The graduation banquet for students in the Tang Dynasty was the Qujiang Banquet
Introduction to the Qujiang Banquet:
Qujiang Banquet: The Jinshi who passed the examination in the Tang Dynasty were greatly honored after the results were released. The banquet was held at Qujiang Pavilion, also known as Qujiang Hui. It began during the Li Longji period. The official release date for new scholars in the Tang Dynasty happened to be before Shangsi. Shangsi was one of the three major festivals in the Tang Dynasty. This kind of banquet was personally attended by the emperor, and the banquet guests were also "hand-picked" by the emperor.
During the banquet, the emperor, princes, ministers and banquet guests enjoyed the skylight and water color by the Qujiang River while tasting the delicacies of the palace banquet. There are many kinds of banquets in Qujiang with different tastes. Among them, the above-mentioned Si Festival banquet and the banquet of new Jinshi are the most grand and have the deepest influence in history. Since passing the Jinshi examination is such a big event, it is natural to celebrate it. The form of celebration is the Qujiang Conference, also known as the Qujiang Banquet.
Because the banquet is often held after the Guan Examination, it is also called "Guan Banquet"; because the banquet is usually held in a pavilion on the bank of Qujiang River in Xingyuan, it is also called "Xingyuan Banquet". "Garden Banquet";
Later it gradually evolved into a "Poetry Party" where poets recited poems. According to the ancient custom of "Meandering on the Winding River", wine glasses were placed in the running water, and whoever came in front of it would be punished with drinking. When writing poems, everyone will evaluate the poems, which is called "Drinking in Qujiang River". During the reign of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty, the "Cherry Banquet" was also held at the Qujiang Banquet to celebrate the new Jinshi.
Introduction to the Tang Dynasty:
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, all the heroes of the world came together. Li Yuan, the Duke of Tang, took advantage of the situation and raised troops in Jinyang. He proclaimed himself emperor in 618, established the Tang Dynasty, and made Chang'an the capital. After Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he initiated the rule of Zhenguan and laid the foundation for the prosperous Tang Dynasty. Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty inherited the legacy of Zhenguan and initiated the "Government of Yonghui". In 690, Wu Zetian changed the name of the country to Zhou. After the Shenlong Revolution in 705, the name of the country of Tang was restored.
The Kaiyuan era appeared during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, which brought the Tang Dynasty to its peak. In Tianbao's last years, the country's population reached about 80 million. After the An-Shi Rebellion, the separatist rule of vassal towns and the dictatorship of eunuchs appeared one after another, and the national power gradually declined. After the reign of Tang Xianzong's Yuanhe Zhongxing, Tang Wuzong's Huichang Zhongxing and Tang Xuanzong's reign of Dazhong, the country recovered. The ensuing peasant uprising in the late Tang Dynasty destroyed the foundation of the Tang Dynasty's rule and greatly increased the power of the vassal towns.
The emperor became the object of competition among warlords. The Tang Dynasty fell apart and existed in name only. In 907, the feudal general Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty fell. The territory of the Tang Dynasty was unprecedentedly vast. At its peak, it stretched from the Sea of ??Japan in the east, Annan in the south, the Aral Sea in the west, and Lake Baikal in the north. The Tang Dynasty adopted a policy of restraint against neighboring ethnic groups, and established close political and economic ties with various ethnic groups through various methods such as canonization and marriage.
Japan, Nanzhao, Silla, Bohai and other countries sent people to study the system and culture of the Tang Dynasty, and various ethnic groups in the border areas and inland showed a great integration. As one of the most powerful countries in the world at that time, the Tang Dynasty had a far-reaching reputation and had many contacts with Asian and European countries. After the Tang Dynasty, Chinese people were often called "Tang people" overseas.
The Tang Dynasty actively exchanged and learned with other countries, making its economy, society, culture, and art more diverse and open, and made great achievements in poetry (Tang poetry), calligraphy, painting, music, etc. achieved important results.