Red House Yuyu Clarification

Time passed quickly, inadvertently, today's birthday is getting closer and closer.During this period, all parts of the country, whether it is the folks, the palace, or the family of officials and officials, are making intensive preparations.After all, the birthday of the Son of Heaven is not an ordinary day.In the folk, when ordinary people celebrate their birthdays, it is nothing more than buying a new set of clothes and sitting around with the whole family to eat something good.If it is a wealthy family with a wealthy family, it will hold a big banquet for relatives and friends. If it is more generous, the host family will give some red envelopes to the younger generation of the family and give more monthly silver to the servants of the family.If the official family celebrates the birthday, the ostentation will be more particular. After all, most of the guests who come to pay respects to the birthday are rich or expensive.The greater the official title, the greater the ostentation. Not only is there a lot of traffic, but for those who are more luxurious, there will also be singing, dancing, juggling and theater troupes to add to the fun.For example, Jia Jing from Ningguo Mansion before.Jia Jing is the grandson of Ning Guogong Jia Yan, the second son of Jia Daihua, the hereditary first-class supernatural general of the Jingying Jiedushi, and the father of Jia Zhen.He is a Jinshi of the Bingchen Division, but he is obsessed with Taoism. He is practicing in the Xuanzhen Temple outside the capital, burning alchemy and refining mercury, and he doesn't care about other things.When it was his birthday, Jia Zhen threw a big banquet in the mansion, and invited the theater troupe and jugglers to add to the fun.Jia's mansion is a duke's mansion, and the ancestors of Ningrong and Rongguo's mansions are both state dukes, especially later, Yuan Chun of Rongguo mansion entered the palace and became a concubine.For Ningrong and Rongfu, this is tantamount to adding fuel to the flames, adding icing on the cake, and they can be regarded as relatives of the same family.

Of course, not all dignitaries like to show off like this, and there are very few exceptions.For example... Daiyu's father - Lin Ruhai.The ancestor of Lin Ruhai once attacked Liehou, and now he has been in Ruhai for five generations.At the beginning, only the third generation was enshrined, because today's Long En Shengde is far ahead of the previous generation, with extra grace, the father of Zhi Ruhai inherited another generation; Zhi Ruhai was born in Kedi.Lin Ruhai's surname is Lin and his name is Hai, and his name is Ruhai.It is Tanhua with a previous record, and now he has been promoted to the doctor of Lantai Temple. He was born in Gusu, and is now hand-picked as the censor of Yanyan.When it comes to Lin Ruhai's family background, official position, future and income, it is not comparable to ordinary officials.The Lin family has always been a noble relative on the royal booklet, and the inspector censor is a fat job, but Lin Ruhai happens to be one of those unconventional members.

Another example is the father of the current Empress Liu Pingting——Liu Qingfeng, who was originally the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment and is now the current head of state.Although the family background of the Liu family is not comparable to that of the Lin family, it is also a generation of scholars.Liu Qingfeng is very diligent and rigorous as an official. For decades, there has never been any corruption or illegality, nor has there been any unjust case or malpractice for personal gain.Even after Liu Pingting was selected into the harem, and later named imperial concubine, and then promoted to be the empress of the main palace, Liu Qingfeng also acted very low-key, never doing extravagant and extravagant things, but became more diligent and thrifty, and treated the family's subordinates People are becoming more and more strict.This is what Shui Jing admires most about him.

