Why did the Northern Song Dynasty cry for boys and girls?

Introduction: Those small families without prominent status and social relations regard girls as the apple of their eyes. After giving birth to a boy, I cried and wiped my tears, lamenting the hardships of life. If the baby is a girl, the whole family will be in high spirits. I just hope that the girl will grow up quickly, choose the right skills to learn from the teacher, and then wait for the price until she becomes the pillar of the family.

The biggest difference between the Northern Song Dynasty and other dynasties is the awakening of human consciousness, which is manifested in the unprecedented rise of the status of two types of people: one is a scholar and the other is a woman. Zhao Kuangyin knew that he could win the world at once, but he could not rule the world. Therefore, he left an order to future generations, "Don't kill scholar-officials and people who write letters and tell things". In such an atmosphere, the status of intellectuals is self-evident and favored, which will naturally improve the status of women. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the economy was developed, the society was rich, and the people's lives were comfortable. If you have money, you will naturally have a lot of advanced consciousness.

Such as entertainment consumption. The royal family likes to be lively and invite bands and troupes to join in festivals and birthdays. The band performing for the royal family is all composed of 28-year-old girls. When passing by, the citizens rushed to idolize and the scene was crazy. Young men whistled and presented flowers and fruits to female artists. Some of them were inexplicably excited, holding glasses and discharging frequently. These female artists are not just prostitutes who only cheat their bosses of money. They all have real skills, playing musical instruments, dancing guns and sticks, and writing lyrics, all of which are superb. They can also perform donkey riding, playing chess, giving historical speeches, drumming and percussion, shooting, zaju and lyrics in public. They are performers with hundreds of skills. "The Four Dynasties" recorded such a thing: Before entering the palace, Empress Cisheng often played a game of throwing money. The copper coin she threw can spin on the ground for a long time without standing on its side. After the story reached the palace, she was specially recruited to the palace. Since then, talent has become a hard standard in the royal draft.

Judging from the "command system" in Tokyo and Lin 'an, female artists are the most frequently summoned by the royal family. Those lively activities, such as singing, singing, calling fruit (the above is the popular singing art in the Song Dynasty) and zaju, are all dominated by female artists. Puppet performances at the Lantern Festival are all performed by beautiful women in colorful clothes. A talented female artist is worth millions. If she is only good at singing, she can easily get hundreds of coupons a day, and the rich and powerful "fight for it and throw it at Chai Jin every day". The official expenditure in this area has never been stingy, with tens of thousands of dollars at a time. Anyway, it is foolish for the government to pay the bill under the banner of study tour. Those bumpkins who get rich overnight are even more arrogant in spending money. They like artiness and all kinds of novel experiences brought by young and beautiful female artists. These people hire people to take care of the business, carry money every day, hold horns everywhere, and raise the value of female artists higher and higher. So that those small families without prominent status and social relations regard girls as the apple of their eyes. After giving birth to a boy, I cried and wiped my tears, lamenting the hardships of life. If the baby is a girl, the whole family will be in high spirits. I just hope that the girl will grow up quickly, choose the right skills to learn from the teacher, and then wait for the price until she becomes the pillar of the family.

The drama Son of the Official in Song and Yuan Dynasties describes the idolization of the second generation of officials. This enthusiast named Hong Yan Shouma adores Wang Jinbang, a female musician who plays Sanle, and she can't help falling in love with her. Wang Jinbang does have an idol style. She is "like a woman in the sky for 33 days, a fairy in 72 holes, with the ability to sink fish and fall wild geese, and the appearance of being ashamed of flowers." Magpies fly on it, just like fairies descend to Yaochi; Rabbits walk around, but not when they are out of the moon palace. "Hong Yanshou even wanted to abandon his family business, and went with Wang Jinbang to' rush to the state to bump into officials and beg for clothes and food', and vowed that' I don't want wealth, I don't want to attack books, I only teach two eyebrows'. This madness was the state of many empty young people at that time. Ingenious, versatile and beautiful young female artists lead their spiritual trend, soothe their inexplicable melancholy and melancholy, and become the dream lovers of countless people.

