Chapter 1012 - 1012 306 Mengxias Moon Leap
Chapter 1012: Chapter 306: Mengxia’s Moon Leap Chapter 1012: Chapter 306: Mengxia’s Moon Leap Complainingly, he glanced at Tang Luo. Elder Xu Ying grumbled, “You wouldn’t know, but today is the Mong Xia jumping the moon festival. Many Mosuo people have come to the village, and they will leave tomorrow…”
“Mong Xia jumping the moon festival?” Tang Luo, who considered himself well-read, heard of this festival for the first time, so he inquired, “Is there anything special about this day?”
“You know about the month of mid-spring, right?” Elder Xu Ying chuckled, “The so-called month of mid-spring sees men and women, at this time, running free without restraint. This Mong Xia jumping the moon festival is a custom of the Mt. Immortal Blue clans.”
Although Tang Luo did not know what Mong Xia jumping the moon was, after listening to the explanation of the month of mid-spring, he and Ji Fu roughly understood the inclination of this festival—nothing more than some sort of mass wedding and outdoor coupling custom.
Sure enough, an excited Elder Xu Ying immediately began educating the two men on the origins of Mong Xia jumping the moon: “This year is an odd year, so it’s the boys from Zhaba Earth Stockade who go to the Mosuo village, while the Mosuo girls come to Zhaba. Men and women meet in the fields, calling it jumping the moon! Tonight, the village will pick a flat land for the moon field, adorned with blooming flowers and bright costumes. Singing in groups. Dozens gather, with women’s songs responding to men’s, whirling in song and dance, jesting all day long. At dusk, they take their chosen ones back home, dispersing only come morning.”
Remembering the grand scenes under the moon, Elder Xu Ying was even more intrigued, his peach-blossom eyes roving as he invited the two brothers, “This Mong Xia jumping the moon happens only once a year, and it’s a grand event of Mt. Immortal Blue—why don’t you brothers join me…”