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The festivals of the Tang Dynasty, which are generally days of celebration or remembrance, are mainly divided into birthdays and festivals.

Birthday festival, simply put is a birthday, before the Sui and Tang dynasties, very few activities to celebrate the birthday of the Sui and Tang dynasties are in their own birthdays to remember the birth of their parents, and not for their own birthdays to celebrate. The Tang Emperor Xuanzong set up a birthday festival on August 5, 17th of the first year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, and officially established a birthday festival, the Thousand Autumns Festival, also known as the Day of the Longest Day of the Year (a trick that was picked up by the Japanese). The whole country took one to three days off to celebrate the festival with feasts, pardons, poems and music, and gifts for officials. The whole country takes a day or three off to celebrate the festival with a feast, an amnesty, poems and music, and gifts for the officials. At the time of the festival, the monks and scholars were also given a wide berth, slaughtering was suspended, and the sentence was passed to show the great kindness of the Emperor. In the Tang Dynasty, Buddhism and Taoism prevailed and Buddha's Birthday and Laozi's Birthday were also celebrated as festivals, with April 8 being the official Buddha's Birthday and February 15 being the official Laozi's Birthday. The whole country takes a day off to celebrate.

Festivals:

Festivals in the Tang Dynasty, there are both official and traditional festivals, including:

1. New Year's Day

New Year's Day is the first day of the year, i.e., the first day of the first month, which is also known as the first day of the first month, the first day of the first month, the first day of the first month, and so on, and it is quite valued by the people of the Tang Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, the night of New Year's Eve and New Year's Day morning is the same side by side, the formation of the "year-end" custom, that is, people from the night of New Year's Eve has been happy to the New Year's Day dawn, through the sky to the day, the whole night without stopping. At this time, thousands of families reunion, set up a banquet, while singing and dancing entertainment, but also burning paper money, ancestor worship, and firecrackers, to ward off ghosts and evil. At that time, the firecracker is a dry bamboo on the fire burning, so that the crisp sound, it is also known as popping rod. The first day of the first month of the year, the beginning of the year, is the day of the Son of God sitting in the morning court to be congratulated, the bureaucrats and officials in dress to enter the court, congratulations to the Son of God. Foreign officials are required to pay their respects to the Emperor. Folk on New Year's Day is also very important, the first day of the first month, firecrackers to drive away evil spirits, followed the custom of the Han Dynasty, get together and drink to celebrate, invite guests to a banquet, with a peach charm in order to ward off evil.

2, People's Day

The seventh day of the first month, the Tang court often in the People's Day Banquet group of ministers to enjoy the snow, rewarded colorful silk, so that their poems. People day, Tang prevailing color cutting, color cutting for flowers, trees, chickens, etc., lifelike, if the people day just as spring, then cut double color. Tang people are also accustomed to this day to climb high, travel.

3, on the Yuan

Tang Dynasty to the first month of the 15th, July 15, October 15 for the upper, middle and lower Sanyuan. During this period, slaughtering and fishing were prohibited.

Shangyuan (later known as the Lantern Festival) lanterns, lantern watching is also unique. The night of the Lantern Festival is also known as the Lantern Festival because of its focus on lanterns. In the Tang Dynasty, the gates were closed at sunset, and people were not allowed to walk. If the first three nights before and after the 15th day of the first month, the gates are not closed, and you can go out to burn lanterns and watch lanterns. The night of the New Year's Eve is the most wonderful in Chang'an, the capital city, where all kinds of colored lanterns compete with each other, and people come out of the city to watch the lanterns, and are surrounded by the crowd, which is very enthusiastic. Xuanzong to publicize its peace and prosperity, specially changed the festival for three nights, from the fourteenth night of the first month, three nights in a row more than carnival. On the first yuan festival, also held a lot of singing and dancing activities, in order to step on the song for the feast, people in groups, arm in arm, step on the ground for the festival, while singing and dancing, the joyful and lively atmosphere, so that people like intoxicated. Tang said: "the new full moon night, especially when watching the lights." Outside of the capital, other major cities such as Hangzhou, Shazhou, Jiangling and Xiangyang also have celebrations.

