Washing the Ashes and Beginning Anew

[Moenah 1069]

[!] A flyer would be distributed round all of Almaris with elegant calligraphy in Li-Wen and common translation underneath.

 

WASHING AWAY THE ASHES OF THE PAST AND BEGINNING ANEW

 

 

Following the, yet again, traumatizing events of what happened in Tai Ping on the night of our beginnings to our new century, the perfect opportunity has arisen for Tai Ping and it's people to wash away and leave behind our past transgressions, as we come close to our Cleansing Ritual. The second month of the Nian year-long festival heralds a purification rite where each are given a chance to let go of the sins and burdens of their past. 

 

In the middle of Tai Ping District, folk from all around are invited to join us in our ritual where every household participates in rigorous ‘spring cleaning’ to spark joy, a much needed feeling we should be holding onto for the upcoming events. Old furniture will line the streets, dust balls will be swept into a communal pile, and all miscellany will be piled into a statue to celebrate the year of the Ox.

 

Finally, as the last step of the ritual, paper slips are handed out for people to write any lingering regrets or sins of their past year. These paper ‘wishes’ are pinned onto the Ox effigy to accompany the ‘Old’ for their last send off.

 

As flames lick the relics of the past, the smoke rises into the heavens. The darkness of what was before will be set alight by the purification of fire. As is with the precepts of Huajiao, ‘Every End is a New Beginning.’

 

Spoiler

 

OOC: TUESDAY 2ND FEB 6PM EST

TAI PING DISTRICT, (At the back of Talon’s Port)

 

 

[tadabug2000 4918]

Chen Yunya set to work, gathering old items no longer needed and sweeping the interior of the home she lived within, dust filtering out the door. The rest of the Chen family also set to work, as they'd commence spring cleaning. It would be found, though, that certain lots living nearby did not spark joy. @Rapture@crazedpudding

[crazedpudding 2512]

3 minutes ago, tadabug2000 said:

Chen Yunya set to work, gathering old items no longer needed and sweeping the interior of the home she lived within, dust filtering out the door. The rest of the Chen family also set to work, as they'd commence spring cleaning. It would be found, though, that certain lots living nearby did not spark joy. @Rapture@crazedpudding

Chen Wenya would sigh quietly as she cleaned the bedrooms of the Chen House, waving dust rags out the windows to usher in the New Century with cleanliness. Unfortunately, the same could not be done for the streets of Talon's Port.