The most typical feature of Chinese history is that is far-reaching and long-lasting. As the only one of the four ancient civilizations in the world that still exists, China is quite profound both in terms of historical development and historical accumulation, especially This complete history of more than five thousand years is the object of our research.
The development situation of other ancient countries is different. In the process of development, most countries will encounter invasion and even colonization by other capitalist countries , such as India, Egypt and Babylon , etc. Because of this situation, these countries There will be serious faults in the culture and history, and over time the original ancient culture will even disappear.
Ancient Babylon was even worse. It even lost its own country. Therefore, if you want to understand the complete development history of a country from ancient times to the present, you can only start with China. And for China, which has a long culture of five thousand years. , the most valuable thing to study is the feudal society that lasted for more than two thousand years, because the early primitive society and the slave society were both in their infancy.
Only feudal society is the master of ancient times, and in my country's feudal society, the most important role at the top is the "emperor". As the highest power controller of the country, he is the leader of the entire feudal monarchy society core and plays an important role in coordinating all parties in national governance.
As the saying goes " A country cannot live without a king for a day" No matter how many times it has changed dynasties, even if multiple regimes coexist or are in a state of separatism, the emperor is an indispensable role, so this entire feudal society has never From the beginning to the end, there were countless emperors, and there were big gaps among these emperors in their actions, abilities, personalities and even hobbies.
Some emperors even had some weird little hobbies that are puzzling. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei loved "holding the bag" at least once a day. What does holding the bag mean?
The weird little hobbies of the emperors
In fact, these little hobbies are like what we call personality now. People always have some unique hobbies of their own. Although the emperor is a noble person, he is also a human being. It is inevitable that he has some hobbies, but Lin Zi There are all kinds of birds. There are so many emperors and monarchs in Chinese history, and they always have some particularly strange and incomprehensible hobbies.
In fact, there was such an emperor in during the Warring States period. The king is Chu Lingwang . Like most of our modern women, this person likes to be thin, especially the waist, just like the A4 waist we like now.
But the pursuit of King Chu Ling at that time was quite outrageous. At that time, he had no idea what the concept of an A4 waist was, so he made it as thin as possible. The courtiers at that time also knew what it meant to give in to what they wanted. Since the emperor likes it, then he should try his best to satisfy the emperor's hobby, thus starting a kind of pathology of doing whatever it takes to be slim.
In order to make their waists look slimmer, those ministers only eat one meal a day. In order not to go hungry, they take a deep breath every day and tighten their belts. In this state, they can't even walk. Unsteady, I could only hold on to the wall and face forward.
What’s even more horrifying is that this weird habit lasted for a year, which directly caused many people to become emaciated and even starve to death. It can be said that all the ministers of the dynasty were harmed by this strange hobby.
Of course, this kind of hobby is relatively normal. During the Southern Dynasties , there was an emperor who had many hobbies. His various peculiar hobbies even made future generations doubt his mental condition. This man was the emperor of the Southern Dynasties Qi State . Six Emperors, Xiao Baojuan , This person's various weird hobbies may still be unacceptable to this day.
first of all likes " catching mice ". This first unique hobby can almost kill most people today. After all, this kind of thing is a cat's job nowadays, but the emperor insists on taking over. , if it’s not his job, he just wants to do it. Not only does he like to catch mice by himself, he even likes to catch mice with many people.
He once issued an order to gather a group of ministers at dusk and stayed up all night to catch mice. It is estimated that the ministers at that time "wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh." Some people even doubted whether the emperor belonged to someone else. The reincarnation of a tabby cat, of course, is only his first hobby. In addition, the emperor's second hobby is also very "avant-garde".
In that mainly agricultural society, the emperor liked doing business very much, but instead of going out to do business, he played games of buying and selling in the palace with eunuchs maids. This can be said to be history. It is the earliest form of "role playing". In fact, if it sounds ugly, it is just playing house.
is just a very advanced game. In addition to the roles played by others, the beef and mutton for sale and even the prop chopping boards are all real, and they are thrown away directly after use. It can be said to be very extravagant. In addition to these, the emperor also had a hobby that seemed particularly important at the time, and that was "foot fetish."
This emperor likes the beautiful feet of his concubines very much. He doesn't even look at their appearance when choosing his concubines. As long as they have good-looking feet, he will accept them as concubines. This guy's obsession with feet has reached a very terrifying level. , you can even completely let go of your figure, status, and even dignity.