The festival is celebrated during the daytime with songs, dances and dramas, as well as the preparation of beautiful offerings to pray for a good harvest in the coming year.

4, Zhonghe

Zhonghe Festival in February 1, "the old story of Wulin" in "February 1 is called Zhonghe Festival, the Tang people are most important" Tang Dezong Zhenyuan five-year edict: "from now on, it is appropriate to February 1 for the Zhonghe Festival, to replace the first month of the day of obscurity, the number of the festival of the three orders, inside and outside of the Department of Justice, to give the leave of absence. One day."

On the festival of Zhonghe, all the officials in the capital presented agricultural books, and the farmers presented grain seeds. The emperor banned slaughtering for one day. The Emperor held a banquet with his ministers and officials, and the banquet featured music of the Broken Front and nine sections, as well as special Zhonghe music and dance performances. The banquet was not dispersed until late in the evening. The central government ordered the officials of all levels to hold separate banquets to celebrate the banquets.

5. Social Day

Social Day, from the Han to the Tang Dynasty, is celebrated. Usually to the spring and autumn after the fifth day of e for the spring and autumn society. In the 18th year of the reign of Emperor Kaiyuan, it was decreed that "the state capitals of the world should stop sacrificing animals in the spring and the fall, as well as releasing the memorials, and use only wine and preserved meat, which would be the usual practice forever."

6, cold food, Qingming

Winter solstice one hundred and five days after the Cold Food Festival, banning fires for three days, can only eat cold food, so it is also known as the "Cold Festival". Two days after the Cold Food Festival is Qingming. Due to the close proximity of the two festivals, the Tang people often combined the two festivals together. The Tang people emphasized the Cold Food Festival. The Sixth Tang Dynasty Canon ◎ False Ning Order: "Cold food is four days after Qingming (vacation)".

In addition to cold food during the festival, it was customary to visit the graves, and to wear willow hairpins when returning from the graves, which was said to be "if you don't wear a willow at Ching Ming, you will turn your face into a white head". The cold food and the tomb sweeping are not allowed to have fun. During the Cold Food and Qingming Festival, all kinds of recreational and sports activities, such as cockfighting, dogfighting, acrobatics and so on, were prevalent. Tang people often go out for picnics and kite flying.

7, Shangsi Festival

March 3 for the Tang Dynasty, one of the three orders of the festival, the government allocations, so that the hundred officials to chase the reward for the fun. As usual, the emperor gave a banquet at the Qujiang Pavilion, to sing and dance. In addition to the Purification, people mainly went on spring excursions and "trekking" activities. Repair of purification is people in the festival have come to the rivers and islets, ponds and swamps of the water, to spring water to wash dirt, to remove diseases and illnesses, to drive away evil spirits, and play in the water to play, play and have fun. Treading the green is people come together to the countryside, looking for spring flowers, feast and meet friends, or chatting, or singing, and enjoy the nature of the bright spring light. On the third day of March, Chang'an people would come out of the city on this day, so that the whole city was boiling with excitement. Du Fu De's "Liren Xing" says: "The weather is new on March 3, and there are many beautiful people by the water in Chang'an."

8, Dragon Boat Festival

Tang Dynasty, the fifth day of each month can be called Dragon Boat Festival. However, the most recorded Dragon Boat Festival is the fifth day of the fifth month. The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as Duan Yang Festival, Duan Wu Festival and Chong Wu Festival. Festival, people in addition to eating zongzi, drink xionghuang wine, tie color silk, hanging scented sachets, but also held a dragon boat racing show and fight the hundred grass activities. Dragon boat race is especially prevalent in the southern water towns, the race on the water ten thousand boats together, the water waves, boat rowing, the audience shouted, sound vibration heaven and earth, wonderful warm. Duanwu is the official festival of the Tang Dynasty, and it is a competition to see who has the most varieties of flowers and plants. Duanwu is an official festival of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court holds banquets and offers a large number of rewards according to customary practice.