Of course, if it's the emperor's or queen's birthday, that's another matter.The birthday of the Son of Heaven is naturally to be celebrated with great fanfare.The first is the tribute from each state and county, and then the world will be amnesty, and after that, there will be a royal court feast.As for the tributes paid by these local officials, they are a bit particular, depending on whether they are rich or poor.Whether the local officials are clean or greedy.During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong celebrated his birthday, and the emperor invited all the officials to eat and drink in Huae Tower.Hundreds of officials entered the longevity wine, offering gold mirror ribbons and silk woven bags.The whole country celebrates and has three days off.The Qianqiu Festival is celebrated on three days, which shows its prosperity.In the Northern Song Dynasty, on the emperor's birthday, all officials entered the palace to celebrate his birthday, and held a feast to celebrate the emperor's blessings.There must be 10 teams of children dancing in the celebration, which is very interesting.There are more than 200 children around 12 years old dancing in the children's team, red, purple, silver and green, colorful, brocade jackets, wearing jade crowns, head wraps, dancing swords, holding brocade battles, holding treasure plates, crossing carved arrows, and pretending to be barbarians Come to court to present treasures, the scene is lively and spectacular.

When Shuijing's ancestor became emperor, he mainly summed it up in eight words: "Celebrate with the whole world, and the world is amnesty".

The emperor's birthday is called Wanshou Festival, which means longevity without boundaries.The big officials of the feudal borders, high-level officials and central government officials from all over the country need to celebrate the emperor's birthday.On the Longevity Day, the emperor received congratulations and gifts from princes and officials in the palace.The birthday rites paid by princes and officials are very particular, which can basically be summed up by the three words "exquisite, precious, and strange".Most of the birthday gifts are exquisite handicrafts such as ruyi, bonsai, clocks, screens, lacquerware, weaving and embroidery, and the content is based on the theme of blessing, longevity and auspiciousness.The birthday gifts highlight the implication of praying for blessings and birthdays not only from the decoration but also from the shape.

After presenting the birthday gift, the emperor will entertain his ministers.The Royal Golden Dragon Banquet is extraordinarily sumptuous and has strong Manchu characteristics. "Birthday Banquet" has 28 hot dishes, 29 cold dishes, [-] soup dishes, [-] side dishes, [-] fresh fruits, [-] melons, candied fruits, and [-] snacks, cakes, cakes and other noodles. One hundred and nine products.The dishes are mainly chicken, duck, goose, pig, deer, sheep, pheasant, and wild boar, supplemented by fungus, bird's nest, mushrooms, mushrooms, etc.After the emperor took his seat, the banquet began, and hot dishes and soups were served.After the meal, offer milk tea.After that, remove the banquet table.Then set wine and dinner.The birthday banquet lasts for four hours. It is arranged at noon, held at noon, and ends at noon.

During the Longevity Festival, folk slaughtering is prohibited, and criminals are officially prohibited from beheading criminals. Plain clothing is uniformly prohibited among the people, and all must be brightly colored clothing.From the imperial court to the local governments, they ignored the government affairs related to criminal cases for several days.Princes and officials also wear official uniforms according to the system.

On this day, in the capital, wherever the emperor went, the responsible government departments would decorate the main streets with colorful paintings, cloth, new buildings, etc., and sing and dance everywhere.The civil and military officials of the local governments will set up incense cases and salute in the direction of the capital to congratulate the emperor on his longevity.

But it is said that in order to celebrate the emperor's birthday this year, some officials deliberately organized a beauty pageant among the people.This beauty pageant has no restrictions on areas, no matter which state capital or county the girl is from, as long as she is fifteen years old, has outstanding appearance, regardless of rich or poor, or her origin, she can participate.But all the outstanding ones selected will be sent to teach singing and dancing, and will be sent to the palace as gifts on the emperor's birthday, and will perform dances at the banquet... For the girls in the court, this is a golden opportunity.

However, not most girls are willing to participate in this kind of beauty pageant.For example, the ladies of the real official families; for example, some daughters from famous families who came from a scholarly family;Therefore, it is conceivable that those who are willing to participate in the beauty pageant are from some background.For this beauty pageant, the official circles naturally made a lot of publicity, saying that "there is no wild flower fragrance in the house flower". For those who are good at hunting for beauty, this is definitely the best opportunity.Not only can you feast your eyes, but if you are lucky, you might even enrich your own outer house.