What is a clothing leave?

"The Book of the New Tang Dynasty" records that "every student knows two classics, and a gentleman knows three classics and is willing to stay. Four students make up for imperial academy, and business students make up for imperial academy. There is a holiday in May and a holiday in September every year. "

The official school in the Tang Dynasty is very humanized, which is manifested in its holiday system, with field leave in May and clothing leave in September.

In addition to the regular "ten-day holiday", government schools have a day off after every ten-day exam. Seasonal holidays are "field holiday" and "clothing holiday"

When the farm is busy in May and the winter clothes are ready to be changed in September, students go home to visit relatives for one month at a time.

The holiday is allowed to be extended as appropriate if the home is far from school or there are important things at home. But if it is postponed all the time, it will cause him to drop out of school.

The field holiday is in the busy season of agriculture, in the main wheat producing areas in the north, during the busiest time of summer harvest and summer sowing, between Xiaoman and Mangzhong in the 24 solar terms, that is, from the end of May to the beginning of June in the solar calendar.

Clothing holiday is to prepare warm clothes in September. In ancient times, when clothes were given in September, it was necessary to prepare warm clothes. The book of songs "The Wind in July" says: "Fire comes in July, and clothes are given in September." Mao Chuan said, "The frost in early September can give women winter clothes."