Introduction: In ancient times, they paid great attention to red tape, and at that time, they advocated Confucianism, and everyone paid great attention to etiquette, righteousness, and shame. Festivals and customs also need to abide by a lot of rules, especially in the imperial palace, there are more rules, the emperor has a lot of things can not do, when the emperor Guangxu, he lived in the palace, but also by a variety of constraints, in the New Year, the emperor's itinerary is arranged very full, almost no time to rest.
As the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, every detail is the top priority, and his manners and behavior represent the country, so he must always pay attention. Etiquette in the harem is also very cumbersome, and every process can be reflected. However, everyone should have doubts, at that time, could the Guangxu Emperor act arbitrarily in the New Year? This is not the case, after the Guangxu Emperor succeeded to the throne, every year on the first day of the New Year, the Guangxu Emperor had a lot of things to do.
In the morning, the Guangxu Emperor would get up at 2 a.m., and it was not yet light at that time. The Guangxu Emperor put on his New Year's clothes, at this time there will be someone to serve him, after which the Guangxu Emperor will go to the ceremony of sacrificing the gods and ancestors, and all the Guangxu Emperor has to do is to pick incense, and at the same time, he will also set off cannonballs. Wherever the Guangxu Emperor went, the cannon battles would be placed there.
After all these things were busy, the Guangxu Emperor could go to Dongnuan Pavilion to rest and have breakfast by the way, after which the Guangxu Emperor was even busier. It was necessary to go to Empress Dowager Cixi to ask for peace, and then the Guangxu Emperor had to accept the courtesy of the ministers, and there were also empresses and other concubines who saluted the Guangxu Emperor, and these ceremonies had very strict requirements, which must be done according to the regulations, and there could be no half slackness. Prostration is not an ordinary prostration, but three kneels and three prayers.
From this point of view, the rules in the palace are really very much, when the Guangxu Emperor arrived at the Ningshou Palace, waiting for Empress Dowager Cixi, at that time There was a place to watch the drama in the Ningshou Palace, which was also a hobby of Empress Dowager Cixi, she very much liked to watch big dramas, and during the Spring Festival, many plays would also be staged. After Empress Dowager Cixi arrived, accompanied by the Guangxu Emperor, they watched the drama together, and later, after the play was over, the Guangxu Emperor left alone, and he had to continue the subsequent journey.
At that time, the Guangxu Emperor still had to go out, this process was more cumbersome, the Guangxu Emperor needed to pass through the Shenwu Gate, and then leave the Forbidden City, and needed to go to the Gao Xuan Hall to pick up incense and perform rituals. Then the Guangxu Emperor returned to the Forbidden City. Moreover, a banquet was set up at the Tianqing Palace to entertain the clan relatives, after which the Guangxu Emperor also returned to the Yueshi Building to accompany Empress Dowager Cixi to watch the play. After dinner, Empress Dowager Cixi was sent back to the palace, after which the Guangxu Emperor could rest at the Yangxin Hall.
After such a process, it is completely over. It seems that the Guangxu Emperor, as an emperor, is really very tired, the Guangxu Emperor needs to do so many things, and just for the New Year, there must be so many rules, and the etiquette must also be in accordance with the regulations, and it cannot be easily wrong, so as not to cause others to laugh. So the emperors are not as glamorous as we think, and they have to be so tired during the New Year, they have to get up in the middle of the night.
Unlike when we have, we can also sleep until the end of the day during the New Year. For the emperor, it is estimated that the New Year is the last day he wants to live. Sleeping in has also become a luxury. Moreover, in the ancient feudal society, those etiquettes were very complicated, and the imperial palace paid attention to various etiquettes, and if there was no special process to learn, it could not be easily mastered.
Conclusion: We have also seen in film and television dramas that there are many people in the palace who need to perform rituals. The emperor had to do more rituals, but the only people who could make the emperor bow down were the ancestors, gods, and empresses. The emperor does not need to perform rituals easily, but during the sacrifices and festivals, there are some things that must be done, then there are people around the emperor who will mention points, and there are eunuchs who tell you what needs to be done.