Holiday days in ancient times in our country

Since the Han Dynasty, government agencies have stipulated a day off every five days, called "five days off". In the Tang Dynasty, it was changed to "Ten Days Off", with one day off every ten days. On holiday days, the office activities of government agencies are still carried out. For example, when Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty was on vacation, he often had Shangguan Jie go to work for him, which was probably to take a rotational break.

In addition to regular holiday days, there are also holidays. The Mid-Autumn Festival of the Tang Dynasty gave three days of leave and four days of cold food and Qingming; The winter solstice of the Ming Dynasty gave three days of leave and ten days of lanterns. In addition, there are "emergency holidays", which are used by officials to deal with urgent family affairs, limited to sixty days a year.

There have been strict rules for the holidays of officials throughout the ages. The Tang Dynasty stipulated that on the day of the expiration of the three-pin or more leave, it was necessary to report to the Yamen, otherwise it would be punished with a month of Punishment. Some were also removed from their official positions as a result.

People who take their turn to take time off are of course free to move around on vacation days. However, it is common to wash your hair and take a shower on a holiday day. Therefore, the ancient holiday day is also called "rest mu" (washing hair) or "rest bath" (bath), it seems that rest is to bathe. It is no wonder that because ancient men had hair in a bun, their hair was long, and it was very laborious to wash it once, so there was also a description of washing their heads in the sun in the "Chu Ci".

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, as Western missionaries entered our country, the religious term "Sunday" began to appear in China. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Practice of Sunday Rest system, which rests once every seven days, was introduced.