In ancient times, in addition to the fixed rest days, every winter solstice and summer solstice, there will be another five days off. The number of days of official funeral leave and family leave will depend on special circumstances, and there will be another three days off on the emperor's birthday. In this way, officials can rest for 73 days a year, and this holiday pattern continued until the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In the Tang dynasty, the holidays became longer and longer, and the court changed from five days to one day every ten days. In addition to this normal holiday, there are three golden weeks, seven days from the solstice in spring and winter, and three days from the solstice in Mid-Autumn Festival and summer. Basically, there will be rest in every solar term, as well as marriage leave, funeral leave and family leave, which is 100 days.
In ancient times, people would get together to sing poems on festivals. During the Song Dynasty, the annual holiday exceeded 1.20 days. Due to the increase of holidays, everyone will get together when they are free. The appearance of holidays also added many literati to the Song Dynasty. For example, Su Shi wrote poems in various small holidays and left many famous sentences. Officials in the Song Dynasty were well paid. They got several raises and had enough vacation time. There are also developed teahouses, goulan, washe and other places for officials to relax, where they can recite poems, play games, cultivate their sentiments, vent their depression and cultivate their mood.
Think about ancient holidays, and now migrant workers are almost crying. The annual holidays add up to only a few tens of days. I really want to go back to ancient times!