What was the status of women in Song Dynasty? Is the social status of women in Song Dynasty high?

In our minds, perhaps since the society changed into a patriarchal society, men's social status has been very high, and women's images always seem to be attached to men. But in fact, women's social status is not always very low. On the contrary, in the Song Dynasty, there were many cases where women had a very high social status. So, today, let's take a look at what women in the Song Dynasty would do without "keeping quiet".

"Rouge Tiger" and "Hedong Roar" are enough to prove the strength of women in the Song Dynasty, which is inseparable from the social background at that time. The biggest difference between Song Dynasty and other dynasties lies in the awakening of human consciousness, which shows that the status of two kinds of people has risen unprecedentedly: one is a scholar and the other is a woman. In the Song Dynasty, women had personal skills and their own jobs. They use intelligence, talent and hard work to realize their dreams, care for their families and win status.

Female artists are more valuable than gold: the Song Dynasty was rich, and the royal family had the capital to show off their elegance. On holidays, they celebrate their birthdays and are keen to please the troupe. All the bands performed by the royal family are girls in their twenties. When they pass by, they will definitely cause a sensation. Small fresh meat people whistle excitedly and inexplicably, scrambling to offer flowers and fruits, and frequently holding glasses for eye contact. Idolization, common people, as modern, the scene is crazy.

Judging from the "imperial system" of the capital of song dynasty, female artists are summoned by the royal family the most times. Those lively activities, such as singing, singing, fruit calling (the above is a popular singing art in the Song Dynasty), zaju and puppet performances, are all led by female artists.

These female artists are not vases that only spoil their hair, except for gold and jade. They all have real skills, playing musical instruments, dancing guns and sticks, and writing lyrics, all of which are superb. They can also perform donkey riding, playing chess, giving historical speeches, drumming and percussion, shooting, zaju and lyrics in public. They are real performers with hundreds of skills. It is recorded in the Four Dynasties that Empress Cisheng often plays coin toss before entering the palace. The copper coins she throws can rotate on the ground for a long time without standing sideways. After this incident reached the palace, she was specially recruited to the palace. Since then, talent has become a hard standard in the royal draft.

A talented female artist is worth millions. If she is only good at singing, she can easily get hundreds of coupons a day, and the rich and powerful "fight for it and throw it at Chai Jin every day". The official expenditure in this area has never been stingy, with tens of thousands of dollars at a time. Anyway, it is "silly and naive" for the government to pay the bill under the banner of study tour. Those nouveau riche spend more money. They like artiness and all kinds of novel experiences brought by young and beautiful female artists. These people hire people to take care of the business, hold money every day and hold roles everywhere, raising the value of female artists higher and higher.

At that time, small families without prominent status and social relations regarded girls as the apple of their eyes. After giving birth to a boy, I cried and wiped my tears, lamenting the hardships of life. If a girl is born, the whole family will be happy. This is really the realism in the poem, "She brought happiness to every father and mother through the empire when she gave birth to a girl instead of a boy." Parents just want the girl to grow up quickly, choose the right skills for her to learn from the teacher, and then wait for the price, hoping that one day the sparrow will become a phoenix and the whole family will be moved.

The drama Son of the Official in Song and Yuan Dynasties describes the idolization of the second generation of officials. This enthusiast named Hong Yan Shouma adores Wang Jinbang, a female musician who plays Sanle, and she can't help falling in love with her. Wang Jinbang does have an idol style. She is "like a woman in the sky for 33 days, a fairy in 72 holes, with the ability to sink fish and fall wild geese, and the appearance of being ashamed of flowers." Magpies fly on it, just like fairies descend to Yaochi; Rabbits go everywhere, if Heng E is not in the Moon Palace. Hong Yanshou's mother was even willing to give up her family business, and went with Wang Jinbang to "run into officials in the state and beg for clothes and food", and vowed that "I don't want wealth, I don't want to attack books, I only teach my eyebrows to be loose". This madness was the state of many empty young people at that time. Ingenious, versatile and beautiful young female artists lead their hearts, soothe their inexplicable melancholy and melancholy, and become the dream lovers of countless people.

Chef turned into a rich woman: the kitchen is women's world, and they are comfortable making a living in this world. They are all very skilled, cooking all kinds of delicious food for those picky diners with a pair of exquisite hands.

