There are many nicknames for New Year's Day in Yuan Dynasty, such as Zheng Dan, Yuanri and Jacky. Note that this is the first day of the first lunar month, which is actually more suitable for the Spring Festival ... Back to the topic, January Day is the most important festival in ancient times. Every Yuan Dynasty, the imperial court held a court meeting, and the ceremony of the court meeting was described in Xianning Note. ? Seats need to be prepared before going to court, officials and officials should line up in advance, and ministers should light braziers when they arrive. When the emperor appeared in the bell of the bell and drum, the officials had to bow down first and wait until the bell and drum stopped before they got up. Under the auspices of Dahonglu, Zhang and Taichang, officials prayed for blessings in turn according to their levels, and all barbarians participated.
After the sacrifice, the emperor will take a short rest and offer birthday wine to the emperor in turn, but this wine is not for the emperor to drink, but is first placed by the waiter in front of the throne, and then considered by the sommelier. Next, the emperor entered the royal banquet, and the ministers sat down to eat, then enjoyed drum music, singing and dancing. Cao Zhi wrote Zheng Huishi for this purpose, and Fu Xuan also wrote Hui Fu in the Yuan Dynasty to get a glimpse of the grand occasion at that time.
Sometimes, because of famine, people are not old enough, such as the four years of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (6 1). Sometimes, because of the abnormal phenomenon falling from the sky, there will be no court session, such as Xianning in 1934 (277, 278). By the way, the Yuan Dynasty paid great attention to etiquette. General Liang Ji, for example, was reported by Sean for his improper dignity.
There were also visions, but the court meeting was held as usual. During the Cao Cao period, a great historian predicted that there would be a solar eclipse in the Yuan Dynasty, and some officials went to Yu Xun to discuss whether to hold a court meeting this time. Just like when Liu Shao was away, taking ancient historians Zi Shen and Zhao as examples, even the good history of ancient times was wrong, so the court meeting of the Yuan Dynasty should not stop. Yu Xun also adopted this statement.
In addition to the old days and the new days, in order to pray for peace, the people also have corresponding activities. The most classic is to pay homage to ancestors at home first, and then visit relatives and friends. There is also a corresponding record in Jingchu Chronicle, that is, "Young and old people are well dressed, paying their respects to each other, drinking Tu Su wine, and offering five parsley with rubber teeth", paying New Year greetings according to their age, and at the same time, you can see the specific diet on January 1.
Tu Su wine, pepper and cypress wine, gum tooth jar and spiced board are only drunk in a different order. They drink from childhood to adulthood, because at the beginning of the new year, children are one year older and old people are one year younger. In addition, the gum tooth refers to maltose, and the spiced dish uses garlic, garlic, leek, mustard tái and coriander suο.
What every household has to do is to set off firecrackers to drive away evil spirits. This custom has continued to this day, although it has been banned in many places. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, firecrackers and grass were set off in front of the court in order to keep the evil spirits in the mountains away. There is also a door god to exorcise ghosts, cut down two red boards, one engraved with Shen Tu and the other engraved with Lei Yu, and hung them in front of the door to ward off evil spirits and bless peace.