The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Lantern Festival
The Lantern Festival, also known as the "Shangyuan Festival", means the first full moon night in the new year. Taoism once called the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the year the Shangyuan Festival, and the fifteenth day of the seventh month as the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Yuan Festival, October 15th is Xiayuan Festival, collectively known as "Three Yuan". The gods worshiped by Five Pecks of Rice in the late Han Dynasty are Tianguan, Diguan and Shuiguan. It is said that Tianguan blesses blessings, Diguan forgives sins, and Shuiguan relieves misfortune.
And use three yuan to match the three officials, saying that Shangyuan Tianguan was born on the 15th of the first lunar month, Zhongyuan Diguan was born on the 15th of July, and Xianyuan Shuiguan was born on October 15th. In this way, the 15th day of the first lunar month is called Shangyuan Festival.
In the previous Tang Dynasty, Taoism was respected as a right, so every Lantern Festival must be attended by the emperor in person to formally worship. Because Taizu of the Wei Dynasty also raised his army in the name of "restoring the Tang Dynasty", the Lantern Festival of the Wei Dynasty was also celebrated.
Very formal
Early in the morning, the royal family, eight aristocratic families, and officials of the fourth rank or above in Beijing need to go to the Ancestral Temple with the emperor to worship. After that, the emperor will have a banquet for all the ministers. Because this banquet lasts until the end of the lantern festival, it is also called "
Lantern Festival"
Although the Wei Dynasty was different from the Song Dynasty in Yunzheng's original world, its Neo-Confucianism was still gradually developing, and the barriers between men and women were still relatively tight. It was difficult for ordinary women, especially unmarried women, to go out on the streets.
For fun, but it is an exception on the Lantern Festival
On the Lantern Festival, not only women can go to the streets, but they can also participate in the lantern festival like men. The Luoyang Lantern Festival is held at Yujie. Yujie is the street opposite the Zhuque Gate, the main entrance of the palace. The palace faces north and south.
Therefore, the location of this imperial street is like the central line of Luoyang, the most prosperous one.
Today's Imperial Street in Luoyang is a mountain of thousands of colored lanterns, with lanterns and fireworks, golden and jade, and beautiful scenery. Kyoto girls are singing and dancing. Thousands of people are watching and tourists gather under the two corridors of the Imperial Street. Magical magic, singing and dancing, and hundreds of plays are performed.
The scales are intertwined, the music is noisy in the streets and alleys for more than ten miles, the teahouses and wine shops are burning, the gongs and drums are beating, the firecrackers are blasting, and the entire Kyoto and Luoyang are constantly lit.
Although Emperor Wanchang has been very busy recently, he has not forgotten the Lantern Festival. He specially ordered someone to build a huge lantern tower outside the Zhuque Gate, with an area of 20 rooms and a height of 150 feet, with bright golden light.
Extremely spectacular
As the hereditary prince of Yun Guogong, Yun Zheng was of course accompanied by Shengjia in this lantern tower. However, although this lantern tower was good and he could almost see the prosperity of Luoyang lantern market at a glance, Yun Zheng still felt that if he could go down and meet
Those people who are having a lantern festival together will have more atmosphere, but I can’t say this out loud.
Emperor Wanchang looked at the scenery of the Royal Street Lantern Festival with a smile, then suddenly turned his head and asked very abruptly: "My dear friends, does anyone know the origin of this Lantern Festival?"
All the ministers turned their attention to Zhang Yanyu. He is the Minister of Rites, so naturally it is best for him to answer this question. Zhang Yanyu naturally knew what everyone meant and said with a smile: "There are different opinions on the origin of the Lantern Festival, and I only know some of the more widely circulated legends."
It was said that the world had somehow offended God, and the Emperor of Heaven was furious and ordered the Heavenly Soldiers to set fire to the human world on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. As a result, the Emperor's daughter was kind-hearted and could not bear to see innocent people suffer, so she secretly came down to earth to report the news to people, and came up with an idea.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household decorated their homes with lights, lit firecrackers, and set off fireworks. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Emperor of Heaven looked at the human world and saw stars and lights everywhere, thinking that the fire had been lit.
After that, there was no further investigation, and the people were saved. In order to commemorate this day, later generations created the Lantern Festival."
Most of the ministers present knew this legend, and they just echoed it casually. Only Yun Zheng didn't know much about these things, but he listened to it with great interest.
Unexpectedly, Emperor Wanchang suddenly said: "The Emperor of Heaven is Heaven. So, this Lantern Festival is a festival of 'defying Heaven'? Hey, I am the son of Heaven, how can I dare to deceive Heaven?"
When Zhang Yanyu heard this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat and quickly fell to his knees: "I will die, I will die."
Emperor Wanchang glanced at him indifferently, then looked at the officials who were silent for a while, suddenly smiled and said: "Get up, I know you don't mean it like that, and I don't blame you. However, the origin of the Lantern Festival that I know is different.
What you said"
His eyes swept over the faces of the people accompanying him, and he said calmly: "After the death of Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Ying, son of Empress Lu, ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Hui was weak and indecisive by nature, and his power gradually fell into the hands of Empress Lu. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty died of illness.
Later, Empress Lu took over the affairs of the court and turned the Liu family into the Lu family. The old officials in the court and the Liu family were deeply indignant, but they were afraid of Empress Lu's cruelty and dared not speak out. After Empress Lu died of illness, all the Lus were in panic.
Fearing that they would be harmed and excluded, they secretly gathered at the home of General Lu Lu to conspire to cause rebellion in order to completely seize the Liu family.
, decided to launch an army to attack Zhu Lu, and then contacted the founding veterans Zhou Bo and Chen Ping, and designed to eliminate Lu Lu. The "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was finally completely put down. After the rebellion was put down, the officials supported Liu Bang's second son Liu Heng to ascend the throne.
, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty felt deeply that peace and prosperity were hard-won, so he designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which was the day when the "Zhu Lu Rebellion" was quelled, as a day to celebrate with the people. Every house in the capital lit up lanterns and colors to celebrate. From then on, the first lunar month
The fifteenth day has become a folk festival celebrated by everyone - the Lantern Festival."
As soon as Emperor Wanchang finished speaking, all his ministers immediately expressed their opinions.
"Whoever belongs to the country, the country, and the country is determined by the destiny of heaven. Zhu Lu's vain attempt to resist the destiny of heaven is actually bringing about his own destruction!"
"The sage is knowledgeable, but the minister is not as good as him."
"I have lived through the Lantern Festival for decades, and now I know its origin. I am ashamed of myself."
"Our great Wei Dynasty has achieved today's prosperous age precisely because the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics!"
"Your Majesty has been on the throne for twenty years. He has worked hard and alone, and with the help of many sages, he has achieved this prosperous age. How virtuous and capable are you? I will do my best to serve as kings..."
When Yunzheng heard this sentence, he was really sick to his stomach.tnnd, since you have no moral character, no talent, and you don't think you are qualified to serve as an official in the same court as these colleagues, then why don't you hang up your title and leave?
What are you doing bragging and flattering here?
It's so disgusting. Yun Zheng shook his head gently.
He thought to himself: Emperor Wanchang's words were certainly not without purpose. He was clearly taking the opportunity to show that the dynasty's orthodoxy would not be overthrown because the traitor party was too powerful.
As for the Sui Dynasty, wasn't the Sui Dynasty founded by Yang Jian, a powerful official, who usurped the power of the Yuwen family?
But the strangest thing is that no one seems to have behaved so outrageously that it would be classified as a traitor by the emperor? So what did Emperor Wanchang mean by saying this?
