How to take a holiday in the Mid -Autumn Festival?It turns out that there are three days holidays ｜ Our festivals · oral folk customs

Cover reporter Li Yuxin

The river rafting the moon, the literati showing poetry, the lunar monthly, relatives and friends gathered a moon cake ... When talking about the Mid -Autumn Festival of the four traditional festivals, the first picture of your mind will be, where will it be? What about one picture? The Mid -Autumn Festival originated from the worship of Tianxiang, and evolved from the autumn of the autumn of ancient times. Since ancient times, the Mid -Autumn Festival has sacrificed the moon, watching the moon, eating moon cakes, watching lanterns, watching osmanthus, and drinking osmanthus wine.

At the moment, the Mid -Autumn Festival has been listed as a national statutory holiday since 2008. It is a day when people have been relaxed and leisure in their busy work, and they have been reunited with relatives and friends. So, if the time returned to more than a thousand years ago, can the ancients at that time "happy" on vacation? Is there any "holiday" saying at the time? From historical ancient books, you can get a glimpse of the ancient Mid -Autumn Festival.

It is reported that the Mid -Autumn Festival was popular in the Han Dynasty. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that it became a national festival. Since then, it has become an important folk customs in the long years. Due to historical changes, the holiday system of officials in China is very different, and the names and days are naturally not completely consistent.

According to the "Tang Liu Dian" during the Tang Kaiyuan period: "Internal and external officials have fake Ningjia festivals, which are called Yuanzheng and the winter solstice for seven days. The seventh day of the first month, the 15th day, the obscure day, the spring · autumn seconds, the February 8th, March 3, April 8, May 5, the three volts, July 7th, 15th, September, September, September On the 9th, October 1st, Lichun, Spring equinox, autumn, autumn equinox, Lixia, Lidong, every ten, and one day for vacation. "

It can be seen that in the Tang Dynasty, not only did the Japanese Festival, Qingming, Dragon Boat Festival, Qixi Festival, and Chongyang Festival have leave. Even a lot of solar terms can be vacated, and the Mid -Autumn Festival can be played for three days.

By the Song Dynasty, it welcomed the "peak period" of ancient officials' holidays. According to the "Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" by the Song Dynasty Pang Yuanying, the holidays of the Song Dynasty were 76 days a year. Among them, they wrote this: "The ancestral department is on vacation, the age of seventy days, the day, the cold food, the winter solstice seven days, the Tianqing Festival and the Shangyuan Festival are the same, the heavenly sanctuary, the summer solstice, the congenital festival, the Zhongyuan Festival,, the Zhongyuan Festival,,,,,,,,, the congenital festival, the Zhongyuan Festival,,,,,,,,下元节、降圣节、腊各三日，立春、人日、中和节、春分、社、清明、上巳、天祺节，立夏、端午、天贶节、初伏、中伏、立秋、 Tanabata, Four Fu, Society, Autumn equinox, granting clothes, Chongyang, Lidong, one day. "But in the text, no records of the Mid -Autumn Festival holiday were seen.

But came to the Yuan Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, most of the holidays were gradually canceled. The public holiday regulations promulgated by Yuan Shizu in 1264 have a total of 16 -day holidays, but Mid -Autumn Festival is not among them. Only the three important festivals of Yuanzheng, Lantern Festival and Winter Solstice were left in the Ming Dynasty to have holidays. During the Qing Dynasty, it continued the holiday regulations of the Ming Dynasty. It can be seen that during the Yuan Dynasty, the Mid -Autumn Festival did not enjoy the leisure of holidays. However, it is worth mentioning that the holidays mentioned in the article are mostly refers to the vacation of ancient officials, and ordinary people can have these holiday benefits.

Du Yan "Monthly Moon Map" in the Ming Dynasty "Moon Moon" China Art Museum Collection

"The moon is born on the sea, at this time at this time." Now, in the Mid -Autumn Festival, people can have a moment of leisure, or to appreciate the moon cake with friends and friends; or relax at home and enjoy this rare leisurely holiday day Essence

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