Southern Song Dynasty: Prosperity for one life, sigh for a thousand years---Lin'an Menghua in "Southern Song Dynasty" has feelings about the Southern Song Dynasty. Due to the ruin of the country and the death of the family, people always feel weak, and the entire dynasty also lacks a person who "desires to lift the mountains and dominate the world"

"The king who turned the tide in troubled times; the Southern Song Dynasty was like a dying beauty, immersed in a state of idleness all day long where "the warm wind makes tourists drunk".

The historical facts are just the opposite. The Southern Song Dynasty was second to none in the world in terms of culture, art, economy and technology, and it also had a profound impact on our descendants.

Regarding the evaluation of the Southern Song Dynasty, Qian Mu said, "The Song Dynasty was weak externally, and the internal poverty of the Song Dynasty was difficult to cure" --- I disagree.

It is true that the Southern Song Dynasty's external military power was very weak, but within the Southern Song Dynasty, it achieved extremely high attainments in the development of culture, economy and art, and was rich and luxurious, not poor or weak.

Therefore, I prefer what historian Chen Yinge said: "The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved over thousands of years and reached its peak in the Zhao and Song Dynasties." The history of the Southern Song Dynasty is like the hairpin at the beginning of the documentary.

The delicacy, wealth, and elegance have all passed away in the long river of history. Today, we can only have a glimpse of the remaining Song porcelain, tea ceremony, gold and silverware, paintings and calligraphy. How breathtaking and beautiful it once was.

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A thousand years from now, if we accidentally pick up this hairpin and gently brush away the dust on the surface, how will we speculate on its story of prosperity and prosperity a thousand years ago?

Well, let us review this civilized and prosperous dynasty based on the high praise of Chinese and foreign scholars for the Southern Song Dynasty... The fugitive King of Kang Zhao Gou registered and proclaimed himself emperor at Yingtian Mansion in Nanjing with the support of his ministers.

Yan, the Southern Song Dynasty stepped onto the stage of history, and finally established its capital in Lin'an. The large-scale wars between the Song and Jin Dynasties were stopped. More than 130 years of relative stability provided a basis for the development of the economy, culture, science and technology in southern China.

brought unprecedented opportunities.

After watching this episode, I was amazed by the wealth of the Southern Song Dynasty. This wealth is not only reflected in having enough food and clothing, living and working in peace and contentment, but also reflected in people's pursuit and attention to the quality of life.

When we talk about the prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty, our hearts are not filled with joy. Instead, our feelings of sadness, depression, resentment, and anger turn into a sigh.

Let us review the prosperity of the Southern Song Dynasty with this sigh.

1. The emperor cultivated his own land and encouraged agriculture. Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to agricultural production. The development of water conservancy fields and terraces, and the reclamation of camp fields along the border expanded the farmland area and gradually increased output. The proverb "When Suhu is ripe, the world is full".

It is widely spread in Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions.

In the last years of Lizong's reign in the Song Dynasty, the grain output per mu was 312 kilograms, which was the same as my country's grain output in the early days of liberation in 1952, which shows the development of agriculture.

When agriculture prospers, all industries prosper.

The development of agriculture gave farmers the opportunity to engage in handicrafts and manufacturing industries such as silk and porcelain, and also laid the foundation for the development of commerce.

2. The arrival of the great age of navigation Unlike Zheng He’s voyages to the Western Seas, which were for the purpose of showing off government affairs, the Southern Song Dynasty ushered in the age of great navigation in the true sense and opened up the Maritime Silk Road.

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port engaged in trade with more than 60 countries in the world.

The 60,000-80,000 cultural relics unearthed from the ancient Southern Song Dynasty shipwreck "Nanhai No. 1" are evidence of trade in the Age of Discovery.

3. Business prosperity The development of production promotes market prosperity.

Marco Polo was astonished by Lin'an as the "Celestial City", and recorded its prosperity in "Tokyo Menghua Lu" and "Meng Liang Lu": The southeast is beautiful, the three Wu cities, Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times, smoke willows draw bridges and wind curtains, incomplete

One hundred thousand households.

4. Urban population growth Under the imperial chariot, all kinds of businesses gathered and trade spread all over the world.

Lin'an was the city with the largest urban population in feudal China.

The population of Chang'an during the prosperous Tang Dynasty was 800,000. Based on reliable historical evidence, foreign scholars speculated that the population of Hangzhou during the Southern Song Dynasty was 1.5 million. Japanese scholars believe it was 5 million.

At that time, Venice, the most prosperous city in the West, had a population of 100,000.

5. Pursue high-end quality of life and pay attention to gourmet food? To eat mutton, you have to go to Li Qi'er's shop. For the best milk, you have to go to Wang's shop. For blood tripe soup, you have to go to Song Xiaoba's shop. There are more than 200 salted fish stores.

This is a true portrayal of the high-end life of the people in Lin'an in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"Mengliang Lu" recorded the names of more than 240 dishes at that time, and "Old Wulin Stories" listed 54 famous wines; at a certain feast, more than 200 dishes were served, and the order could not be reversed based on nutrition, color, fragrance; a certain restaurant had private rooms

There are more than 300 rooms and more than 1,000 waiters and chefs. There is no restaurant of this scale in Hangzhou now.

"Old Martial Arts" records as many as 18 kinds of cold water; Song Gaozong's favorite drink in summer was "Hangzhijiang", a drink carefully made from radish and sugar cane.

When making tea, mountain spring water is the top choice, river water is the second best, and well water is the bottom choice.

Be gentle when making tea, and don't let the water hurt you, otherwise the tea you brew will have a bruised taste.

Are there military scars?

Are there any scars on the weapon?

Are there scars on the frontier?

Nothing seems to be as important as the scar of a cup of tea. This is the Southern Song Dynasty.