In fact, if you go back to modern society, if a man wears a flower on his head every day, he will definitely be held up by others. Because only a woman wears a flower on her head, if a man wears it, it looks neither fish nor fowl, regardless of gender. But this is only the result of the popularization of our traditional aesthetic concepts in modern society.
If you go back to the Song Dynasty, then we will see a completely different scene. Because Ouyang Xiu didn't dress up as a man in the Zanhua in the Song Dynasty, but because people all over the Song Dynasty liked Zanhua.
Then the question is coming. Why? Can it be said that the Song Dynasty had no backbone and no normal male attributes?
In view of this phenomenon, we really don't misunderstand, because there is a deeper meaning behind it. With this question, I will talk to you today.
First, the Song people's hairpin flowers in literary works.
If you want to talk about this topic, I believe you will think of Ximen Qing at first sight. In the Water Margin, the hero of our Simon wore a flower on his head and then appeared beside Pan Jinlian. At that time, he felt that Ximen Qing was not a serious person at the first sight. After all, why would a man do that?
Later, when we look at other male characters in the Water Margin, we will find that there are 108 heroes in Liangshan, and everyone does not exclude men from wearing a flower. Even more surprising, even fierce characters like Li Kui jy like to wear it. This is really shocking and full of question marks.
However, all this is not only in literary works, but also in real historical records.
Second, ordinary people's hairpin flowers in Song Dynasty
From the historical research of Meng Qian Bitan and the customs and feelings of the Song Dynasty, we can clearly see that Zanhua was welcomed by everyone in the Song Dynasty on the occasion of the Double Ninth Festival. Moreover, people also divide flowers into different kinds, some are yellow flowers and some are peony flowers. Different kinds of flowers are thinking about people's different tastes. Those outstanding great poets wear a flower on their heads every day, and then go out to sing poems with those little ladies and talk about life with various dignitaries.
Moreover, in addition to the special festival of the Double Ninth Festival, the elders of the Song Dynasty will put a small flower on the child's head when he is almost an adult, and then let him show it to others when he goes out to play. If you go back to the Song Dynasty, I believe you will see an amazing scene, that is, the city is not full of golden flowers, but everyone is wearing a delicate flower.
But at that time, the pursuit of flowers in the Song Dynasty did not stop there, because the pursuit of flowers by the royal family reached a higher level.
Third, the pursuit of the rulers of the Song Dynasty.
According to the History of Song Dynasty, in the Song Dynasty, in fact, since the Taizu period, the emperor has been particularly fond of wearing flowers. Because in the eyes of these monarchs, flowers are a symbol of nobility and a tool for class distinction.
Therefore, every time a special grand ceremony was held in the Song Dynasty, all the outstanding aristocrats in the society were invited to the central party, and everyone had to bring a flower.
Moreover, there was an unwritten rule in the Song Dynasty that anyone who didn't wear flowers, or whose color was not good-looking, was not allowed to eat in the DPRK.
In addition, it is also clearly recorded in historical materials. If any minister or Kingsguard gets a reward from the emperor, besides gold, silver and jewels, he will also give a special reward to the noblest peony. This peony flower will be the glory of the whole family. Will always bloom in the lobby and wear it on your head at work.
It can be seen that the rulers of the Song Dynasty were also a group of particularly crazy flower lovers, which is really surprising.
Then the question is, why did the Song Dynasty pursue such flowers so much? Are their entire national attributes "feminized"?
Fourth, pursue the exquisiteness behind flowers.
At that time, the author really felt that the Song Dynasty was such an unreliable dynasty, and its heart was such a feminine attribute. However, a careful study of Mr. Chen Yinque's works will reveal that the Song Dynasty is actually an incomparably great dynasty, and its greatest feature is that it can maintain stability in the war and develop the cultural realm to a climax in the war. The highest expression of this cultural realm is the pursuit of art by the whole people, and in the pursuit of art, the pursuit of flowers is a good performance.
Because for the Song people, although they were devastated by war, they yearned for a more artistic era, in which the economy, culture and civilian structure were the most developed, and everyone could pursue art after eating and drinking enough. Their world is not war, not murder, not robbery, but one noble flower after another. These flowers are beautiful and fragrant, representing an ultimate ideal.
Therefore, Mr. Qian Zhongshu's works think that the Song Dynasty pursues the real realm and art, and their sense of weakness is actually a national art that can be more beautiful than the Empress of the Southern Tang Dynasty.
Of course, in addition to this pursuit of art, there is actually another explanation for this in the Song Dynasty. That is, the whole country came out of the original extreme war of five generations and ten countries. Everyone yearns for a peaceful and warm environment. Therefore, in the past, we used to use force to distinguish between high and low, and money to distinguish between high and low. Now we distinguish the grades of different people through artistic means. In a feudal era famous for evil, this is very rare. After all, in a feudal era, if everything can be solved with a flower, then this era is really the most perfect one.
But there are also many problems, the reason is simple, because for this country that pursues art, all people are perfect and ideal, but it lacks the attributes of a country. Because the pursuit of art by individuals and families will become a great miracle in modern society. When a country pursues art, then it will not become a country. It has no blood and courage, but only becomes a fragile person in the ivory tower. Therefore, although the love of flowers in the Song Dynasty is admirable, there is indeed a fatal problem.
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Therefore, in feudal society, the Song Dynasty was really a unique dynasty. We can say that there are political and military problems, but it is undeniable that Mr. Chen Yinque's remarks are very correct, and it was the Song Dynasty that initiated the economic and cultural climax of China.
Therefore, if someone wants to travel through time and space, they can choose the Song Dynasty, because it has the highest culture and art and is a truly ideal era. However, if we really want to study the history of the Song Dynasty objectively, personally, I think the score of the Song Dynasty should be only about 60 to 70, because what a dynasty wants is not the ideal, but the basic attributes of a realistic country.
Because the country must not only have absolute violence, but also have the determination to safeguard everything, and more importantly, it must have economic and cultural support. Only a country that develops in an all-round and coordinated way is truly powerful. If only one aspect is overemphasized, it is not a normal role.
Therefore, North Korea has transcended the limitations of the times, which may be a climax we will pursue in the future, but at least we can't learn it in ancient times or now. This is the best time of the Song Dynasty, composed of a flower, a piece of peace, a piece of prosperity and a picture scroll, but it is not a qualified dynasty.
References:
He Mei Xie Fen, Bitan, The History of Song Dynasty and the Study of Ancient Chinese Costume.