At that time, there was a concubine named Pan in the palace. Not only was she good-looking, she also had a pair of beautiful feet. The emperor was very obsessed with her, and even reached the point where he could be manipulated and enslaved by her. In fact, when it came to As a little hobby, there is also a very famous emperor, that is Tang Xuanzong Li Longji .
Tang Xuanzong’s hobbies
In fact, when it comes to Tang Xuanzong’s hobbies, they are far less exaggerated than others. In fact, his hobbies are just Yang Yuhuan. As the saying goes, there are three thousand beauties in the harem, and three thousand people love him. Throughout the entire history of China, apart from the Wu Zetian who became the emperor, the only one who could be so pampered was Yang Yuhuan, one of the four beauties.
And Tang Xuanzong's love for Yang Yuhuan has reached a very terrifying level. First, he paid a high price to invite the great poet Li Bai to the court to compose poems and even songs specifically for Concubine Yang. Li Bai, who had no salary, left in boredom, and at this time, Tang Xuanzong was also obsessed with Yang Yuhuan.
Not only built a palace for her, he even stayed here overnight to accompany her to enjoy herself. You know, there were almost no examples of ancient emperors staying overnight in the palaces of concubines. Tang Xuanzong can be said to have set a precedent for Concubine Yang. Of course, although the title of this noble concubine was lower than that of the queen, almost everyone knew at that time that the position of this noble concubine was almost equal to that of the emperor.
Of course, this is just a shallow expression. Tang Xuanzong's love for Yang Yuhuan has actually reached the level of loving the house as much as the bird. As the saying goes one person can achieve the goal of a chicken and a dog ascending to heaven . This sentence could not be more appropriate to apply to Yang Yuhuan. Since Yang Yuhuan gained the favor of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, almost everyone in the family has benefited.
Her sisters have received varying degrees of awards, and her father has even reached the position of prime minister. Not only that, even her younger brother can join the court as an official. You know, Yang Yuhuan's younger brother is not just an unemployed vagrant. , or even a local ruffian who wanders around all day long. This kind of person can become an official in the court with the help of Yang Yuhuan's relationship.
Of course, Tang Xuanzong also rarely did "if you like someone, you like everything about her." We all know that in the Tang Dynasty, fat was considered beautiful, and Yang Yuhuan was one of those plump beauties who were slightly fat. We all know that people who are slightly fatter tend to snore after falling asleep, as is the case with Yang Yuhuan.
But to what extent did Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty dote on him? He was also very obsessed with Yang Yuhuan's snoring. He even got up secretly at night to listen to Yang Yuhuan's snoring. In the end, it developed to the point where he formed a kind of obsession with Yang Yuhuan's snoring. He was so dependent that he couldn't sleep without the sound of snoring. At this time, Tang Xuanzong doted on Yang Yuhuan like a man possessed.
A must-do handholding activity
In addition, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei also had another activity that they had to do every day, which was holding the soil. In fact, most people don’t know much about this activity. In fact, It also comes from the wisdom of the ancients. It was once a very popular activity among literati. We know that in ancient times, there were no media such as mobile phones and televisions.
Therefore, in their spare time, they need to carry out a series of activities to pass the time. Literati like to drink, compose poems, and write poems, but for those who are not very good in literary talent, they have invented some other recreational activities. Here The grip is actually a type of chess, but the grip is very different from the Go or backgammon we usually play.
In fact, this kind of gameplay is a bit like the flying chess we play now. It all requires to roll the dice to move the chess pieces that belong to you on the chessboard to achieve a certain effect. However, flying chess is to move the chess pieces back to the end, and the grip is to move the chess pieces back to the end. All chess pieces are removed from the chessboard.
Each person decides to move the twelve chess pieces they own out of the chessboard based on the points they get by rolling the dice. Due to the different placement positions, the number of steps required to complete the move over the opponent is also different, so how to move it, Which chess piece is moved requires certain considerations, and there is also a certain amount of luck involved.
Therefore, the difficulty is still relatively high. Later, due to the love of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the game of gripping became an exclusive game for the princes and nobles. Even those who were not very good at gripping would be laughed at by others. Between husband and wife The same is true. Let's talk about it. How humiliating it is for a man from a noble family to be laughed at by his wife.
So many people were studying at that time and was very good at holding the pen game. It itself became quite popular and was popular until the and period of the Qing Dynasty. But it is a pity that this popular game was not I don’t know why it disappeared in the long river of history. This game that was popularized by Tang Xuanzong and Yang Yuhuan eventually disappeared.
