Washed and polished, the boy put it on and went to school, hoping to become the top scholar in the exam. This is related to the fact that there was a champion in Xixiakou history. But there are very few champions in Nanyang. There are only four champions in history.

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月Grandma, bright and clear,

opens the door to wash clothes.

Washed and polished,

the silly boy put it on to go to school,

won the first prize in the exam.

Xixiakou people have a worship complex for the number one scholar. This is related to the fact that there was a champion in Xixiakou history.

From the beginning of in the Sui Dynasty to the end of the imperial examination in the late Qing Dynasty, Henan produced a total of 119 top candidates. Tang Dynasty Henan had the most champions, with 42, and Song Dynasty ( Northern Song Southern Song) Henan had 23 champions. However, there are very few top picks in Nanyang . There have only been four top picks in history. And Gushi , Weihui , Qixian each won five top prizes.

The first number one scholar in Nanyang was Zhang Shi of Nanyang County . He was the number one scholar in AD 722, the seventh year of Emperor Daizong of the Tang Dynasty. He was a doctor in the Ministry of Household Affairs, equivalent to the current director of the Ministry of Finance.

The second champion Zhang Zhengfu , Tanghe County person. In 786 AD, Tang Dezong became the number one scholar in the second year of Zhenyuan. Served as Minister of War, equivalent to Minister of Defense.

The third number one scholar was Jia An of Deng County. He was the number one scholar in 1064 and Song Renzong Qingli six years. A scholar studying in the Imperial Academy knew about Chenzhou, but he died before taking up his post due to illness.

The fourth one is Liu Wenlong of Xixia, who was the number one scholar in 1230, Jin Aizong Zhengda seventh year. Since Jin Aizong succeeded to the throne at the age of 27 and hanged himself at the age of 37, the Jin Dynasty disappeared from history. Liu Wenlong was the number one scholar in the seventh year of Emperor Aizong's reign in Jin Dynasty. That is to say, three years after becoming the number one scholar, the Jin Dynasty collapsed. Therefore, Liu Wenlong, the number one scholar, is only one of the 800 number one scholars in Chinese history, and the others have no historical records. There is only one short line in his life: Liu Wenlong was from Naixiang (now Xixia, Henan). The font size and year of birth and death are unknown. Jin Dynasty , he was the number one scholar in a certain subject. The rest is unknown.

But Liu Wenlong is the number one scholar after all. In the long history, Xixia people are the only number one scholar in the history books. There are only four champions among the thirteen counties in Nanyang, and there is one in Xixia. There is no blank in history.

In Xixia folk songs, the number one scholar is not a sacred thing. It seems that a child from every family may become the number one scholar. This kind of folk mentality also affects the mentality of contemporary Xixia people. In recent years, Xixia College Entrance Examination has produced Henan's top student in liberal arts. Last year, Nanyang's top scholar in arts and sciences was also in Xixia. In 2022, Nanyang's top student in science will still be in Xixia. Therefore, Xixia people like to talk about the top scorers in the college entrance examination every year.

The moon is called Grandma Yue, not only in Xixia, but also in many places. In folk songs from many places in China, the moon has been personified and personified. The moon is the image of a gentle and generous old woman, which is solidified in the cultural context of the Chinese people.

When Grandma Yue was shining brightly, the moonlight spread all over the ground. When she opened the door, the moonlight flowed into the yard. Washing clothes under the moonlight is a warm and bright undertone left by agricultural civilization to the village. The person who washes clothes is my mother. After a busy day, sitting under the moonlight to wash clothes for her son is a warm duty for a village mother. Every mother in the village has a principle of life, that is, whether rich or poor, she wants her son to dress cleanly. In the village, cleanliness is also a sign of dignity.

In the old days, people in the villages wore homespun cloth. After washing, they had to starch their clothes. Throw the half-dried clothes into a very thin noodle soup, knead it carefully so that the noodles in the thin noodle soup seep into the earthen cloth, dry it and fold it up, pick up the mallet and slowly beat it on the cloth stone. Hammer the homespun clothes evenly and create edges and corners. Wearing such clothes makes you look upright. The maple and poplar sticks in the village are the irons for the homespun clothes of the children in the village. This process from starching to hammering out edges is called starching clothes in the village.

Children in villages don’t wear starched clothes before they go to school. When it is time to go to private school, mothers have to starch their children's clothes.Later, with the establishment of foreign schools, mothers in the villages had to starve their children to wear clothes. From the perspective of a village mother, her son's clothes are the mother's image.

Every mother in the village thinks her son is the smartest son in the world, but in real life, the mother in the village calls her son a fool. Mothers in the village believe that by always calling their sons smart, they call them stupid. I often say that my son is a fool, but he will become smarter.

The mother washed the clothes and straightened them, and the sons put them on and went to school. Every mother has the most perfect wish, that is, on the day when her son is about to take the exam, he will get the top score in the exam. The No. 1 scholar, that is, a No. 1 scholar, will be prominent in the village for generations to come. Walking on the land of Jiangnan, you will encounter many Jinshi ranks and the archway of the number one scholar. This is the same throughout China.

In the village, there are many stories that ridicule stupid scholars, stupid candidates, stupid Jinshi, and stupid champions. However, people in the village dream that their sons will get the top prize in the first exam. This is the cultural paradox of the village.

I didn’t get the first prize in the exam. When I was a child, I wore homespun clothes that my mother had starched. When I think of this ballad, I think of my deceased mother.

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