In the Tang Dynasty, there were 47 holidays every year, and both the Spring Festival and the winter solstice were "golden weeks". Is it true?/You don't say.

Indeed, there were 47 holidays in the Tang Dynasty every year, and both the Spring Festival and the winter solstice were "golden weeks". The ancients set aside 24 solar terms and cultivated strictly according to the different climatic conditions of the solar terms. If the ancient society was dominated by farmland, then the cultivation of farmland was of great significance to the economic development of a dynasty, and all the holidays in the Tang Dynasty added up to 47 days, including 7 days of the Spring Festival in the first month and 7 days of the winter solstice, which were clearly recorded in the Six Codes of the Tang Dynasty.

Besides these two "Golden Weeks", officials in the Tang Dynasty have other longer holidays. Spring Festival and winter solstice are ancient traditional folk customs, mainly for officials to enjoy participation. But in addition to the two Golden Weeks, officials also have a holiday in other places, that is, the court holiday, so that officials can go home to help with farm work. This field holiday 15 days; In addition, there is a clothing holiday. When winter came, the court asked officials to go home to harvest crops, that is, harvest in autumn and prepare winter clothes in advance. This holiday is also 15 days. It can be seen that the officials in the Tang Dynasty were really happy.

When I read the history books, I also found that there was no need to go to court when someone died in the imperial court or official's family. For example, after the death of important heroes such as Wei Zhi and Guo Ziyi, the court also took five days off to mourn them. Some princes or princesses in the imperial court will also adjourn the court after their death, and officials do not have to go to court. According to historical records, you can also take a vacation when the weather is abnormal. For example, the Book of the Old Tang Dynasty recorded many words such as "It snows today, so there is no need to go to court". Together, these holidays, large and small, are almost half of the year.

Therefore, the number of holidays for officials in the Tang Dynasty is unimaginable. Unlike us now, there is only one "Golden Week" on National Day.