What does the spring banquet mean?

In the Southern Song Dynasty, before Tomb-Sweeping Day, the imperial court used boat prostitutes to entertain ministers, which was called the Spring Banquet.

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Song Zhaosheng's Spring Banquet: "It has been a long time since ZTE. During the Qingyuan period, Master Zhao invited the story to arrange a spring banquet. ..... After the opening of the jubilee, the soldiers were excited and the Baise store was chased, which did a lot of harm. This banquet will not be held again.

Spring was a particularly important season for the ancients. After a whole winter, the arrival of spring symbolizes new life and hope. In The Analects of Confucius, it is recorded that "Mo Chun took spring clothes, crowned five or six people, and the boy was six or seven people, bathing in the release, dancing in the wind and singing back", which is the ancient people's love for spring. In addition to praising spring, people will hold banquets to enjoy the beautiful scenery of spring.

Feng Yansi, a poet in the Southern Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Spring Banquet" for a long-lived girl, which was a toast above the spring banquet.