China has been a nation that respects the old and loves the young since ancient times, and in ancient times, when an old man was old, he would receive items specially rewarded by the state, and the elderly had certain privileges. After the establishment of the Qing Dynasty, by the time of Kangxi, he himself lived a relatively long time, so he felt that he should inherit and carry forward this tradition.
In the 52nd year of Kangxi, that is, in 1713 AD, in order to celebrate his birthday and his great deeds, the 60-year-old Kangxi ordered the old people of the world to rush to the capital to celebrate their birthday, and he provided free food and accommodation to these old people. Because Kangxi wrote the poem "The Feast of a Thousand Sorrows" at the banquet, the name of the Feast of a Thousand Sorrows was passed down.
In the sixty-first year of Kangxi, the 69-year-old Kangxi, in order to wish himself his 70th birthday, once again mobilized the old people of the world to come to the capital to congratulate him, and in the interplay between the worries and chips, he thought that he had done so many things in his life, and now there are so many old people congratulating himself, so he wrote a poem to encourage himself:
"Sexual theory is in the heavens and the earth, and the scriptures assist the country and the dynasty."
Don't exhaust the people's efforts, don't make the atmosphere of the world.
Do not miss the agricultural and mulberry affairs, you must be light inside and outside.
The wind is high, the forest birds are quiet, and the rain foot road is dusty.
Inspection can be hidden, and hiding can be shaken.
Although the mulberry elm is twilight, the pine is frost withered.
Long-term cultivation of spring is flourishing, and leniency is strict and gentle.
Fatigue should be unavoidable, and the more ashamed it is. ”
Because these two activities were very large, and the impact at that time was also particularly large, the children and grandchildren of Kangxi later were particularly envious of Kangxi's virtues, which could allow so many old people to celebrate their birthdays, and Qianlong, who was also relatively long-lived, simply imitated his grandfather and also held two thousand feasts.
This time the pomp was not at all smaller than Kangxi's time, it is said that even the old man in his 140s came, during which there was a 141-year-old man, which surprised Qianlong very much, so Shi Xing Dafa wrote a shanglian for this old man:
"Flower armor reopened, plus three or seven years"
Ji Xiaolan, who was present, immediately said to the next couplet:
"Ancient rare double celebration, more once spring and autumn"
Qianlong, who was also an old man, felt particularly happy when he gathered with this group of old people, so he followed the example of his grandfather Kangxi and made a poem "The Feast of a Thousand Sorrows":
"There is no need to be more cunning, but the actual event is a feast."
Remembering the sun, he was amazed that he would give the year to his hand.
The Ninth Reunion of the Emperor and the Emperor of Heaven, the National Day of Heaven and the Spring Extension.
The grandchildren feasted on two thousands of people, and Shi Ce spared him. ”
Originally, this was a good opportunity for Qianlong to show that he loved the elderly and cherished the people, but he didn't know what was going on, and most of these old people who participated in the Feast of the Thousand Sorrows fell ill after returning home, and then they died.
Could it be that Qianlong was jealous when he saw that these old men had lived longer than himself, so he poisoned them to death in the meal?
No matter how stupid Qianlong was, he would not have done such a boring thing, and there was originally another hidden plot in this.
Most of these elderly people who participated in the Thousand Sorrows Feast were over 60 years old, and the requirements of qianlong's second Thousand Sorrows Banquet were over 70 years old, and the elderly at such an old age were originally relatively old in their body systems. And in ancient times, we did not have the current high-speed rail, airplane, to go out of the door can only drive a carriage to swing over - how many old men can withstand this kind of bump?
Coupled with the timing of Qianlong's banquet at that time was also not considered thoughtfully, he held a thousand feasts in the cold winter, think of a group of old men, the time to rush over must be different, at this time, wait for everyone to eat after they arrive, surely the meals are cold, a group of 70-year-old people who have experienced bumps will eat a "cold dish" again, how many can not get sick?
After participating in the feast of a thousand monks, these old people from all over the world could not rest in the palace, or they had to rush back immediately, which was another rush all the way, all the way to the cold, so after returning home, many people were infected with wind and cold and died because of it.
Thinking about it, this was really a mistake of Qianlong, originally for those old people, it was a happy thing to be summoned by the emperor, and as a result, after returning home, they would have to do a funeral.