Is there a national holiday celebrated in the Water Margin? At the Song Dynasty festival, the time of the throne and marriage was not determined, and the emperor's birthday was every year. Could this be the annual National Day
The Northern Song Dynasty considered the emperor’s birthday “national day” of the national holiday. Each emperor’s birthday was a national official holiday, and this holiday was three days. Among the Song Huizong era described in the Water Land, National Day is the birthday of Emperor Huizong, the Tianning Holiday. You can also say that National Day in the "Water Region" is the tenth of October in the lunar calendar of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty.
"Tokyo Dreams Record" records various Song Dynasty festivals, of which the Tianning Festival is the most important festival. The book recorded the "Tian Ning Festival" on the day of the "ninth slow song, , ", Zao Chen wine slow song, the wine dance of three hundred officials, military about sumo. Feast of retreat, Wearing court officials belong to a private article. "
It can be seen that in addition to hosting a large banquet, the Tianning festival also hosts a sumo competition as a form of celebration for the Tianning festival.
The first sumo master in Water Margin is undoubtedly the prodigal Yang Qing. In the battle of Tai Jiang, Yang Qing and Ren Yuan, Yang Qing grabbed him, turned Ren Yuan with his right hand, examined his left hand and inserted it into the original, and held his chest by the shoulder, and he raised his head and was heavy. The borrowing force will rotate four or five times and will be rotated to the edge of the table. “Come on!” Put Ren Yuantou down, his legs up, and bow to the stage. This thrill, the name of the call to make " ", was seen by tens of thousands of incense officials, greeting in unison!
Yangshan about the battle in Liangshan against Gaochong. Two on a haircut, spit in the portal. Sorghum burst, and Yang Qing's hand arrived, and the sorghum was twisted, and only one arm, broken in the cellar, made a piece and could not afford it. This thrill is called "struggle."
In the water margin sumo there is not only a man’s sumo, but also men and women, and the woman’s name is Duan Sanniang. “A woman is twenty-four years old, she took off her shirt, rolled up a group, lost On the table inside a small arrow sleeve, a short green parrot brother, dressed in large purple pants, clips, steps forward, raises his fist, called Wang Wangqing. Wang Qing sees that she is a woman, and since there are flaws to see her fist, she intends to play, not quickly or intentionally, and pulled his fists to spit the portal, the laid out stops, and the woman is a sumo. "It is written very fragrant. Women's sports Sumo wrestling is a very popular entertainment program in Wachi in the Song Dynasty, and the sumo wrestler dress is also more popular than Duan Sanniang in the novel.
Another important event at the Shouchen Tianning festival in Song Huizong was a cricket competition: at the Tianning festival, there was a grand exhibition of one-ball squats in the Imperial City, each of which had a captain, and each team had more than ten players. The club is 3 feet high and has a spherical target. This is an exciting shot with multiple shots. There is a special place on Nanheng Street in Qunlinyuan where there are many fans and the competition is constant. Huizong once wrote a poem dedicated to praise football: “Shaoguang Patricia is a clear, open feast for Si Chen Mu Qing near the tightly declared Kickball war, two friends, and then between the court winners and losers. ".
This historical story was interpreted in the “Water Field” in the martyrdom of the city due to the excellent ball skill and appreciation of the king. Gao Hao relied on a good ball to get Song Huizong's service, and an official was in front of the temple. In the second round of "Water Margin" there is a wonderful description of the Gaochong trick:
Only after a few steps did the king of the king applaud loudly, and the ability of the sorghum to bring his life to the end of the king. Honestly, the sorghum game is really good: the balloon seems sticky, it bounces off his body and bounces off. Duan Wang Dashi, where there is a desire to return to Gaofu, leaving Gaochun in the palace for the night.
Gao Wei has his own personality: he is really a high-ranking official who commanded the imperial court because he played with Hui Zong. And the “Water Margin” in the description of his economics of the action “Mandarin Duck Abduction” can also be found in “Kickball Cards” song. This shows that the description of in The Water Margin is exaggerated, but not distorted. Important festivals of the Song Dynasty should be promoted in the book, and there is no doubt that since celebrating the Tianning National Day during the historical period of the Water Region, Jude competition organized by Qiyun Society is standard.