In addition to song and dance artists, there are also some craftsmen scattered in various industries. They go out of their homes, join the society like men, and support themselves by technology. These occupations include serving others, people around them, unpacking and washing people, predecessors of the Tang Dynasty and sewing people. Compared with song and dance artists, both craftsmanship and income are not inferior. "Mr. and Mrs. Shan Fulang Quanzhou" said: Li Ying is a needlework with sewing as embroidery, and her craft is very good. She can sew secretly and accurately. On an outing, the king of the county accidentally saw a woman wearing a hand-embroidered belt around her waist, which greatly appreciated her and sent someone to inquire. It turned out to be the "Jia Jia Mounted Ancient and Modern Paintings and Calligraphy" store under Lin 'an Bridge 18-year-old daughter Xiu Xiu. From then on, she got the appreciation of the county king and was taken into the house. Xiu Xiu's embroidery skills are proved by the words: "The tender leaves with oblique branches are covered with flowers, but they only lack fragrance. I once went deep into the garden and taught bees to be crazy about butterflies. " When the old nuns in the temple heard about the embroidery adventure, they all lost their original jobs and took up needlework as embroiderers to increase the income of the temple.

Although the chefs are not very important, they are very skilled and cook all kinds of delicious food for those picky diners with a pair of exquisite hands. An official in Lin 'an was a satrap and asked him to find a housewife for him. The conditions he offered not only required the chef to be good-looking, but also to be able to read and calculate. Who knows that the chef's pie is bigger and no one shows up. Send a porter to deliver the letter first. It is suggested that cooking can be done, but it needs to be delivered by car. The tone of the letter is euphemistic and the handwriting is correct. I can see at a glance that you are not an idle generation. The chef is not only full of style, but also skilled. "Miscellaneous Notes on Jiang Xing" once recorded that a cook changed his gorgeous brocade skirt into a plain clothes flowered skirt when cooking, and the silver bracelet on his wrist sparkled, cutting vegetables and meat. The tableware you brought is made of gold and silver. Between the guests holding chopsticks, the food on the plate has been finished, and the host has a lot of face when paying tribute. After the banquet, the host paid hundreds of silks and hundreds of taels of silver.

In the Song Dynasty, men competed to marry women who were good at frying. For the matchmaker who entered the door, the girl's parents praised her daughter exactly the same: "My woman is not good at cutting robes and mending coats. If she cures water snakes and eels, one is better than the other. " At that time, it was not popular. If you do well, you will marry well. On the contrary, if people do well, they will marry well. A good cook can not only marry a promising official with a car and a house, but also have a considerable position in society. At that time, many brand-name foods and grocery stores in the market were named after women. For example, restaurants, Li's miscellaneous vegetable soup, Wang's mother's tea shop, Jinmingchi restaurant, which sells wine women, and Bianhe Bank, which sells porridge. Their cooking is good, their business is legal, and the diners are full of praise, and they don't have to spend money on advertising.

The most famous food in Tokyo is not Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and overlord cuisine, but the humble fresh fish soup. There is a Song Wusao in Tokyo who is good at making fresh fish soup. Later, Song Wusao went south and sold fish soup by the West Lake in Hangzhou for a living. Song Gaozong Zhao Gou tasted fresh fish soup when she visited incognito, and she appreciated it very much. She also remembered her old age, so she was rewarded with 10 yuan, 100 silver money and 10 brocade. Song Wusao got far more than that, and the emperor tasted it, which was tantamount to labeling it with a royal seal. This genuine royal seal has made ordinary citizens flock to it, and they have to try it when they break their heads. Her small shop is full every day, and she earns as much money as the big hotel in a few days. With this golden signboard, Wusao Song transformed herself into a well-known rich woman.

Women in the Song Dynasty were really lucky, and they could become the darling of the workplace with a little skill. This is because the employment policy is loose, there is no discrimination, and there is no restriction on people under 35. Some poor 14, 15-year-old girls entered the society early and worked to earn money and dowry. Without knowledge, they will have money. Some menopausal women can also successfully take up their posts and show their surplus value. For example, Chen Que's mother "runs an industry and does not avoid cold and heat". There are women in all influential industries. This is related to parents' education. Although those parents are uneducated, they are far-sighted and don't force their children to learn the piano and practice calligraphy at all. They warned their daughter: Take advantage of the fact that the recruitment unit does not set a threshold of not getting married within two years and not having children within three years, and study art quickly. Whether chefs or tailors are hardworking, they should study hard and excel.

"Rouge Tiger" and "Hedong Roar" describe women who are unruly and afraid of their husbands. Women in Song Dynasty were smart, skilled and charming. Can they have no position at home? It is quite common for women to have careers, and many people also manage family businesses. They used hard work to realize their dreams and care for their families, which greatly enriched the urban landscape of Song society.