Huan were there to accompany him.
After the New Year's Eve dinner, Qin Chuan, Qin Xian, Qin Cheng, and Qin Gong sat together and played mahjong. Xiao Huan sat beside him and served him tea.
This was a small toy he had invented to pass the time.
In the Tang Dynasty, the New Year's Eve was also observed. In the palace, the New Year's Eve was even grander. The Emperor would gather all the civil and military officials in the capital to have a New Year's Eve dinner and observe the New Year's Eve.
When it was a quarter past midnight, the bells and drums on the street rang. This was the moment to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.
Zhenguan three years, a new year had arrived.
Uncle Xian and the rest stood up and greeted Qin Chuan. Qin Chuan also took out a few red packets that he had prepared beforehand.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were no red packets. In the traditional sense, red packets were also called lucky money. It was money that elders wrapped in red paper for children during the Lunar New Year.
The earliest lucky money appeared in the Han Dynasty.
The earliest New Year's money was also called the victory money or the victory money. This kind of money was not the currency circulating in the market. It was specially cast into the shape of a coin to ward off evil spirits.
In ancient times, most of the lucky money was given to children with a red string.
After the Republic of China, it evolved into wrapping in red paper, which became the red packet of later generations.
Qin Chuan wrapped the money in a pouch made of red cloth and gave one to each of them, including Qin Xian.
There were two meanings to the New Year's money. One was to suppress evil spirits, and the other was to give them a New Year's gift.
Suppressing evil was something that the elders gave to the younger generation. Suppressing evil spirits and ghosts allowed the children to grow up healthily.
The New Year's gift was given to the elderly by the younger generation. It was to suppress the years and hope for the elderly to live a long and healthy life.
By the time it was time to go, the mahjong tables had dispersed, and Uncle Xian and the others had gone to prepare for the banquet.
In the morning, there should be many neighbors coming to their house.
Passing the seat was a popular New Year activity in the Tang Dynasty.
People in the Tang Dynasty liked to socialize and be lively. On the first day of the first lunar month, every household in Chang 'an City held a banquet. Neighbors would pay New Year greetings to each other and eat at whoever's house.
From Qin Chuan's point of view, this was similar to the group worship that was popular in many places in the future. Perhaps the group worship in the future was passed down from this moment on.
The first month was similar to the later years. It was popular to visit relatives and friends and pay New Year greetings to each other.
Qin Chuan didn't have many relatives or close friends.
Li Jun was a good friend of his.
He wanted to go and pay his respects to Li Jun.
Only then did he realize an awkward problem.
He doesn't seem to know where Li Jun lives.
At this moment, Qin Gong ran over to report,""Young Master, Young Master Li is here!"
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