Study Of The Winter Solstice Festival In The Tang Dynasty

Winter Solstice Festival is one of the most important festival in the Tang Dynasty, but few people research over the past at home and abroad. From the point of view of the history and culture of the Tang Dynasty in-depth study of the Winter Solstice Festival is necessary. Because studing Winter Solstice Festival on the Tang Dynasty not only can understand one aspect of the Tang Dynasty's folk festivals, but also for understanding the culture in Tang Dynasty is of great significance. In this paper, a comprehensive collection of information on the basis of the traditional history-based research methods, using folklore, sociology, political science, and other interdisciplinary approach, different from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty have explored the Winter Solstice Festival. The full text is divided into five parts.The first chapter gives an overview of Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival formation and development of the situation. First on the Winter Solstice Festival before the Tang Dynasty and the origin of the evolution of the Winter Solstice Festival, which summarized the Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival on the development and changes in circumstances. Tang will be the development of the Winter Solstice Festival is divided into prosperity gradually period of stable development period, richancuila period, the dynamic and longitudinal study. The dynamic and longitudinal study.The second chapter Chinese attention focused on the reasons for the Winter Solstice Festival. Winter Solstice Festival has been able to prevalent in the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese Winter Solstice Festival and the importance are inseparable. Whether from natural or social considerations, the Winter Solstice Festival is special because the meaning of being Chinese and the high degree of concern. In natural areas, the Winter Solstice Festival meaning of its own cycle and the impact on the Chinese calendar Sky attention and occupy a very important position. In the social sphere, as re-thinking of the farmers and promote the concept of yin and yang and the impact of Confucian filial piety, the Winter Solstice Festival is much more Chinese attention.The third chapter describes the Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival's main activities. Winter Solstice Festival Tang Dynasty rich content, the numerous existing court ceremony, a variety of activities are civil. Court ceremony is the largest worship of heaven, in addition to North Korea and will be held Zhaohe. In the celebration when they will release some of forgiveness and Dahir, to show their caring was intended. Civil activities are mainly a winter Baihe, gathering banquets, or designate cycle, Shujiu Tim Line, eat all kinds of food, such as festive. With the activities of daily life of the people close to. The forth chapter of the main characteristics of the Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival. Tang Winter Solstice Festival with ceremonial strong, large-scale, rich in content, and other characteristics of the legal holiday. Li Tang Dynasty attention at the system, in Huanqiu worship and North Korea are at the focus on etiquette, civil as well. As the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty strength, the festival has been far ahead of the scale, almost complete. Not only way for a grand festival, the festival also preparatory work quite well. It is quite festive rich. The festival will also reflect the law of the ceremony and of the high degree of integration.The fifth chapter discusses the impact of the Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival. Formation of the Tang Dynasty from the Winter Solstice Festival Popular Song to Qing has been extended, there are many practices have spread to today. On the other hand Tang Dynasty Winter Solstice Festival of the East Asian countries also vulgar had an impact on the most affected countries, Japan. Tang Dynasty Chinese culture is the strongest impact on the Japanese era, almost all the major ancient China at the age of the Tang Dynasty in the festival spread to Japan, the Winter Solstice Festival, as much impact and to Japan once the court. Next is the Korean Peninsula. Although the record books on the Korean Winter Solstice Festival less information, but when Tang frequent contacts with North Korea inferior to the level of Japan, the Winter Solstice Festival in Tang Dynasty such as a major holiday customs, it is impossible not transmitted to the Korean.Based on the Winter Solstice Festival Tang Dynasty systematically analyze the relevant circumstances, the Winter Solstice Festival to fill the gaps broken, but also enriched the contents of the Tang Dynasty festivals. This writer believes that: the development of the Tang Dynasty is the Winter Solstice Festival and the entire Tang Dynasty social prosperity are closely related. In the 21st century today, as important carriers of culture, the traditional holiday season, are receiving from the different aspects of the pressures and challenges. Winter Solstice concept of the people of the importance weakened, but we still can not ignore its study. Winter Solstice Festival holiday as a national cultural traditions of the people have a very strong foundation in the new historical period, it should be further carried forward.