, is also very simple. At first, it was two poles set up on a wooden board, and the person sitting cross-legged on the wooden board was carried by two people (think of a person sitting cross-legged on a stretcher, just like that). If you are interested, search for Yan Liben's "Walking Chariot"

Picture》——Look at Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty sitting on a stretcher.

It was later improved, and the wooden boards were replaced by bamboo chairs. Until the Northern Song Dynasty, the scholar-officials unanimously believed that riding in a sedan chair was "replacing humans with animals, which is offensive to morals" - Zhezong gave him permission to ride in a sedan chair in order to show his respect for Sima Guang, the patriarch of the Four Dynasties.

, the old man "didn't dare to resign". Wang Anshi also said that "since ancient times, although princes were immoral, they never dared to replace animals with humans."

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Emperor Gaozong Zhaogou did not allow courtiers to ride in sedan chairs because "the streets in Yangzhou were slippery."

In the Ming Dynasty, at the beginning, following the Tang Dynasty, "officials of the third rank and above were allowed to ride in sedan chairs." After the middle period, the regulations gradually relaxed, and all officials (including Jinshi) could ride in sedan chairs.

Then go to Manchu and Qing Dynasties, let alone talk about it, you can all sit on it, as long as the displacement (standard) does not exceed the standard.

2. Guard of Ceremony. When officials travel, props include umbrellas, fans, flags, guns, knives, swords, halberds, sticks, spears, silence signs, avoidance signs, trumpeters... In short, the higher the level, the greater the noise.

There are also specialties in using gongs to clear the way. Taking the Qing Dynasty as an example, apart from the great emperor (who fortunately rarely came out), the most outstanding one was the governor-general. Thirteen gongs were required for travel. The thirteen characters represent: "All civil and military officials, both large and small, soldiers and civilians, etc., flash."

open"!

The admiral and governor knocked eleven times, which meant "Civil and military officials, soldiers and civilians, all get out of the way."

He said, knocking nine times at the government level: "Officials (note, I dare not say officials anymore), soldiers and civilians, get out of the way."

The seventh grade of the county magistrate: "Soldiers and civilians, please get out of the way" - well, if you are an official, you are higher than the seventh grade. If you encounter someone with a low-level position, "get out of the way", why don't you just show me?
Chapter completed!