National Day is a national holiday established by a country to commemorate the country itself. They are usually the independence of this country, revolutions, the signing of the Constitution, the birth of the Fuhrer or other anniversaries of great significance.
In fact, ancient China had a National Day. However, this National Day is not more than the National Day.
The first word "National Day" appeared in ancient China during the Western Jin Dynasty. Xi Jin's writer Lu Machine in the article "Fifth-class Princes" has a "National Day of its own benefits, the main worry and its harm" record.
Lu's grandfather was the "Three Kingdoms" when Wu Guojun luxun. In "The Fifth Class", land machine is mainly criticizing the bad habits of officials: the country has any festive good things, these people will make some good;
The National Day here actually refers to the national celebration.
To the Tang Dynasty Tang Xuanzong Kaiyuan 17 years (729), left-hand side of the source of Qianxuan, right-hand side of Zhang said and other joint play: "Please take the day as the autumn festival, the A order, cloth in the world." ”
Tang Xuanzong Li Longji felt very reasonable to adopt this proposal, in his birthday is the fifth day of the beginning of August, this day, the courtiers salute, the people ran to celebrate the wine, lively, roaring, red and red fire. "Tang will" also recorded the celebration of the "Kiki Festival" of the event: "Every Autumn Festival, dance in the hard-working downstairs, after the banquet, will also be diligent government building." Its day is not clear, Jinwu led the ride, the fourth army chen war, the flag, by the gold armor ..."
Tang Xuanzong
From this year onwards, every year after this day, the court is in the interior to hold a grand banquet and dance tricks show, Chang'an City also has a variety of official commemorative activities, the organization of officials and people with music. "Old Tang Book, the eighth Xuanzong" reads: "Seventeen years (729) in August, on the day of the birth, feasting hundreds of staff downstairs in the flowers." Hundreds of staff table please take August 5 every year for the Autumn Festival, the following prince's donation mirror and the disclosure of the bag, the world's states salty banquet music, vacation three days, still made up for the order. from it. ”
Since then the emperor's birthday is the National Day has been implemented.
So this "National Day" in addition to obviously can not be fixed, each emperor registration on a different. In addition to the date even the name of the festival, but also with the emperor's preferences continue to change, such as Tang Xuanzong on the late autumn festival changed its name to tianyu Festival.
Tang Suzong is called "Ground Festival", Tang Xianzong is called "Downsay Festival", Tang Wenzong is called "Celebration Festival", Tang Wuzong is called "Qingyang Festival", Tang Xuanzong is called "Shouchang Festival", Tang Yuzong is called "Yanqing Festival", Tang Yuzong is called "Day of Heaven", Tang Zhaozong is called "Jia festival", Tang Yidi called "Dry Festival" and so on
Later in the Song Dynasty, the emperor's birthday was designated as a national holiday. Such as Song Taizu "Long Spring Festival", Song Taizong "Shouning Festival", Song Jinzong "Chengtian Festival", and so on. Unusually, the northern Song Dynasty celebrations, there are hundreds of 12-year-old children, dressed in colorful clothes to imitate foreigners. Dress up to give treasure to the dynasties, so as to create a world to the dynasties.
The Ming Dynasty came to the map of all countries
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperor's birthday was called "Longevity Day", which meant "Longevity without borders".
The ancient Chinese country's celebration of the event, no greater than the emperor's throne, birthday and so on. Therefore, in ancient China, the emperor was in place and his birthday was called "National Day". There was no "National Day" in the strict sense of ancient times.
Even so, the civilian population is looking forward to it. Because on this day, in order to show the "Royal Enhao", the court should be pardoned, tax relief
"National Day" this day, the people prohibited slaughter, prohibited wearing plain clothing, all wear bright clothing; Officials can have a good rest below, which is also a public holiday.
The whole country is happy and peaceful, unlike the Spring Festival, when the main streets are all decorated by the official colorful.