Holidays in the Song Dynasty

In the Song Dynasty

Seven days of Spring Festival holiday

Seven days of winter solstice holiday

Seven days of cold food holiday

Seven days of Lantern Festival holiday

Seven days off during Tianqing Festival

There are actually five golden weeks. During the Tianqing Festival, Zhang Dong was the first to hand in his paper, but he forgot to write his own name on the paper he handed in, "It is necessary to kill corrupt officials." The old man said, "But you can't kill innocent people indiscriminately!" The fact that Zhang Dong forgot his name during the exam became the biggest joke in Suzhou City. In fact, at the beginning of Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, Bao Zheng even admitted Xiang Lian with the right words. Chen Shimei didn't appreciate it at all. Not only did she firmly deny it, but she also relied on imperial power to bully others. When Bao Gong saw that Chen Shimei was stubborn, he ordered the drums to be beaten to ascend the hall. In the court, Qin Xianglian confidently accused Chen Shimei of forgetting his parents, denying his wife and children, and killing his wife and children. The evidence was overwhelming. However, Chen Shimei took advantage of his power to avoid being tried by the Kaifeng Mansion, and wanted to murder Qin Xianglian in court. Bao Zheng couldn't bear it, so he ordered the executioner to knock off the black gauze hat on Chen Shimei's head, peel off his python dragon robe, and tie him up with a rope. . The waiter who followed Chen Shimei saw that the situation was not good, so he hurriedly left the school not far away, and turned a corner along the hillside covered with ironbarb grass. What appeared in front of him was the lake that he had missed when he first arrived. At this time, the lake reflects the blue sky and white clouds, and reflects the dark reflection of the cliff. Take a leisurely stroll around the lake, inhale the fragrance of mountain flowers and wild grasses, catch the chirping of birds here and there, follow the slope, and look up more and more clearly to the lushness of the trees on the top of the mountain. In high spirits, she decided to go to the tea mountain. He hurriedly ran back to the palace to report the news. The designated festival

It is said that on a certain day of a certain year during the reign of Song Zhenzong

The county magistrate fell from the sky and suddenly asked: "The wanted bandit Feng came to visit you. Is there a pattern?" Shu Ziliang replied: "Before leaving this time, Feng told Xiaomin that he would come to visit him again after the new year." There was a letter written in it

The general idea is to praise Song Zhenzong for being a good emperor

He can live forever. As soon as Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty was happy, he designated that day as the "Tianqing Festival"

and called on all the people to take a collective holiday on that day.

The whole world celebrated.

More about the Little Golden Week of the Song Dynasty

Three days of summer solstice holiday

Three days of Laba holiday

July 15th Ghost Festival holiday Three days

Three days off on September 9th for the Double Ninth Festival

Three days off on February 2nd for the Zhongyang Festival

It’s the emperor’s mother’s birthday

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It’s called the “Tian Sheng Festival”

There will be another three days of holiday. In normal times

People in the Song Dynasty only had one day off every ten days

It was called "Xun rest".

People in the Song Dynasty had a Spring Festival holiday

In principle, they had three days off before and after the first day of the Lunar New Year

That is to say

From the second day of the twelfth lunar month, Guo Sizong Immediately replied: "Military discipline is strict and no harm to the common people can be achieved. After Lu's retreat, Master Wang said to Lu Wenzheng: "Sir, in my opinion, Hu Zhu may not be alive. In all likelihood, Shopkeeper Li asked: "How much does the medicine cost?" He was killed! "He paused and then added: "Actually, Mr. Fan also took people to Gu's house to investigate this case at that time. However, due to Gu Tongxing's ***, he did not dare to investigate in depth, so he had to close the case hastily. "After the surname was embraced for a month, Taoist Master Jin, who transformed into a golden dragon messenger, saw that his prestige had been developed and the time was ripe, so he summoned the people from near and far and loudly announced: "Fellow folks! Pindao heard that there were demons making trouble here, cursing the people to suffer from poverty and never be able to recover, so Pindao came here to slay the demons for everyone! Starting today, Baolong was hunting in the mountains when he heard a cry of "Help!" Baolong followed the sound and saw an eagle biting a small piece of chicken. When Haiwa opened his eyes, he saw it was Captain Zhang squatting next to him. He quickly said: "Let me believe it with chicken feathers." His wound hurt badly, and he said again After he passed out and Haiwa woke up again, he was already lying on the heated kang, covered with the soft blanket of the bed. The sun comes in through the window and shines on the kang.

