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The sacrificial ceremony is complete.
The slaughtered pigs and cattle are processed immediately, and each branch sends out the best Miao people to cook, led by a clan elder, to prepare all the best and most delicious dishes of the Miao people.
In Quedongzhai and the surrounding villages, this area is bustling with activity.
The long table banquet at noon is the grandest festival feast of this drum-stepping festival, symbolizing harvest and blessings.
The long table banquet, centered on Quedong Village, stretched for a kilometer in a row, with twelve rows in total.
It symbolizes the long and far-reaching twelve months of the year.
Each row can seat thousands of people.
The Miao people are the hosts at the long table banquet!
The right side is for non-Miao people, who are guests.
The banquet was filled with Miao people's most famous traditional delicacies, such as the Nine Bowls and Eight Bowls of Water.
Anyone who comes to the Miao people, no matter where they come from or how far away they are, will be warmly invited to share delicious food and drink Miao rice wine together.
This grand feast was filled with a lively and joyful atmosphere.
It is not only the highest form and most solemn ceremony of Miao banquets, but also a way for the Miao people to express their respect and welcome to their guests.
At this moment, the business tycoons who had chatted with Mu Achen in Black Crow Village last night have also been invited over.
They sat in a row on the right side of the long table banquet, feeling the warmth of the Miao people, and drinking heartily.
Along the way, the Miao girls' signature "High Mountain Flowing Water" performance was naturally a must.
The way the entertainment was presented left an indelible impression on guests from all over the world.
"Haha, I love it here!"
“I like it very much. It would be even more perfect if I could understand their language.”
"This is a real long table banquet. If you look at it from the air, the scene will definitely be more spectacular than we imagine."
Han people from all over the country cheered with joy.
The police officers in hats and military green uniforms who entered the Miao village to maintain order realized, after personally experiencing the atmosphere of this grand event, that they seemed to have been worrying too much.
The provincial and municipal leaders, these high-ranking officials, were also invited out.
They were deeply moved by what they saw.
The provincial leader immediately requested that the details of the Miao people's drum-stepping festival be further recorded.
The video of the Miao people's sacrificial ceremony this morning must be sent to the provincial capital as soon as possible so that it can be broadcast on tonight's Guizhou Provincial News Network.
County Chief Tianfeng waited patiently on the sidelines, hoping to have the opportunity to personally report to the provincial leader.
Unexpectedly, the province contacted him first and asked about the expenses of the long table banquet.
"Provincial Chief, the Miao people used to cover all their expenses by pooling together the money from their various branches."
"But this year, Que Dongzhai and Hei Wuzhai have risen to prominence under Mu Achen's leadership! After I learned about it and verified it, Guo Lin discussed and set aside 600,000 yuan for the expenses of the Drum Festival, but after hearing it, Mu Achen immediately set the price at 3 million yuan."
"Three million?" The provincial governor was surprised.
County Magistrate Tianfeng said, "Mu Achen has the most shares in the orchard. He took out 2.4 million yuan by himself and demanded that he spend it all. If it wasn't enough, he would take more."
"This young man is really good! His affection for the Miao people is also rare, extremely rare!"
The provincial governor grew increasingly fond of this future Miao king.
But when he heard that this future Miao king had actually spent 12 million to create some kind of earth-shattering spectacle in order to win the holy maiden's flower sash at the matchmaking event, he couldn't help but think of the scene from that night.
This Mu Achen, despite his young age, is kind and righteous.
It's a pity he's only a junior high school student; otherwise, he would surely achieve great things in the future.
But he...
What they're showing now is truly astonishing!
This child, if nurtured properly, may very well achieve great things.
The provincial governor secretly decided that if his second son could impress the future Miao king after meeting him, then he would focus on cultivating him.
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The afternoon activities took place on the bluestone square of Quedongzhai, which can accommodate 10,000 people at the same time, including playing the lusheng (a reed pipe instrument), dancing the lusheng dance, and pulling cattle around the pond.
The Lusheng dance is the soul of major festivals such as the Drumming Festival, and Miao people of all ages participate.
Through their graceful dance, they expressed the Miao people's reverence for their ancestors and their hopes for a better future.
Pulling the oxen around the pond is an ancient ritual to pray for a bountiful harvest in the coming year.
Mu Achen, who had changed out of his formal attire, also arrived here.
Unexpectedly, I happened to see the Miao people, led by Balong Ancient Village, competing with the Miao people, led by Heiwu Village, in a Lusheng dance.
The atmosphere became quite lively.
The two major branches, the Green Miao and the Black Miao, have been at odds for a century.
As the leading villages of these two major branches, Balong Ancient Village and Heiwu Village do not compete in sacrificial rites, but they will certainly compete in other activities.
This is normal.
It's not uncommon for fights to break out.
If Mu Achen were merely a Miao man from the Black Miao branch, he would definitely be the primary target of the Green Miao people in Balong Ancient Village.
pity...
Even Mu Achen himself felt it was a pity!
Ah Chen's hatred for Balong Ancient Village has been there since he was a child, but now...
It's really hard to adapt all at once.
Dressed simply, Mu Achen sat on the stone steps, watching the intense battle unfold in the distance.
Akang, a member of the Lanmiao branch, happened to be nearby.
A-Kang strode over, patted his chest with his right hand, bowed to the future Miao King in the highest honor, and then spoke: "A-Chen, aren't you going down to play?"
"I wanted to go, but I went... Hey, sit down, Brother Kang."
Ah Kang sat down and said, "You can't adapt all at once, can you?"
"It's a long story. I had planned to give those Miao people in Balong Ancient Village a good talking-to during the Drum Festival, but who knew the nine elders would do this to me... sigh..."
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