An official in Lin 'an was a satrap and asked him to find a housewife for him. The conditions he offered not only required the chef to be good-looking, but also to be able to read and calculate. Who knows that the chef's pie is bigger and no one shows up. Send a porter to deliver the letter first. It is suggested that cooking can be done, but it needs to be delivered by car. The tone of the letter is euphemistic and the handwriting is correct. I can see at a glance that you are not an idle generation.

The chef is not only full of style, but also skilled. "Miscellaneous Notes on Jiang Xing" once recorded that a cook changed his gorgeous brocade skirt into a plain clothes flowered skirt when cooking, and the silver bracelet on his wrist sparkled, cutting vegetables and meat. The tableware you brought is made of gold and silver. Between the guests holding chopsticks, the food on the plate has been finished, and the host has a lot of face when paying tribute. After the banquet, the host paid hundreds of silks and hundreds of taels of silver.

Men in the Song Dynasty competed to marry women who were good at frying. For the matchmaker who entered the door, the girl's parents praised her daughter exactly the same: "My woman is not good at cutting robes and mending coats. If she cures water snakes and eels, one is better than the other. " At that time, it was not popular. If you do well, you will marry well. On the contrary, if people do well, they will marry well. A good cook can not only marry a promising official with a car and a house, but also enjoy a considerable position in society. At that time, many brand-name foods and grocery stores in the market were named after women. For example, restaurants, Li's miscellaneous vegetable soup, Wang's mother's tea shop, Jinmingchi restaurant, which sells wine women, and Bianhe Bank, which sells porridge. They are excellent chefs, and diners are full of praise for them, everyone, and even save advertising fees.

The most famous food in Tokyo is not Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine and overlord cuisine, but the humble fresh fish soup. There is a Song Wusao in Tokyo who is good at making fresh fish soup. Later, Song Wusao went south and sold fish soup by the West Lake in Hangzhou for a living. Song Gaozong Zhao Gou tasted fresh fish soup while traveling incognito. She was very grateful, and when she remembered her old age, she was rewarded with ten dollars, one hundred dollars and ten pieces of silk. Song Wusao got far more than that, and the emperor tasted it, which was tantamount to labeling it with a royal seal. This genuine royal seal makes ordinary citizens flock to it, and they have to try it when they break their heads. Her small shop is full every day, and she earns as much money as the big hotel in a few days. With this golden signboard, Wusao Song transformed herself into a well-known rich woman.

Knowing the craft can make you the darling of the workplace: the so-called "360 lines, each with its own way", and it doesn't matter if you don't know the art of singing and dancing and are not proficient in cooking. As long as they learn a trade, women in the Song Dynasty can still feel at home in the workplace. Those craftsmen scattered in all walks of life go out of their homes, join the society like men, and rely on technology to support themselves. These occupations include serving others, people around them, unpacking and washing people, predecessors of the Tang Dynasty and sewing people. Compared with song and dance artists, both craftsmanship and income are not inferior.

In "Mr. and Mrs. Shan Fulang Quanzhou", it is said that Li Ying is a needlework with sewing as embroidery, and her craft is very good. He can sew in secret with great accuracy. On an outing, the king of the county accidentally saw a woman wearing a hand-embroidered belt around her waist, which greatly appreciated her. She sent someone to ask. It turned out to be Xiu Xiu, an 8-year-old daughter of "Qu Jia Biao Ancient and Modern Paintings and Calligraphy" shop under Lin 'an Bridge. From then on, she got the appreciation of the county king and was taken into the house. Xiu Xiu's embroidery skills are proved by the words: "The tender leaves with oblique branches are covered with flowers, but they only lack fragrance. I once went deep into the garden and taught bees to be crazy about butterflies. " When the old nuns in the temple heard about the embroidery adventure, they all lost their original jobs and took up needlework as embroiderers to increase the income of the temple.

Women in the Song Dynasty were really lucky, and they could become the darling of the workplace with a little skill. This is because the employment policy is loose, there is no discrimination, and there is no restriction on people under 35. Some poor 14, 15-year-old girls entered the society early and worked to earn money and dowry. Without knowledge, they will have money. Some menopausal women can also successfully take up their posts and show their surplus value. For example, Chen Que's mother "runs an industry and does not avoid cold and heat". There are women in all influential industries. This is related to parents' education. Although those parents are uneducated, they are far-sighted and don't force their children to learn the piano and practice calligraphy at all. They warned their daughter: Take advantage of the fact that the recruitment unit does not set a threshold of not getting married within two years and not having children within three years, and study art quickly. Both chefs and tailors should work hard and study hard to be outstanding.