9, Tanabata

The seventh day of the seventh month of the summer calendar for the Tanabata Festival, is the legendary day of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl magpie bridge meeting. On the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, people set up offerings of flowers, fruits, wine and preserved meat, play the strings of the zither, and beg for prayers to the sky. In the book, "The Remains of Kaiyuan Tianbao", it is written: "Fruits, wine and rice are displayed to honor the two stars of the Ox and the Maiden." "The Qingshang ceremony was held for a long time, and the families of the people followed its example." The women begged the Weaving Maiden for coquettishness by threading needles and threads, hoping to have a pair of skillful hands like the Weaving Maiden. The Tang poet Lin Jie's poem "Begging for a Handicraft" reads: "On the eve of Tanabata, we see the blue sky, holding hands with the Weaving Maiden across the river bridge. Every family looks at the moon in autumn and wears tens of thousands of red threads."

10, in the yuan

Tang Dynasty, a variety of religions prevailed, secular people and Buddhist and Taoist believers to July 15 as a holiday. According to Taoism, on July 15, the earth's officials descend to determine what is good and what is bad on earth. Monasteries often held bon festivals on July 15th. Offerings are made to the Three Jewels. Monks and laypeople often gather at temples on July 15 for rituals and entertainment.

11. Mid-Autumn Festival

August 15, which is the halfway point of the three autumns, is called the Mid-Autumn Festival, and it is the night when the moon is the brightest, and the festival is very good. Therefore, the Tang people good mid-autumn moon, especially by the literati keen. Bai Juyi said in a poem: "The moon is so bright in the fall that I want to invite you to enjoy it with me." The moon is also often accompanied by a banquet and orchestra, drinking to the moon to pay for the combination of fun and elegant style. According to legend, Emperor Tang Xuanzong was enjoying the moon in his palace on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, when the immortal Luo Gongyuan, as a guide, invited him to swim up to the Moon Palace, where he "saw hundreds of nymphs, all dressed in plain clothes, dancing in the wide court." The Tang Emperor then memorized the dance music of the fairies, returned to earth, and composed the "Nishang Yuyi Song" according to the tone of the song. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a folk festival, not as grand as official festivals.

12, Chongyang

September 9, the Tang Dynasty as an official holiday. The government rewarded, let the officials at public expense to choose their own travel routes for vacation and recreation. Chrysanthemum Day, climbing high, insert dogwood to ward off evil spirits as an ancient custom. In addition to holding activities, drinking chrysanthemum wine, dogwood bags, but also poems, sent feelings. Climbing is the main activity of the Chongyang Festival, to climb to the high place that is, to climb to the mountains, mainly, but also the city, platforms, towers, buildings and so on. People often use this to express their feelings and aspirations, the content of health and elegance. In late autumn, chrysanthemums alone, loved by the Tang Dynasty, can be said to be "full of golden armor". The Tang people often invited their friends to enjoy chrysanthemums at the time of Chung Yeung Festival, and made wine and poems, which made them happy. When people go out to climb up the mountain, "hairpin chrysanthemums" is a custom that has been passed down for a long time. Another custom is the insertion of Cornus officinalis, which means that "when one knows that a brother is climbing up to a high place, he inserts Cornus officinalis all over the place."

13, New Year's Eve

The last day of the year is New Year's Eve. In the Tang Dynasty, Dunhuang Buddhist temple by the "big year day" is often celebrated together with the first day of the year. New Year's Eve symbolizes the end of the year and the coming of the New Year. Tang Dynasty in the winter of each year there are still exorcism and other rituals, "Documentary General" in: "all counties exorcise" classification, there are still such traditions.

Tang Dynasty, from the court to the people, attaches great importance to the old and welcome the new, the emperor gave feasts, feasts up to the day. New Year's Eve, the door or open or closed, or light candles, all night long, the whole family, old and young, get together to celebrate the New Year, drink and sing, and prepare for the New Year's feast. New Year's Eve is over and the New Year begins. Last night and this morning, separated from last year and this year, week after week, cycle after cycle.