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The Spring Festival Gala began in the Song Dynasty. What was it like in ancient times?
Now, every Spring Festival, the Spring Festival Evening is an indispensable feast for every family reunion. The Spring Festival Gala is a national celebration. The Spring Festival Gala has a profound historical tradition. As early as 65,438+0,000 years ago in the Northern Song Dynasty, this grand Spring Festival Gala began. 1000 years ago, as the beginning of a year, the Spring Festival was called New Year's Day. New Year's Day 1 is naturally the most important day of the year. For the Northern Song Dynasty, New Year's Day also has special significance. This day is also the day when Song Taizu and Zhao Kuangyin wore yellow robes, or the day when the Northern Song Dynasty was founded. It was the National Day of the Northern Song Dynasty. This is a festival that adds festival and joy to happiness.

It turned out that Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe was inspected in front of the temple in the later Zhou Dynasty and became the emperor, with its capital in Kaifeng, and later renamed Tokyo East. The population of Tokyo soon reached 6.5438+0.5 million, becoming the largest city in the world, which laid a solid entertainment and material foundation for the grand Spring Festival gala. At present, the Spring Festival Gala is mainly based on song and dance performances, while the Spring Festival Gala in the Northern Song Dynasty was mainly based on political ceremonies. In order to show the supreme authority of the Song emperor and reflect the feelings of the emperor and the people, the court will hold a grand ceremony for all countries to come to Korea during the Spring Festival. The main attraction of the Spring Festival Gala is the grand scene of the emperor accepting officials from civil and military affairs, commonly known as the battle against righteousness.

On the same day, diplomatic leaders of ethnic minorities from the border areas of China, such as representatives of Xixia, North Korea, Liao and Uygur, will bring noble gifts to the emperor. After all the officials finished their pilgrimage, the next step was to watch a large-scale song and dance performance rehearsed by court music officials. Zhao Benshan's program is indispensable on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in the past ten years, and Zhao Benshan's program can be said to be the biggest attraction of the Spring Festival Gala. The biggest attraction of the Spring Festival Evening in the Northern Song Dynasty is the performance of Songshi Qin Yi rehearsed by the Royal Official Piano Bureau. This ancient piano with the highest level is even more advanced than the current top piano, and its melodious and sonorous sound reverberates in the hall for a long time, immersing emperors and courtiers in it, rendering the scene of the prosperous times of the Great Song Dynasty more brilliant. The production of this kind of piano is very elegant. The lacquer surface is inlaid with gold and silver, and antler powder and cinnabar are added.

Songshi Qin Yi is a rare treasure, which was later collected by Emperor Qianlong. 20 10 in August, this piano was sold at auction for 5 10/00000. After the spring festival gala song and dance performance held by the court, the spring festival gala is only a small part. Next, the emperor will lead the civil and military officials out of the palace gate to enjoy lanterns, watch fireworks and firecrackers, and accept the worship of the folk people. In order to better welcome the Spring Festival Gala, all the officials in Dasong took seven days off.