However, the spring outing, which arose in the pre-Qin period, is full of romance, which is a major feature of this period. The pre-Qin period was an era of open mind. In order to facilitate young men and women to find their favorite partners, the rulers at that time even set up a large-scale spring outing blind date festival? Shangsi Festival? . The fourth festival, because I chose the first one in March in the summer calendar? The next day? And named after it, called ancient times? Valentine's Day in China? Known as.
As we all know, from ancient times to the present, China's feudal ethics are very strict, and men and women are not close, let alone joking together, and even men and women rarely have the opportunity to meet privately. And ancient women had no freedom at all. They are deeply bound by feudal ethics, and unmarried women are generally locked in boudoir. Usually, except for my parents and brothers at home, outsiders hardly meet, let alone have the opportunity to communicate with the opposite sex.
However, only when spring comes every year, they will play with each other on the grassy grass and chat with each other on the balcony and waterside pavilion like flying swallows. So spring outing has almost become their only chance to find a partner.
At that time, during the outing, the state not only did not interfere in the communication between men and women, but also temporarily abolished the shackles of feudal ethics and advocated intermarriage between men and women. Therefore, finding friends and getting married became a major feature of spring outing.
Moreover, there are many poems about love in the Book of Songs, all of which happened during the spring outing. Among them, "national wind? Zheng Feng has a poem called East Gate. And what is the beginning of Out of the East Gate? Out of its east gate, there are women like clouds? It's about Zheng people who liked spring outing at that time. Out of the east gate of the city, there are full of beautifully dressed outing women.
In The Analects of Confucius? In "Advanced", Ceng Dian, a disciple of Confucius, said: Mo Chun, a spring costume, achieved five or six top students and six or seven boys. Bath is deduction, and wind is singing and dancing. ? Confucius said to the students' idea of spring outing. Me and the point! ? As you can see, in the late spring of March, it is very comfortable to put on spring clothes and invite several adults and children to take a shower, blow dry and sing.
In addition, from these small records, we can also see that the wind of spring outing was quite popular in that era. Moreover, courtship outing in love has become a major feature of spring outing in the pre-Qin era. In the process of outing together, men and women know each other better, two of a kind. Finally, they gave each other souvenirs and booked them for life. Many good couples and marriages are achieved in spring outing.
The most typical example is Confucius' parents, 65-year-old father Shu He 15-year-old girl Yan Zhizai, who got married during the spring outing. Sima Qian's Historical Records, in a word? Confucius was born after having sex with Yan's daughter? , offspring? Wild? There are many speculations and explanations about this word. Interpretation of Shuo Wen Jie Zi? Wild, suburban. ? Wild, of course, also means wild.
At that time, the marriage between Shu and Yan Zhizai violated the etiquette. Although they are husband and wife, but the marriage that does not conform to etiquette is also embarrassing, so we can only go? Wild sex? This explanation also has some truth. But? Wild sex? Is this something you must be ashamed to say? Must be a violation of feudal etiquette? At that time, it was not necessarily true. Instead of prohibiting it, the state encourages it.
According to "Zhou Li? Sheriff? Media's "record:
The media holds the people's judgment. All men and women who are famous or above are famous for their books. Let men get married at the age of 30, and women get married at the age of 20. Whoever marries a wife and gives birth to a child will write it down. Zhong Chunyue, the achievement of men and women. So sometimes, runners can't help it. If you don't place an order for no reason, you will be punished. ?
It can be seen that every February in Spring Festival travel rush, in order to help the majority of single men and women get rid of their bills smoothly, the state even stipulates that unmarried men and women of school age must attend the spring blind date party, and encourages everyone to pair up quickly at the party to carry on the family line. Even if men and women elope together, the state will not prohibit it, but if the match is unsuccessful, they will be punished accordingly.
So, did the country advocate promiscuity because the whole social atmosphere was unhealthy and dissolute at that time?
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In the eyes of the ancients, man is a part of nature, and encouraging men and women to be diplomatic and peaceful conforms to the laws of nature and the harmonious unity between man and nature. In the eyes of the ancients, everything grows in spring, which is the best period for human reproduction. It is in line with natural Taoism, the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and Zhuangzi's later proposal to encourage outdoor intercourse between men and women? Harmony between man and nature? The idea.
At the same time, encouraging sexual intercourse is also for the reproduction of the country's population and the expansion of the national labor force.
At that time, especially in mid-spring and February, many men and women met in the bright spring, making outdoor sexual intercourse a beautiful and sacred act. "The wind? Zheng Feng? "There are creeping weeds in the field" describes such a scene: on a meadow, on a dewdrop morning, a pair of young men and women met unexpectedly and fell in love, and their joy was beyond words. ......