Interesting answer: Excluding the Most Economically Dynamic Southern and Northern Song Dynasties, and then excluding some of the Tang Dynasty periods, most periods require curfews.
A small example of a martial arts story
If you have seen a TV series called Wulin Waichuan, you will definitely remember one of the scenes, that is, the sign of the Bai Zhan Tang's robber was lost on the plaque of the Yamen.
Tong Xiangyu very much hoped to get this brand, so he sent Guo Furong out and quietly stole it back at night, but at the moment of going out, he was ignited by Bai Zhantang, followed by Lao Xing to take Guo Furong away.
Well, the specific plot placed in it will not be elaborated in detail, but simply to say a sentence that Lao Xing said, which is: According to the provisions of the Great Ming Order, how to do how to do it.
To put it simply, the Ming Dynasty imposed a curfew, that is, it was not allowed to go out at night, and as long as it was dark, it could only close the door and sleep.
Ancient ways of entertaining at night
We have excluded those ancient times when you can go to the supermarket at night, you can eat and drink, and most of the feudal dynasties can only close the door at night, please note that closing the door refers to how to play in your own house, in your own yard, how to make trouble, as long as the noise is not too loud, as long as it does not provoke the opinions of neighbors from all sides.
In other words, you can hopscotch or jump on a leather band in the yard or play a little game with your wife, and then try to create a few more villains while you are young.
Political considerations not to go out
Have you ever thought that the feudal dynasty is a bit too much? As a poor ordinary person, as a figure at the lowest level of society, I can't even go out at night, where else to reason?
But have you ever thought about such a problem: there was no camera in ancient times. In ancient times, there were not only no cameras, but also no corresponding DNA detection technology.
It seems that the above sentence is nonsense, but it is definitely not nonsense when it comes to the following sentence, if there are bad people, what to do if they do evil at night?
Anyway, there is no camera at night, and there is no DNA detection technology anyway, so why not take a machete and slash around and kill randomly? Even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu came, he couldn't catch himself, and Di Renjie couldn't do it when he came.
It's a little scary to say that, but it's true, because it's hard to catch at night when someone does something bad.
The importance of not going out
Now the question is, what if the bad guys do bad things at night and can't catch them? Since there is no way to catch bad people doing bad things at night, you are not allowed to come out at night.
All the people can't come out at night, and if you come out you're a bad person, you're going to go inside the gate and get a stick, and you're going to pay a fine. In the Wulin legend, Tong Xiangyu paid a fine of 5 yuan (later counter-offered to 3 yuan), and their monthly salary at that time was 2 yuan, which means that a person worked hard for three months or two and a half months to be able to pay the fine.
In the same way, if a person has an urgent matter, such as his wife is going to give birth, or if he needs to send a letter overnight, then you need the official documents. If you perceive that you are unwell and are very likely to go out at night, you must first get the official documents during the day and give yourself the whole pass.
Of course, if it is the kind that needs to send letters day and night, there will generally be a fixed document issued according to the deadline, and you can run casually at night with this document.
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