Modern vs ancient, which dynasty had the most holidays?

When are modern office workers happy? Naturally, it is a fixed holiday every year, so you can temporarily lose your tedious work and relax. Then, will the ancient office workers, that is, officials in the DPRK, look forward to the holidays like us? Which dynasty officials can get more holidays?

Anyone who has seen costume TV plays knows that ancient people often call a festival a rest. Of all the dynasties, only the Song people enjoyed the most holidays. Basically, they can have one-third of their vacation time every year. So the officials who took office at that time had a lot of time to go sightseeing. For example, Su Shi, a famous poet, left many famous sentences through the ages when he traveled around.

The reason why the Song Dynasty was able to formulate such a relaxed working system was because the economic level at that time developed better, even higher than that of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, emperors and ministers can rest assured to take a vacation and enjoy a good time. In addition to the seven-day holiday of winter solstice, twelfth lunar month, summer solstice, Spring Festival and Lantern Festival, officials can also get one day holiday when they meet the 24 solar terms. And they will have weekends like us, and they will be guaranteed to rest for three days after one month. In this way, their vacation days can reach 120 days or more.

At the same time, in order to have more holiday time, the Song people also created a brand-new festival-"Tianqi Festival". It can be said that compared with officials of other dynasties, the work and life of people in Song Dynasty were more relaxed and comfortable. Perhaps it was this holiday mode that made the Song Dynasty unable to maintain a state of improvement in military preparations, but showed a downward trend. So that the Song Dynasty was finally replaced by a new dynasty.