When is the execution date?

There are also certain restrictions on the specific implementation date. According to the regulations of the Tang Dynasty, the death penalty shall not be executed on the big memorial day, the Qi anniversary, the new moon, the full moon, the first quarter moon, the second quarter moon, the broken moon, the twenty-four solar terms, holidays and rainy days. In the Ming Dynasty, there were days when punishment was forbidden, that is, the first day, the eighth day, the fourteenth day, the fifteenth day, the eighteenth day, the twenty-third day, the twenty-fourth, the twenty-eighth, the twenty-ninth day and the thirtieth day of each month, plus twenty-four solar terms, rainy days, sunny days, big festivals and leap months. Besides, there are only a handful of days in a year when the death penalty can be executed.

On the day when it can be executed, the specific execution time is also stipulated. If the execution must wait until noon during the day, if the execution must wait until dawn at night, this has been the practice of past dynasties. This is true in ancient historical records and descriptions in novels and operas. For example, in the early Qing Dynasty, the legendary "Weiyangtian" of Zhu was beaten into a confession and sentenced to death. The scheduled execution date is 1 1 month 17, three minutes after Yin Shi, which is in line with the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the supervisor had to wait until dawn to carry out it. Because the grievances of Mi Xintu touched heaven, it was dark that night. Until nine o'clock, officials sent by the court to review the case arrived and saved Mi Xintu's life.