Birth, old age, sickness and death are something that everyone has to experience, and our country's filial piety culture has always been an important part of our traditional culture. With the development of history, more issues related to elderly care have received widespread att

Birth, old age, sickness and death are something that everyone has to experience, and our country's filial piety culture has always been an important part of our traditional culture. With the development of history, more issues related to elderly care have received widespread attention from the society, such as the elderly’s later years and the embarrassing situation of empty-nest elderly people.

Compared with ancient times, there are many social welfare in society. In addition to pensions and pensions, the elderly’s life is still relatively comfortable. But in ancient times, how did you support your elderly care? In fact, each dynasty and generation have a complete pension system.

For example, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, people over 60 years old were called elderly people. According to the records of " Rites·The King's Making ", when the 60-year-old people were given a stick. This is a very expensive utensil. If you own this, you can use it in various places and enjoy corresponding benefits.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, Qin Dynasty advocated Legalism thought , and filial piety was raised to a very high position. The people of the Qin Dynasty were proud of respecting the elderly. When they arrived in , the Han Dynasty also issued the "Ageing Pension Order" to protect the lives of the elderly.

During the Northern Wei , the elderly were paid more attention to. For example, Liao Wudi Xiao Yan founded the first nursing home Lonely Garden in my country's history. As the name suggests, Lonely Garden means that some elderly people who are unsupported and some orphans are adopted by the state and are mainly responsible for their lives.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the number of empty-nest elderly people increased day by day, so a system was invented called "staying and raising relatives". It is some serious prisoners or some death row prisoners. If there are elderly parents in the family who need care, they will be allowed to go home to support the elderly and serve the sentence after the elderly die. I have to say that this approach is very humane.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the court would also exempt the elderly from taxes, and appropriately reduce the taxes of their children, encouraging them to support the elderly. If the descendants go out for a trip without authorization while supporting the elderly at home, if the court knows about it, they will be punished.

Ming Dynasty government government encouraged people from all walks of life to adopt lonely elderly people. Therefore, the people also spontaneously established nursing homes, and the government will naturally give a lot of subsidies. For example, there are detailed regulations on how to save the elderly and how to support the elderly, and they are also written into the "Da Ming Law".

Qing Dynasty also attached great importance to elderly care. For example, Qianlong once held the " Thousand Old Banquet ", which was originally intended to respect the elderly and make society pay attention to them. Many charity undertakings have also been opened, such as "Pujitang Porridge Factory", "Mongdelin Porridge Factory", etc.

Respecting the elderly and loving the young is a traditional virtue of our country. Since ancient times, there have been good words of " filial piety first for hundreds of virtues ". But then again, respecting the elderly in society does not mean that the elderly can disrespect the elderly and rely on them to make a living. Many bad people are getting older, and the once gangster aura is still there, commonly known as "old cannon". Many people lament that it is not that the elderly have become bad, because the bad people have become older, and the real bad people will not improve with age.

I have to say that whether in ancient times or modern times, we Chinese people pay great attention to the culture of filial piety, and being filial to the elderly is a topic that everyone cannot avoid.

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