After the founding of New China, the term "National Day" was used to specifically refer to October 1st, which was officially announced by the People's Republic of China. It is an epoch-making festival. Tracing its history has a long history.
The first time the term "National Day" is the Western Jin Dynasty writer Lu Ji . In his "On the Five Classes of Princes", he said: "Looking for an axe starts with shelter, and controlling a country is ignorant of weak people. National Day only enjoys its benefits, and the Lord will not worry about it." However, the "National Day" mentioned here is not the day when the country is established, but refers to the joyful events of the country, especially the day when emperors ascend the throne or the emperor's birthday. This statement can also be seen in "Book of Jin: Emperor Wu's Chronicle": "Hao sent an envoy to the beginning, but the National Day is unknown, but I answered it with a book." In the first existing history book in my country compiled by Wang Pu in the Song Dynasty, " Tang Huiyao ", there is a description of "On August 5, 17th year of Kaiyuan, the left prime minister is Qianyao , right prime minister , etc., please refer to this day as the Qianqiu Festival" above. The 44-year-old Emperor Xuanzong of Tang readily adopted it because the fifth day of the eighth lunar month was his own birthday. Therefore, on this day of each year, the court officials congratulated each other and celebrated the wine, which was very lively. "At that time, Jinwu and the soldiers of the four armies stood in war; Taichang Music; Jiaofang Dachen Mountain Car, Drying Boat , Walking rope, Bamboo Sword, acrobatics, horns, and hundreds of elephants, rhino, and dance horses were brought into the venue as play." Moreover, the law stipulates that every New Year Festival, "all states in the world are ordered to have banquets and holidays for three days." To a certain extent, Qianqiu Festival is quite similar to the modern National Day, but due to the nature of feudal society, the theme of the festival is still about the emperor's birthday.
During the Five Dynasties, Qianqiu Festival changed its meaning. For example, , the Houliang has the Daming Festival and the Ming Holy Day, , the Houtang has the Wannian Festival, the Holy Day and the Thousand Spring Festival, , the Jin has the Tianhe Festival and the Kaishen Festival, , the Later Han has the Holy Day and the Jiaqing Festival, and the Later Zhou Dynasty has the Yongshou Festival, the Tianqing Festival and the Tianshou Festival. Of course, the purpose of these numerous festivals is still to celebrate the emperor's birthday. In the Song Dynasty, the Changchun Festival, Qianming Festival, Shouning Festival, Chengtian Festival and other theories appeared. Even the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties established by nomadic peoples were named "Thousand-Ling Day", "Tianshou Festival" and "Famous Day".
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the name of the emperor's National Day was finally fixed, and it was called "Wanhou Festival", which means "Wanhou Festival". In fact, this is the Wanhou Festival of Li Cunxu after plagiarizing . At this stage, the "Three Festivals" are called "The Three Major Festivals" together, and the significance is even more noble: the emperor's birthday is parallel to the festivals of "chung year" and "sacrifice to the sky". How solemn is the atmosphere? Especially the birthday celebration of the Qing emperor , which was more prosperous than any dynasty. Among them, the birthday celebration of Kangxi 60 and the birthday celebration of Qianlong 80 are the most grand, while the birthday celebration of Empress Dowager Cixi is the most extravagant and grand.
On October 10, 1911, the Wuchang revolution was successful, overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and ending the feudal imperial system in 2000. After the uprising, it was agreed that October 10th was the National Day of the Republic of China, also known as the "Double Tenth Festival", and it is still used in Taiwan, China. This is a special and memorable day. Since the year is calculated by the stems and branches, the year 1911 was considered as the year of Xinhai, so after the founding of New China, the government of the People's Republic of China designated it as the "Xinhai Revolution Anniversary".
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