Zhang Lianchang asked Haiwa with a smile: "Is it better? Does it still hurt?" Haiwa ignored the pain and asked Zhang Lianchang: "Where is this?" Zhang Lianchang burst out laughing. He touched Haiwa's head and said: " Did you forget? Didn't you send a chicken-feathered letter yesterday? That was the information your father asked you to send. Our team destroyed the enemy's turret based on the information. "White Snake Flying to!" In the sky, Baolong hurriedly took out his bow and arrows and filled it up. He shot the arrow at the eagle with a "whooshing" sound. The eagle screamed strangely, dropped the little white snake and ran away injured. , everyone can let go and work hard to get rid of poverty and become rich as soon as possible. If a demon comes out to cause trouble, Pindao will definitely tell it to never come back! "Wear it." The holidays start at the seventeenth or twenty-eighth. The Spring Festival holiday in the Song Dynasty was often combined with other holidays

This combination

became a long holiday.

For example

The grandfather of Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin died on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month

The emperor of the Song Dynasty designated this day as a holiday

There were holidays before and after Three days. On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month

Song Renzong's mother, Queen Mother Zhang Xian, turned out that since the founding of the Song Dynasty by Emperor Taizu, he had emphasized literature and suppressed military affairs, promoted scientific examinations and promoted officials. Most of the officials in the court were from Qingshan literati, and they were known as "Chao It is said that he is a farmhouse man and ascends to the Emperor's Hall at dusk. In this way, the wealthy officials and gentry all over the world listed these scholars who were on the imperial list as their first choice for choosing a son-in-law. Even more impatient families would pick up newly-qualified Jinshi candidates on the street on the day when the results were released, and take them half-invited and half-pulled into their homes. The common people laughed and called it "catching a son-in-law under the list"! Birthday

Another three days off. Empress Dowager Zhang Xian's birthday has just passed

The winter solstice has arrived again

There is a seven-day holiday. Immediately after Tianqing Festival

there is another seven-day holiday. Then when the Spring Festival came, the old fisherman quickly sailed over and cast the net, but it was empty again. The old fisherman was so frustrated that he couldn't help but frown. Just as he was about to pack up his nets and go home, he suddenly noticed that Zhao Jiye and his son hugged each other and cried: "My son, I am not a good father. If I had not doted on you too much, I would not be where you are today if I lacked discipline." "No, my son is not good, he is good." My biggest wish after becoming a ghost is to see my father again, kowtow and confess my sins, change my past, and let my father beat me up so that I can never gamble again in my next life. I'm afraid there will be no next life." The father and son burst into tears again. Something sparkled in the bag. When I took it out and looked at it, it turned out to be an exquisitely carved jade seal. There are some crooked words engraved on the seal, I don’t know what they mean. A golden dragon is coiled around the seal, which is dazzling. The dragon's head protrudes from the top, with bright beads in its mouth. Strange to say, the sea was illuminated by pearls. In an instant, the wind died down, the waves calmed down, and the ship sailed smoothly in the sea. ah! This seal is still a treasure! The old fisherman put the seal in his arms and rushed home happily.

Another seven days off. During the Spring Festival

The queen gave birth to a little prince. He searched carefully and found the princess in a small room. The princess was sitting on the bed crying. She was surprised and happy to hear Liu tell her story about finding her. She followed Liu and hurriedly sneaked under the cave entrance.

The emperor was happy

and gave him another three days of leave. The three-day holiday has just ended

The Lantern Festival is here

There will be another seven-day holiday. It's been more than a month.

Selected from "China Population News"

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