Under this tireless questioning of the ideal world, the most common answer is the Song Dynasty. There is a simple reason. Song Dynasty is a dynasty that pays equal attention to both ideal and reality, and is the most suitable for life.
Why the Song Dynasty? Perhaps, people saw the prosperity of the Song Dynasty from the Riverside Map at Qingming Festival. Perhaps, it is the work "Dream of China in Tokyo", which describes the real life of people in the Song Dynasty.
Opening Tokyo Dream Record is like opening dimension door. On the other side, there are thousands of flowers separated by thousands of years. Tokyo, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, is now Kaifeng, Henan. Even from the perspective of a livable city, its indicators are also there: shops and hotels live next to each other, decorated with landscape paintings, tableware is silver, and it is not a problem to taste seasonal fruits and vegetables and north-south cuisine; The nightlife is rich, "the night market will not reopen until midnight, if you know everything"; There is a place for cultural consumption called Goulanwa Temple, where speeches, small singing, puppets, acrobatics and so on are staged. The citizens are in high spirits. "We don't look at people from the wind and rain, but from the shed every day."
Dream of China in Tokyo is an essay written by Yuan Zhen Meng in Song Dynasty. Meng Yuan, an old writer, was born in Kaifengfu, Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty. This note, written in the second year of Jingkang in Song Qinzong, is a book depicting the urban customs of Kaifengfu, the capital of Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty. Most of the records are about Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, from Chongning to Xuanhe, Song Huizong. It depicts the daily life scenes of nobles, nobles and ordinary people living in Tokyo during this historical period, which is an extremely important historical document for studying social life, economy and culture in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The book is divided into 10 volume with more than 30,000 words. The first volume records the structure of the outer city, the inner city and the inner city of Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty, as well as the layout of rivers, imperial cities and the central government. The second and third volumes mainly include several important streets, shops, restaurants, restaurants, night markets, morning markets, miscellaneous sales, fire prevention, etc. The fourth and fifth volumes mainly describe the marriage and childbearing customs of the crown prince, the princess and the people, as well as various market and street entertainment activities such as meat shops and fish shops. From the end of the sixth volume, the author narrates the first month, beginning of spring, Lantern Festival, 16th, Tomb-Sweeping Day, April 8th, Dragon Boat Festival, June 6th, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Chongyang, beginning of winter, winter solstice, December and New Year's Eve in chronological order, as well as the main royal etiquette in a year, such as New Year's Eve party, winter solstice, driving in the Qing Palace and making wishes.
The first theme of "Dream of China in Tokyo" is the food in the capital city, and food is the most important thing for the people. But we can't use today's understanding of Henan cuisine to think about the capital of Song Dynasty. According to statistics, the book involves more than 300 kinds of food. From the perspective of ingredients, meat, eggs, poultry, beans, miscellaneous, game, fresh river and seafood have all been developed into dishes, making China stand among the world's restaurants with superb cooking skills such as stir-frying, stewing, frying and pickling.
After eating and drinking, of course, it is enjoyable. The second theme in the book is the Washe Goulan in the capital of Song Dynasty. Someone counted the composition of Kaifeng citizens. They are nobles, officials, businessmen, craftsmen, a large number of imperial soldiers and their families. This emerging citizen class not only consumes restaurants, markets and night markets in Kaifeng, but also needs culture and entertainment. In the past, these cultural and recreational activities were only available in the upper class, and then various artists took to the streets to entertain the public. For the new audience, artists not only reformed and innovated the program, but also gradually formed a special performance space-Washe. Washe, also known as Wazi and Wasi, has not only singing and dancing performances, performances and conversations, but also commercial markets. There is a specific explanation in "Tokyo Dream" that there are drugs, divination, old clothes, food and paper-cutting paintings in the tile. In today's words, this is a large-scale complex providing public entertainment and leisure in the city.
The original meaning of Goulan is fence. In the Han dynasty, the balcony of the performance was separated by railings, and no one was allowed to enter casually. In the Song Dynasty, the performance stage became a hook fence and a different performance venue in Wahri. Of course, the brothel is also synonymous with Goulan and will not expand downward.
The third theme in the book is the scenery of the capital of song dynasty, with a wide range of contents. Between the lines of Mr. Meng, what is presented to us is a shopping capital and an amusement capital.
Year after year, Kaifeng, the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty, was a night of bright lights and bright moonlight. When the Swiss moon blooms, the music vibrates and the giants hold a banquet. The opening of the port in the Northern Song Dynasty made Mr. Meng immersed in it and made him sad and melancholy. "Looking back on my memory today is not Hua Xu's dream?" For today's people after a thousand years, it is like entering a gorgeous dream: peace is long and the people are rich. Looking down on children, fighting and inspiring, old people with white heads, I don't know how to fight. Throughout the year, watch the lights and enjoy the moon, see the snow scene, pray for blessings on Tanabata, and climb the mountain on Chongyang. Looking up, there are brothels, pavilions, beaded curtains and embroidered households. Carve a BMW car, with endless flow, dazzling golden light and Luo Qi fragrance. ...
I dreamed of China in Tokyo, a "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" written in words.