What are the three major festivals in the Tang Dynasty?

There was no worship or worship in the Tang Dynasty. Taking a ten-day holiday is much more difficult than our two-day and seven-day holiday. However, there are nearly 30 legal holidays (including nine solar terms) lasting about 50 days. In addition, officials can also enjoy "field leave" in May and "clothing leave" in September, each with 15 days, and the total holiday in a year is close to 120 days. This is not to mention auspicious holidays such as crowns, weddings and birthdays, as well as family leave, attendance leave, sacrifice leave, grave-sweeping leave, funeral leave, sick leave, leave of absence, costume leave, travel leave and so on. When it comes to the official holiday system, Volume II of the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty compiled by Li et al. has such a stipulation: "There are seven holidays in winter, four days in cold food, fifteen days in August, and three days in summer and wax. On the seventh and fifteenth day of the first month, it is cloudy, the Spring and Autumn Second Society, February 8, March 3, April 8, May 5, dog days, July 7, 15, September 9, October 1, beginning of spring, vernal equinox, beginning of autumn, autumnal equinox, long summer, beginning of winter, every ten days. " What festivals are these? First of all, there are three festivals: January is the first day of the first month, that is, the first day of the first year, also known as January, Zhengri and New Year's Day. Winter solstice is also called "Winter Festival" and "Great Winter Festival", and it was called "Dragon solstice" in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Tomb-Sweeping Day is the only solar term among the 24 solar terms that has evolved into a folk festival. One or two days ago, Tomb-Sweeping Day banned fire and only ate cold food, which was called "Cold Food Festival". In the early Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated to give four days off, but later it was changed to seven days. Major sacrificial activities should be arranged in these festivals. Volume VI of Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty and Volume VI of Shangshu Punishments record: "Official households, handmaiden days, winter solstice days and cold food are closed for three days." Slaved people are given leave. It can be seen that the Tang Dynasty attached importance to three major festivals: New Year's Day (Jacky), winter solstice and cold food (Qingming). In addition, there are three holidays for three days: August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, which is a day to enjoy the moon and get together, and has been designated as a national holiday since the Tang Dynasty; Summer solstice is the fourth solar term after summer, and it is the longest day and the shortest night in a year. Wax, originally a sacrificial name, later refers to the twelfth lunar month, that is, the first day of the twelfth lunar month. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties,1February 8 (the day of Sakyamuni's enlightenment) was designated as the twelfth lunar month, or the third day after winter was designated as wax. Holidays given to 1 day are: the seventh day of the first month is also called People's Day, People's Day or People's Victory Day; The fifteenth day of the first month is Shangyuan Festival, that is, Lantern Festival, which is called "Sanyuan Festival" together with Zhongyuan Festival on July 15th and Xiayuan Festival on October 15th. A dark day means the 30th (or 29th) of this month. In the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, the dark day of the first month was regarded as the Zhonghe Festival. In the fifth year of Zhenyuan (789), Zhonghe Festival was changed to February 1st, which was regarded as Sun's birthday (Zhonghe Festival, Shangsi Festival and Chung Yeung Festival were collectively called "Sanling Festival"). Zhongshe and Qiushe are two festivals in ancient China in spring and autumn, which are usually held on the fifth day after the solar terms in Mary and in beginning of autumn. February 8 is the day when Buddha Sakyamuni became a monk, and April 8 is the Buddha's Birthday Festival, also known as the Buddha's Birthday Festival or the Buddha's Bathing Festival; March 3 is the Shangsi Festival, also known as Siyuan Festival, Xiuze Festival and Water-splashing Festival; May 5th is the Dragon Boat Festival, also known as Dragon Boat Festival, Chongwu and Duanyang. Taoism calls this festival Dila Festival, and the Tang people also call it Tianzhong Festival. The third Geng day after long summer is called the first fu, the fourth Geng day is called the middle fu, and the first Geng day after beginning of autumn is called the final fu (last fu), which is always called the dog days; July 7th is the Beggar's Day, also known as Qixi Festival. According to legend, it is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet in Tianhe. July 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Orchid Festival and Ghost Festival. September 9th is the Double Ninth Festival, also known as Double Ninth Festival, Ascending Festival, Cornus officinalis Festival, Autumn Equinox Festival and Vegetarian Festival. Now it's also called Respect for the Elderly Day. The first day of October is the Cold Clothes Festival, and the weather is getting colder. People burn clothes, shoes and hats made of paper and bamboo to pay homage to their ancestors, which is simply called "Clothing Burning Festival" in Jiangnan. There are also six festivals, namely beginning of spring, Equinox, beginning of autumn, Equinox, Long Summer and beginning of winter, which are also false. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty advocated Taoism, took February 15th as Laozi's birthday and ordered a national holiday. From the17th year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the birthday of Emperor Xuanzong on August 5th every year was regarded as "Qian Qiu Festival". At the beginning of Tianbao, it was renamed "Tianchang Festival", and the whole country had a three-day holiday. In addition, there are still some festivals in the Tang Dynasty that are not explicitly given holidays. For example, on the 23rd day of the first month, it is said that this day is the day when Nu Wa tried to mend the sky. On this day, the folk custom takes pancakes as offerings and puts them on the roof as sacrifices. In addition, "February 2, the dragon looks up" is called "Spring Dragon Festival". April 1 day Qinghe Festival is a special festival in the Tang Dynasty, which was gradually forgotten by people after the Song and Ming Dynasties ... The seasons lit up people's daily lives, and people in the Tang Dynasty loved life very much and enjoyed it very much. On many festivals, they make religious sacrifices, remember their ancestors, have friendly parties and banquets with relatives and friends, and have many customs in food and clothing, such as clothing, entertainment and giving gifts to each other. Every festival is both elegant and popular, full, vivid and colorful.