A Study On The Vegetarian Phenomenon In Song Dynasty

By the Song Dynasty,both material and spiritual civilization had a rapid development compared with the previous generation,and diet was more prosperous.Among them,vegetarianism occupied a very important position in the diet of Song Dynasty,and vegetarianism was more prominent.In Song Dynasty,the phenomenon of vegetarianism was reflected in different classes.Most of the royal families chose vegetarian food under the rules of etiquette and ruling strategy,which had obvious political significance.Compared with the Royal class,the scholar bureaucrat class was more out of personal considerations,with the help of vegetarianism itself and vegetarianism to show a variety of life images,which is an active choice for vegetarianism.Because of the limitation of their own economic conditions and the needs of special festivals,most of the common people chose vegetarian food passively.At the same time,Buddhism,Taoism and Confucianism respective views on vegetarianism also influenced different classes.The vegetarian view of Buddhism made the Royal class and the scholar bureaucrat paid more attention to giving up slaughtering and giving up life on their birthday.The common people also vigorously advocated and practiced the practice of vegetarianism on this day.The Taoist concept of Bigu health and longevity made all classes paid great attention to diet health.Even some scholars practiced the Taoist concept of Bigu health and achieved actual results.The Confucian filial piety and food element made the Royal class to carry out filial piety more vigorously.Under this influence,the scholar bureaucrats and the common people also practiced the Confucian standards of filial piety.In addition,the abundance of vegetarian raw materials,the emergence of vegetarian restaurants,the prevalence of meat like food,and the compilation of vegetarian monographs highlighted the uniqueness of vegetarian phenomenon in Song Dynasty.